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FIONA Liddy won’t be pulling her punches when she swaps Alexandra Park Junior School for the boxing ring this weekend. The school’s business manager will show off...
Date Published 24/03/2015
TABLE TENNIS: GLODWICK ‘B’ are closing in on the Oldham and District Table Tennis League Division One crown. They need 12 points from their remaining two...
WHEN a pupil whose sister has Downs Syndrome asked teachers if he could wear wacky socks to school, they invited all their pupils to do the same for a school awareness...
A LATE penalty goal denied 12-man Oldham St Anne’s a share of the spoils against Stanley Rangers in their first home game of the season It was a tough one to take as Mick...
OLDHAM Symphony Orchestra tried out a new venue for its VE Day concert - and it proved a winner. Oldham Parish Church was the perfect setting for a programme of well-known...
NETBALL: MANCHESTER Thunder are to play their Superleague semi-final at the Manchester Arena. The reigning champions have secured the 21,000-capacity venue to...
TRAIN stations in Greater Manchester — including Mills Hill, Chadderton — will get hundreds of new bike parking spaces to boost cycling across the region. Transport...
IT proved to be a dream Athletic debut for goalkeeper Joel Coleman at Crewe on Saturday. The 19-year-old academy product couldn’t have asked for more than a clean sheet...
A KOSOVAN refugee is appealing to Oldhamers to donate a wheelchair for a young girl in his native country. Osman Caka (65) is flying to his town, Kacanik in Kosovo, on Friday...
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY are in Evo-Stik League Division One North action tonight as they host Farsley at Seel Park (7.45pm). Victory could see the Lilywhites rise...
A WHEELY good time was the order of the day in Chadderton as riders celebrated the opening of a new skate park. Skateboarders, BMX riders, rollerskaters and scooter users were...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an attempted burglary in Chamber Road on Wednesday, March 11, shortly after 10pm. The offender is described as a white male in his...
TRACEY Neville will not return to Manchester Thunder should she be offered the England coach position permanently. Neville was appointed interim national coach last week and...
Non-league football: MOSSLEY’S Evo-Stik League Division One North play-off push remains firmly on track following a comfortable 2-0 victory at stuttering Radcliffe Borough....
THE Halle Orchestra was back home after an 11-day European tour to play some of the great movie classics in the latest of its pops concerts. Wagner’s “Ride of the...
St Chad’s parish centre in Uppermill has just been refurbished - thanks to landfill. The Veolia Environmental Trust gave the centre an £11,823 grant from its...
THE trial of an Oldham mother-of-five alleged to have accepted more than £100,000 in benefit payments, was dramatically halted when she changed her plea to guilty. A jury at...
HIS beetroot and chocolate ice cream might not have had the judges rooting for him, but Simon Wood’s other delectable dishes have seen him rise to the...
THE gritty victory at Crewe sends Athletic into tonight’s hotly-anticipated derby against Rochdale with a genuine boost. Dean Holden’s men ground out a hard-earned...
A CIVIL engineer from Shaw was at Buckingham Palace last week to mark the 50th anniversary of Sir Winston’s legacy. Tony Young attended a reception hosted by the Queen to...
OLDHAM hope the Whitebank factor will work in their favour when they meet in-form North Wales Crusaders at home in Sunday's iPro Sport Cup semi-final. Scott Naylor's men were...
DEFENDER Mat Sadler is hoping big numbers in the stands can inspire a big result for Athletic tonight. The loan left-back (30), knows exactly how much local bragging rights...
TWO proud Oldhamers have been appointed Deputy Lieutenants of Greater Manchester. Former Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati and Darren Clark, who has had a lifetime...
A GANG of men, including one from Oldham, will appear at Manchester Crown Court next month charged with money laundering. Nokhaz Adam Haider (34), of Broomhurst Avenue,...
12 Angry Men, Lowry, to Saturday REGINALD Rose isn’t a name you hear much, because like the rest of his fellow TV writers, what he wrote was mostly lost in the speed of...
KEITH Hill insists tonight’s derby clash will be a rare occasion for Rochdale and Athletic. The Dale boss says the two clubs work closely together most of the time, and...
CRICKET: SHAW-based John Stanworth is the latest casualty in the Lancashire Cricket Club revolution. Under new head coach and cricket director Ashley Giles – the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 2.30 Triple Dip 3.00 Henry Grace 3.30 Suffolk Sky 4.00...
324 Manchester Road, Chadderton, Oldham OL9 7ES Wednesday 29th April 2015 5-course meal & bring your own beer for just £15.95 per person No corkage charge 7:30pm...
Date Published 23/03/2015
COMMUNITY spirit was alive and kicking across Oldham at the weekend as hundreds of volunteers rolled up their sleeves and got stuck in to a mass clean-up. Council leader Jim...
