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A KEY community green space could be secured for future generations as Saddleworth Parish Council considers seeking ownership. Councillors have unanimously agreed to support in...
Date Published 10/04/2015
GOLF: CROMPTON and Royton beat Rossendale 4.5-2.5 in their Dunham Forest Trophy fixture. Points scorers for Crompton and Royton were Dave Norbury (6&5), Michael...
THE boss of the security firm that hired a guard who later killed two of his colleagues in Iraq admitted there were “systemic failings” in the company’s...
GOLF: STEVE Mills admitted to being thrown in at the deep end accepting the Oldham Golf Club captaincy for 2015. Mills was asked to fill the position in February after...
THE unveiling of a Mahdlo masterpiece at an exclusive art auction helped to raise more than £4,000 for the Oldham youth zone. Members of the Egerton Street centre worked...
CRICKET: PLANS to establish a Greater Manchester pyramid-style cricket league are under threat even before its prospectus has been published. Three leagues — the...
A TOTAL of 100 candidates are fighting for 20 Oldham Council seats, it was revealed yesterday. Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives and UKIP are fielding candidates...
Here is a list of all the candidates submitted for the council elections this May.
A FATHER has praised a passer-by who rescued his 10-year-old daughter when she was attacked by a dog in Chadderton. Franchesca Whitehead will be scarred after being attacked by...
A MAN’S skull was fractured in an Oldham baseball bat attack The 21-year-old victim was walking to his car on Marlborough Street late on Tuesday night when a man with a...
TEACHER Steve Hill’s latest daredevil challenge has been delayed by an aeroplane problem. The deaputy head of St Joseph’s Primary School, Shaw will now complete the...
TRANSPORT police are appealing for witnesses after Latics fans allegedly started fighting and racially abusing other passengers on the train home from an away game. But fans on...
FIFTEEN more points is the target for Athletic manager Dean Holden to end the season — and possibly his stint as boss — on a positive note. Sheffield United arrive...
JON Ford is set to make his first appearance at Whitebank since last September in Oldham RL club’s first league home game of the season against Coventry Bears on Sunday...
THE RETURN of George Elokobi has come too late to aid a play-off challenge this season, but the centre-back is keeping his options open for next term. The fan-assisted capture...
ROUGHYEDS return to league action on Sunday with the visit of Coventry Bears to Whitebank (3pm) for the third time in six weeks. Roughyeds’ wins in the previous two cup...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
BOOKMAKERS will face a pay-out of almost unprecedented proportions should Shutthefrontdoor produce a fairytale ending to Tony McCoy’s spectacular career in tomorrow’s...
WAYNE Rooney wants to put a smile back on the faces of Manchester United fans by claiming victory in Sunday's derby against City. Rooney has enjoyed a good record against City...
CCTV shows bin men dumping rubbish as council issues fine threat FURIOUS residents are demanding answers after CCTV footage revealed a refuse collector lifting bags of rubbish...
Date Published 09/04/2015
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy from Mossley tried to buy a biological toxin online to take his own life, Manchester Youth Court has heard The unnamed boy’s defence initially argued...
BRAVE Oldham fell just short when beaten 18-16 by North Wales Crusaders in last night’s iPro Sport Cup semi-final at Whitebank. It was the Roughyeds’ first home...
A SPOONFUL of sugar is the medicine Athletic hope will stop fainting forward Danny Philliskirk going down. The hard-grafting 23 year old has been left out of Athletic’s...
A vow to raise £1 million to help sufferers of a terrible illness were the last words of a heartbroken wife as she said her final goodbye to her husband. As Eric...
OLDHAM 16, NORTH WALES CRUSADERS 18 IT doesn’t always happen, but in this case the score at the end DID reflect the 80 minutes of a rip-roaring semi-final. There...
A NEW Lidl supermarket will be on its way if planning permission is granted later this month. Plans for the 22,000 sq ft Royton store at land bounded by High Street, Middleton...
THE FIRST of a trilogy of fixtures against clubs with play-off aspirations begins with the visit of Sheffield United. Nigel Clough’s side appears well set for a place in...
Anything Goes, Opera House, Manchester to April 18. THE plot of this 80-year-old musical comedy famously defeated even the talent of PG Wodehouse to make sense of it —...
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON are still firmly on track for the North-West Counties League First Division play-offs thanks to last night’s 2-1 home win against...
OLDHAM Muslims and Christians have got together to offer free meals to poverty-striken local people. The UK Education and Faith Foundation (UKEFF) has joined Oldham’s Unitarian...
