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OLDHAM Greenhill Community Sports Club are holding an open day at Greenhill Primary School tomorrow (10am to noon). Boys and girls aged between six and 15 are welcome to try...
Date Published 25/07/2008
RESIDENTS on the Sholver housing estate have an exciting nature reserve on their doorsteps. Groundwork Oldham and Rochdale have been carrying out improvements at the Fulwood...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards YORK 2.10 Kheylide 2.40 Boucheron 3.15 Pipedreamer 3.45 Express Wish...
A POWERFUL play to help carers understand how they can help people who lack the capacity to make decisions for themselves was launched at Oldham Library yesterday. “The...
Police crackdown on child sex exploitation A 25-year-old Oldham man admitted picking up two known prostitutes within hours of them leaving the children’s home where they...
Date Published 24/07/2008
POLICE targeted Greater Manchester burglars in a hard-hitting day of action. Operation Storm was set up to disrupt and catch burglars and has already put 92 offenders out of...
Saddleworth villagers are being urged to attend a special additional road show on proposed public transport investments and congestion charge. The show, to be staged at...
MENTAL health services for Oldham patients have been ranked as good. A report by the Healthcare Commission ranked Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, which covers Oldham, Bury,...
KEVIN MAHER is ready to battle for a place in Athletic’s starting XI after becoming the latest new name in John Sheridan’s squad. Maher (31) has signed a one-year...
A YOUNG Oldham man died in a mental health seclusion room where he was being monitored, an inquest in Heywood heard yesterday. The 10-strong jury heard how 24-year-old Azrar...
PROMOTION to National League One could see Oldham playing in south-west France next season. Hot on the heels of the decision to award Salford and Celtic Crusaders three-year...
MANCHESTER United midfielder Paul Scholes has admitted he does not expect to spend more than another two seasons at the club - and that could raise the hopes of Athletic...
ATHLETIC 1, DERBY COUNTY 1 MANAGER John Sheridan is happy with Athletic’s progress as they continue their build-up to the new League One campaign. Last night’s...
JONNY Forrester was Micklehurst’s match-winner against Meltham in premiership one of the Drakes Huddersfield League. In a game reduced to 25 overs per side, Forrester...
LOCAL footballers are finding themselves out of pocket playing for crisis-club Chadderton. And manager Paul Buckley believes that has contributed to the exodus of players from...
TORIES have promised to plough £100million into getting teenagers living a “Vicky Pollard”-lifestyle into work-based learning — including more than 700 in...
Lake Garage CLL by Keith McHugh IT’S about this time of the season that clubs start thinking about professionals for next summer. Of course, some have more spending...
IN a bid to stop villages dying, the Government has signalled that it will allow councils to push through developments of badly-needed homes. The shake-up follows the...
ANYONE coming into the UK to marry will now have to be 21 in the latest crackdown on forced marriage, the Government has announced. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith described...
Armstrong Office Furniture Saddleworth and District League, by KEVIN RICHARDSON HEYSIDE are hoping to tie down prolific professional Roelof Hugo for another year —...
ROADWORKS are set to cause massive tailbacks around one of Royton’s busiest junctions near Shaw Road End as work scheduled to take six weeks begin. Temporary road...
Ashton and Oldham Cricket Alliance A FIVE-WICKET haul from Zahoor Raza paved the way for Copthorne to clinch a place in the semi-finals of the Ashton and Oldham Cricket...
Oldham Theatre Workshop falls down a rabbit hole into its fifth decade this week with a special 40th birthday production of classic story “Alice in Wonderland”....
FRIARMERE professional Liam Sebastien is a doubt for this weekend’s matches in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League. The West Indian...
SADDLEWORTH thirds are looking forward to the Stokes Cup final in the Site Electrical North Manchester League. The Well-i-Hole outfit booked their place courtesy of a...
ASHLEY Beech was beset with mechanical problems in the latest round of the 600cc Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship. The 19-year-old, from Moorside, who had...
Local tennis ALKRINGTON ‘A’ have won the Dunlop Oldham Tennis League division one Subsidiary Cup. They defeated Bamford ‘A’ 3-2 in the final, while...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
CHILDREN across Oldham are celebrating after a garden they helped to create scooped a bronze medal at the prestigious Tatton Park flower show. The “Cultivating Young...
A FORMER Chadderton and Oldham councillor who was chairman of the housing committee, Barrie Wright, has died aged 69. Mr Wright, who lived in Oakbank Avenue in Chadderton for...
