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Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LEICESTER 1.30 Baron Run 2.05 Twisting Hay 2.40 Robin Hill 3.15...
Date Published 09/04/2015
A RARE Lowry sketch of Daisy Nook Country Park is expected to fetch thousands of pounds when it goes under the hammer on Tuesday. The pencil drawing is up for auction at Capes...
A BLIND man was “devastated and embarrassed” when his guide dog was refused entry into Chadderton Post Office. As Craig Roberts walked in an employee shouted his...
Date Published 08/04/2015
AN OLDHAM couple are about to marry 40 years after first meeting. Martin Luke and Shirley Stock, who met again by chance through a dating website, are hoping to be reunited...
ATHLETIC could turn to Dominic Poleon and Jacob Mellis in a bid to inject firepower to the side facing Sheffield United on Saturday. Manager Dean Holden, who will be without...
A shadow minister in the last Parliament has praised the father of murdered Saddleworth PC Nicola Hughes for his “inspirational” work in her memory. Dan Jarvis,...
A 32-YEAR-OLD man arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary in Derker has been released without charge. The man was arrested after a teenager was tied up and threatened with...
WIN or lose, Oldham will light up Whitebank in tonight’s iPro Sport Cup semi-final against North Wales Crusaders. It will be the first time a competitive senior game has...
STEVE Roper’s assertion that he and Lewis Palfrey are playing behind the best pack in League One will be put to the test against North Wales Crusaders in tonight’s...
AN inspirational dad is tackling a charity run just months after having a large brain tumour removed. Gary Robinson (33), of Watersheddings was found to have an aggressive...
ENGLAND midfielders Jack Wilshere and Jordan Henderson are shock names being linked with potential summer moves to Manchester City. The Barclays Premier League champions know...
FORMER Athletic goalkeeper Harry Dowd has died at the age of 76. An FA Cup winner with Manchester City in 1969, Salford-born Dowd left Maine Road a year later and went on to...
A DOG’S life at Oldham’s Pennine Pen Animal Rescue is about to get even better. Support Adoption for Pets has awarded the Honeywell Lane-based charity £20,000...
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON bid to maintain their push for the North-West Counties League First Division play-offs tonight when they welcome Widnes to the MCA...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards AINTREE 1.40 Vibrato Valtat 2.15 Hargam 2.50 Menorah (nb) 3.25...
OLDHAM’S Integrated Care Centre was evacuated after a suspect package was discovered yesterday. Police and firefighters quickly attended the building in New Radcliffe...
WAITING times for the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust missed the mark in the first quarter of the year. Pennine Acute, which runs A&E departments at the Royal Oldham,...
NETBALL: MANCHESTER Thunder cruised to a 77-34 win over rock-bottom Team Northumbria in their last home game of the regular Superleague season at a sold-out...
Date Published 07/04/2015
THE Lake Garage CLL has withdrawn from all talks on proposals for a Greater Manchester pyramid cricket league. CLL clubs can still apply individually to join the GM set-up if...
Failsworth Soccer Centre is putting on activities for sporty youngsters aged 8-13 during the holidays. Costing £5 per day and £3 for a half-day, sessions run...
A MULTI-MILLION-POUND initiative will lead to ancient peatlands above Saddleworth growing again. Farmers and grouse moor owners are teaming up with conservationists to restore...
A SADDLEWORTH baker’s amazing Easter egg has wowed visitors at a top London exhibition. Suzanne Thorp, who runs the Frostery cake shop in Uppermill, was one of 14 bakers...
CHILDREN at Ronald McDonald House in Manchester were surprised when the Easter bunny hopped in to deliver chocolate treats over the weekend. The visit was organised by...
A TOURING Winston Churchill exhibition is coming to Oldham to mark the 50th anniversary of the former Prime Minister’s death. The display, at Oldham Library on April 13,...
TWO local bobbies are taking on a challenge even bigger than catching bad guys — cycling 300 miles from London to Paris for children’s cancer charity, Clic...
AN investigation has followed the deaths of seven babies and three mothers in maternity units at the Royal Oldham Hospital and North Manchester General in eight months. Both...
A teenager was forced to go hungry when her lunch account was cleared by other pupils. Now Aaron Greaves, the father of Royton and Crompton year 10 school pupil Becki-Jo Wood,...
WHEN Oldham Athletic equalised on Good Friday to earn a draw against League One table toppers Bristol City, the ground erupted in celebration - but one fan stood out. Diehard...
POLICE are continuing to appeal for information after a collision in Saddleworth last month which left a young man still fighting for his life. At 5.40pm on March 7, a grey VW...
Squire of Saddleworth Morris Men Richard Hankinson has handed over his staff of office after 25 years. He received widespread praise for raising the profile of morris dancing...
