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TABLE TENNIS: OWLS ‘A’ are on the up in Division Four of the Oldham and District Table Tennis League. A 7-3 defeat of third-placed Hollinwood ‘E’ guaranteed...
Date Published 31/03/2015
Saddleworth’s White Hart Inn has been named North Manchester’s Boutique Hotel of the Year by public vote at the first EatDrinkSleep awards. Over 63,000 votes were...
DARTS: OLDHAM players were at the front as Lancashire beat Kent 25-11 in the latest Premier Inter-Counties clash in Wigan. Town team stars Dave Rawstron, Mark...
BOWLS: SCOTT Woolley won the Wilds of Oldham individual handicap at Chadderton Cot when he defeated Stuart Mercer 21-20 in a thrilling final. Victory for the Nimble...
COMMUNITY groups are being urged to secure the future of a popular Greenfield centre. A tenant is being sought to take over the council-owned building in Wellington Road, to...
THE clash of clogs heralded the arrival of spring in Saddleworth. Saddleworth Clog and Garland Dancers staged stunning performances outside Uppermill Museum and were joined by...
RUGBY: WATERHEAD Warriors gave leaders Thornhill Trojans an early scare in Division Three of the Kingstone Press National Conference League. The Peach Road side had...
SADDLEWORTH’S Erika Heginbotham admits her skiing career will be put to one side over the next two months as the winter sport gives way to... exam season. The speed...
ROYTON Townswomen Guild will host Kershaw’s Crooners for a musical evening on Tuesday, April 14. The concert is at Royton Town Hall (7.30pm). Entrance is £2 for...
CRICKET: THE proposed structure for a Greater Manchester Premier League system would feature 12 teams per division, headed by an elite section, with promotion and...
JESSICA Fullalove might not be a name on everyone’s lips right now, but the Oldham teenager insists that will change at the British Swimming Championships. Backstroke...
RUGBY league legend Barrie McDermott was among the guests at Kingfisher School’s ninth annual charity ball. Nearly 170 people attended the event at the White Hart, Lydgate,...
MIKE Brown admits George Ford’s headline grabbing performances in this year’s Six Nations have handed England head coach Stuart Lancaster a selection headache going...
THREE Oldham services for young people have benefited from funding by Oldham Youth Council. The three services were awarded money after successfully applying for a...
FREE wi-fi is now available on all Metrolink trams The £1.7 million scheme covers all 96 trams, which join the 20 buses running the free city centre Metroshuttle service....
FIVE Oldham schools are to receive money from a £370 million fund for building improvements and expansion. But the final amount is likely to be fairly small: 1,089 schools and...
BOBBY the donkey made a guest appearance at Oldham Parish Church’s Palm Sunday procession yesterday. The Rev Jean Hurlston, associate priest at the church, brought Bobby...
KIND-HEARTED pupils and staff at Oasis Academy dug deep when they were asked to support a children's charity. They donated hundreds of books, Easter eggs and enough food to...
BUILDING a strong bridge using only 80 paper straws and sticky tape was the challenge taken up by 60 pupils from St Matthews Primary School, Chadderton. And the year 4...
IT’S now official: Saddleworth School will move to Diggle. Oldham Council’s cabinet members last night formally approved the 18-acre WH Shaw Pallet Works site as the new home...
THE head of Saddleworth School today told the Chronicle: “We are propping this building up.” Matthew Milburn is in charge of the 1,350-pupil Saddleworth school,...
A DRUNKEN ex-boyfriend who threatened to chop up his former partner with a foot-long machete has been jailed. Aaron Walker (32), of Seville Street, Royton, was sentenced to six...
A HEROIC neighbour made a citizen’s arrest and disarmed a burglar who was attacking elderly neighbours with a 10in spanner. Kenny Ingham (41), of Cherry Avenue, Alt, was...
ATHLETIC have welcomed news they will be able to use the short-term loan system again next season - before it possibly shuts down for good. But chief executive Neil Joy says...
A RUN-DOWN area dominated by a derelict mill and blighted by vandalism and anti-social behaviour is to undergo a major regeneration. Cabinet members agreed a plan to redevelop...
A DISAGREEMENT between Oldham and North Wales Crusaders over a new date for their postponed iPro Sport Cup semi-final at Whitebank has been referred to the sport’s governing...
THE Lancaster Club will be transformed into a 21st century “Garden Suburb” with aspirational homes, Oldham Council cabinet has agreed. Councillors approved Bellway...
TICKETS are selling fast for what promises to be the country’s biggest domestic netball game. Manchester Thunder will play their home Superleague semi-final at the...
RUGBY UNION: OLDHAM’S Kyle Eastmond has a huge international advantage when it comes to his World Cup prospects. Eastmond’s club relationship at Bath with...
A GUARD of honour greeted Manchester United legend Paul Scholes as he officially opened Crompton House School’s new “3G” pitches. The facility has been named after the school’s...
