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A TEAM of hairdressers proved a real lifeline for one woman diagnosed with breast cancer. Karen Birley (39), from Royton, was left terrified of losing her hair after being...
Date Published 04/08/2008
RAIN saved Delph from probable defeat in premiership one of the Drakes Huddersfield League on Saturday. They were bowled out for 143 against title rivals Micklehurst —...
MICHAEL Fish came off the bench to a hat-trick in the last half-hour for Mossley in their 6-0 victory in Saturday’s friendly at Liversedge. Lee Blackshaw and Danny Egan...
I had a final glance in the mirror as I headed out the front door, braced for admiring glances. With a chequered flat cap on backwards and a leather jacket with an eagle on...
GREATER Manchester survived a scare before booking their place in the final of the Endsleigh County Bowls Championship at the expense of Shropshire. Their prospects looked...
MANAGER John Sheridan is likely to reveal his hand tomorrow when Athletic tackle their last friendly of the pre-season programme. The game at Bradford City will see less...
Date Published 01/08/2008
FOUR players are back in contention for the Roughyeds as their most important week of the season kicks off with a testing away game at York. Simeon Hoyle (ankle), Neil Roden...
ANY hopes Joey Barton had of enjoying a quiet pre–season were obliterated last night as the Football Association charged him with violent conduct. Just three days after...
(City won 4-0 on aggregate) MARK HUGHES made light of Manchester City’s failings as they toiled against Faroe Islands part timers EB/Streymur in last night’s UEFA...
CROMPTON and Oldham face two massive games tomorrow as the Lake Garage CLL title race enters a critical phase of the season. With 10 sets of fixtures remaining, there are...
HEYSIDE will be aiming to cause an upset on Sunday when they bid for their first piece of silverware in their pursuit of a treble in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth...
MONTON and Weaste have the chance to clinch their first silverware since joining the Lake Garage CLL in 2005. Trent Scott’s side take on Heywood in the John Willie Lees...
FRESH from their triumph in the Drakes Huddersfield League’s Examiner Twenty/20 Cup final, Delph continue their quest for Premiership honours tomorrow (1.30pm) at home to...
CHADDERTON scored an impressive 3-1 win at Prestwich Heys in last night’s friendly with goals from Adam Whitehead, Chris Carruthers and Neil Mooney. MOSSLEY scored twice...
LOCAL teacher Andi Jones gained top marks and a place in the record books after winning the Snowdon International Mountain Race for a third consecutive year. The 29-year-old,...
BOUNDARY Park stages the final of the Learning Disabilities European Championships tomorrow (3pm) when England tackle Holland. And with admission free for all spectators, the...
A PLACE in the final of this year’s County Championship is up for grabs on Sunday (2pm) when Greater Manchester take on Shropshire. Manchester rely on Crompton for the...
fixtures RUGBY LEAGUE Tonight Engage Super League: Hull KR v Catalans (8pm, TV); Wigan v Hull FC. Saturday Engage Super League: Warrington v Leeds (7.30pm,...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards NEWMARKET 2.25 Starlarks 2.55 Harald Bluetooth 3.30 Redesignation...
UK’s first liver transplant sibling dies at 33 CATHERINE ANDREW, the Oldham sister who made medical history with her brother as the country’s first liver...
STAFF at Oldham’s Northern Rock branch in Yorkshire Street face an anxious wait to see if they will lose their jobs. The troubled bank has announced that 800 employees...
The determination of thieves at an off-licence in Shaw astonished the owner. For a steel shutter on the outside of Javad Stop and Shop in Princess Road, Shaw, was prised apart...
A 48-YEAR-OLD man arrested after 3,000 blank passports and documents were stolen in Chadderton has been bailed until November 5, pending further inquiries. Boxes of blank...
GREATER Manchester’s £3bn public transport windfall which would bring trams to Oldham town centre could be under threat from Tory leader David Cameron, if he takes...
ONE in every three cautions handed out for boozed-fuelled bad behaviour in Greater Manchester is to a child under 15, worrying figures have revealed. Thirty people across the...
OLDHAM Citizens Advice Bureau has been swamped since the credit crunch started to bite. And staff predict they will have to deal with more queries about debt as energy, food...
OLDHAM’S Lib-Dem Euro-MP is calling for direct action to stop the building of a new generation of coal-fired power stations that he claims will intensify global warming....
Latics fans aim to score with 207-mile fundraising walk A PAIR of die-hard Latics fans are going the extra mile to catch their team’s home game against Millwall —...
A YOUNG boy who appealed for help in tracking down two Oldhamers he met on holiday is looking forward to a reunion with his holiday pals — thanks to a story in the...
IT started small and has had many ups and downs along the way — but as it enters its fifth decade, the achievements of Oldham Theatre Workshop cannot be underestimated....
