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RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers were again unable to hold on to a lead for 80 minutes as they were beaten 40-26 at Normanton Knights in Division One of the NCL. Holding an...
Date Published 03/07/2014
RUGBY: CHRIS Hough admits Waterhead’s crushing 122-7 defeat at Kells left him at a low ebb — but he is determined to turn things around from this...
BOWLS: NIMBLE Nook and Tonge player Nicky Brooks has landed the JW Lees Classic title at Hopwood Unionist Club for the second time. Brooks defeated former Springbank player Ben...
MOTOR CYCLE RACING: ASHLEY Beech set a personal best lap time at Knockhill in round four of the National Superstock Championship. The 1.2 mile Scottish circuit is the shortest...
HOCKEY: NICOLA White can’t wait for Glasgow 2014 to begin after earning a Team England call-up for the Commonwealth Games. Leicester forward White (26) will feature in a...
SPIRALLING repair costs have forced the council to pull the plug prematurely on Crompton’s swimming pool. Replacing the boiler at the ageing sports centre could cost up...
ATHLETIC have signed the biggest sponsorship deal in the club’s history, which sees Boundary Park change its name from today to ‘SportsDirect.com Park’. The...
A LABOUR MP has called for a dossier of child abuse allegations compiled by former Saddleworth MP Geoffrey Dickens in 1985 to be made public. Current Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk...
AFTER half a dozen games for Oldham, loan half-back Steve Roper says he believes this could be the year of the Roughyeds. At 27, the midfield general is one of the most...
CRICKET: Hollinwood’s Mubashir Khan has been banned for life after allegedly being involved in an incident at Stayley in which a spectator was knocked to the floor. The...
THE family of 16-year-old Kyle Winterbottom, who fell 40ft to his death at a party didn’t get the answers they need because witnesses abused police instead of making...
THE funeral of a tragic mum who died two days after giving birth will be held next week. Lisa Parkisson (35) gave birth to son Zac on June 21 at the Royal Oldham Hospital in an...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards DONCASTER 2.20 Nathr 2.50 Wannabe King 3.25 Flawless Pink 4.00 Invicible...
THE grieving family of a 16-year-old boy who died in a 40ft fall during a party is still in the dark over events leading to his death. Kyle Winterbottom, from Hollins, died in...
Date Published 02/07/2014
THE safety of children is more important than the rights of “inconsiderate motorists” says Oldham Council - which has slammed new government legislation to ban camera...
OLDHAM West and Royton MP Michael Meacher has branded high-interest loan company Wonga a “parasite preying on the vulnerable”. In a scathing attack on the lender,...
OLDHAM’S sick and vulnerable are at the mercy of a failing patient transport service says a local health watchdog. The news follows a survey by Healthwatch Oldham after a...
OLDHAM has been given £250,127 to speed up adoption in the borough. Oldham Council cabinet has accepted the central government money as part of reforms aimed at finding...
ROAD and public transport users are being warned to plan their journeys carefully as the Tour de France passes through Greater Manchester this weekend. The second stage of the...
ANTHONY White hasn’t had much of a break this summer - but you won’t hear him complaining. The 22 year old signed this week to become the club’s new fitness...
GEORGE Tyson is keen to regain his Oldham first-team spot after injury and will play for the under-20s at Whitebank on Saturday. The 20-year-old back-row man, on long-term loan...
JACK Truelove has signed as a professional with Athletic. The 18 year old missed almost all last season with a knee ligament injury, but manager Lee Johnson’s belief in...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards
A MURDERER told he would spend the rest of his life in prison after stabbing and killing his former girlfriend had killed before in Oldham. Paul O’Hara had been out on...
Date Published 01/07/2014
YESTERDAY was the second time Paul O’Hara has been jailed for life. He was locked up in 1998 after admitting the murder of Janine Waterworth in an alleyway in High Crompton —...
A POST-mortem examination into a mother’s death two days after the birth of her son at the Royal Oldham Hospital has proved inconclusive. Lisa Parkisson (35) had Zac on June 21...
A 22-YEAR-OLD mother died in a car crash only weeks after passing her driving test, an inquest heard. Georgina Taylor from Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, lost control of her...
A SOLICITOR from Saddleworth has had his licence suspended and his practice shut down by regulators. Robert Andrew Schofield worked for Hilton Legal Business Ltd, based in Ball...
A POWER cut brought parts of Oldham town centre to a standstill yesterday afternoon. Electricity went off for just over an hour at around 1pm after a worker damaged a cable at...
STEAUA Bucharest represents the first stage in a pre-season programme new left-back Joseph Mills believes will prove beneficial for Athletic. The private friendly at St...
