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CROWDS will be gathering at an Oldham nightclub on Friday as DJ and The Wanted band member Tom Parker headlines at an exclusive event. Tom, from Bolton, will be taking to the...
Date Published 06/08/2014
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson says there is no indication yet whether a deal will be struck with George Elokobi. The ex-Wolves defender (28) turned out in the Huddersfield...
TAKE a bow, Mo Agoro. His try hat-trick at London Skolars earned Oldham’s powerful right-winger the accolade of Kingtone Press Championship One player of the week. And...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson has high hopes for the coming season with Athletic. Confident in the players he has added to his squad, part two of his in-depth interview with the...
IN EACH of the last four seasons, a team coming up into League One has managed to gatecrash the top six, writes MATTHEW CHAMBERS. Last time out, it was Rotherham — who...
GOLF’S final major of the season, the USPGA Championship, gets under way at Valhalla tomorrow with a huge weight of expectation on the shoulders of Rory McIlroy, writes...
CHADDERTON sunk to a disappointing 4-1 home North-West Counties League First Division defeat against Rochdale Town last night. James Curley handed the hosts an early lead when...
OLDHAM Evening Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are — BRIGHTON 2.20 Storm Lightning 2.50...
OLDHAM sports personalities lent a helping hand for a charity fundraiser this week. Former Manchester United and England star footballer Paul Scholes, St Helens RL star Mark...
Date Published 05/08/2014
IN-LINE HOCKEY OLDHAM-based Inline hockey club, the Rebels, clinched their first major trophy with victory in the GBHI B Nationals, held at Lutterworth in Leicester. The...
MOTORCYCLING ASHLEY Beech displayed plenty of grit and determination to finish a highly-respectable 19th in round six of the National Superstock 1000 Championship at...
FAILSWORTH starlet Katie Zelem is in the England Women’s under-20s squad which is about to kick-off their bid for World Cup glory. Zelem (18) was in the national...
A GREAT garage sale with bargains galore, raised a whopping £2,100 for charity. Despite the downpours, more than 450 went to the event — the 11th of its...
MANCHESTER comedian and actor Justin Moorhouse is urging residents to nominate unsung heroes for an awards scheme aimed at honouring community champions. Housing association...
THE heavens may have opened up over the weekend but that did not dampen the spirits of the residents of Garden Suburb who came out to greet their new Rose Queen. Dressed in a...
MEMBERS of the public are being urged to stand up to drug-drivers after some motorists admitted to getting behind the wheel while under the influence of illegal substances. The...
DOROTHY Pearson is retiring after dedicating over 50 years’ service to the legal profession in Oldham. Having started out as an office junior at local solicitors Rowntree...
ILLEGAL drivers in Saddleworth and Lees had better beware . . . members of the district executive are watching you. Councillors allocated £10,000 of funding towards the...
A KNOCK-OUT grant is set to transform the long-suffering roof at Oldham Boxing and Personal Development Club. Work has now started on the £50,000 installation of a new...
Reporter ALEX CAREY joins the volunteers helping to make town-centre streets safer AS I found myself yards away from a vicious drunken brawl in Oldham town centre this weekend...
A TEACHER who retired to brush up on her art has won a national competition. Jane Braithwaite, a member of the Saddleworth Group of Artists, entered the contest, organised by...
A SELF-TAUGHT music producer has released his latest single which has been played on radio stations across the country. Computer engineer Kishan Lad (23) has worked with some...
IT has taken 11 years, 13 flights abroad and £6,000, but one man in Milnrow has finally got his book on the First World War published. Ralph Davidson (68), who used to...
SHOLVER is now home to 12 new families after First Choice Homes handed over the keys to a dozen new properties. The mix of two, three and four-bedroom houses have been built...
COMMUNITY-MINDED young people have “graduated” from a fortnight-long summer school run by Oldham MP Debbie Abrahams. Mrs Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and...
A KEEN photographer has won a top-of-the-range camera after his picture of a BMX rider gained huge praise as part of a campaign to encourage young people to cycle. Bike...
MEN aiming to get back into shape are being given a helping hand with the launch of a new scheme — Slimmin’ Without Women. Run by Age UK Oldham and supported by NHS...
IT seems going for the burn in your twilight years may be good for you after all. New Scottish research shows short six-second bursts of vigorous exercise has the potential to...
THE founder of a small family business which helped put Oldham on the map with a product used across the globe, has died. Ken Furness (86) died at Nobles Hospital on the Isle...
OLDHAM Council’s budget has been slashed in half, by £201 million, over eight years — equivalent to £2,232 per household. Government cuts forced the...
