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HAPPY DAYS, Lowry, to Saturday I’m tempted to suggest the title should be taken ironically: this musical, based on the famous, 40-year-old TV sitcom, left me not...
Date Published 26/06/2014
A PLAN to upgrade safety at the road crossing in Shaw that has claimed two lives was confirmed to anxious locals last night. Twelve-year-old Annalise Holt died on the Milnrow...
Date Published 25/06/2014
A SERIOUSLY injured moped rider was airlifted to hospital after a collision with a lorry in Royton yesterday. The rider suffered a broken pelvis and leg and was flown to...
A 23-year-old Oldham man was caught running drugs - while on bail awaiting his trial for a previous offence. Michael Deacy of Cooperation Street, Failsworth was arrested in...
THE family of two-year-old Shaw gas-blast victim Jamie Heaton is launching a final push to raise £50,000 in his memory. A memorial bench funded by Shaw Parish Council...
Oldham Council leader Jim McMahon officially got work underway on Oldham’s new £15million flagship leisure centre - by taking the controls of a large digger! The...
OLDHAM College has teamed up with Manchester Giants to launch a new basketball academy. Students will get top-level coaching from players, an insight into the club and help to...
CLOSE THE COALHOUSE DOOR Oldham Coliseum, to July 12 THE Coliseum has pretty much gone and done it again; namely turned a rather long-winded night at the theatre into...
JOEL Coleman is Athletic’s rough diamond, says manager Lee Johnson. The 18-year-old goalkeeper recently signed a two-year contract at Boundary Park, replacing the...
DANNY Whitmore is hoping to escape an RFL disciplinary charge after getting a yellow card for punching at Gateshead. Referee Andy Sweet penalised the Oldham hooker and sent him...
TENNIS: OLDHAM’S Daniel Smethurst put in a valiant effort in his first appearance in the Wimbledon singles. He was eliminated in round one by American ninth seed...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards CARLISLE 2.10 Gold Beau 2.40 Ty Cobb 3.10 Enliven 3.40 Scallop (nap) 4.10...
SPORTS BETTING: ENGLISH sport has seen better times. Our early World Cup exit might have been expected in some quarters, but it was still bitterly disappointing. And...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers couldn’t quite nail down a much-needed two points in a thrilling Kingstone Press National Conference League Division One match against Myton...
Date Published 24/06/2014
RUGBY: DEFENCES were largely on top in this NCL Division Two mid-table encounter at Higginshaw Road, with Bradford Dudley Hill shading a 22-14 success against Oldham St...
BOWLS: NIMBLE Nook and Tonge star Darren Griffiths won the Greater Manchester Merit at Fallowfield Bowling and Tennis Club, beating Rawtenstall’s Andy Cairns 21-20 in a...
CRICKET: OLDHAM are without a full-time professional following Zakir Kathrada’s return to South Africa. The Lake Garage CLL Championship side has also lost the services...
A NAIL-BITING finale saw East Oldham crowned champions at the 10th annual Oldham Borough Games. It came down to the last result of the day for them to take title for the first...
A TALENTED teenager is on the final straight to win a £30,000 karting sponsorship deal. Matty Street (17), from Moorside, has been karting since he was 12 - and hopes...
A TALENTED Oldham girl has landed a role in a national TV commercial. Tahlia Cooper won’t be appearing in just any advert, but in an M&S advert. The...
ORIGINAL furniture from the former Oldham town hall will be brought back to life when the building reopens as a cinema in 2016. A 1913 chandelier, original curved tables and...
Boxing: IT is now two wins from two professional fights for Delph welterweight prospect Andy Kremner. The 21-year-old John Murray-trained battler took on tough journeyman Matt...
A SUPER performance from Nick Hardman helped Woodhouses to a comfortable seven-wicket victory at struggling Thornham in the Greene King Lancashire County League. Hardman took...
CRICKET: ATIQ Ur Rehman threw his gloves to a team-mate and bowled Friarmere to a shock victory over Moorside in the Pro Elite Sports Twenty20 Competition. Ur Rehman started...
CRICKET: JAVED Iqbal struck 111 as Hollinwood put a big dent in Heyside’s bid for back-to-back Saddleworth and District Cricket League titles. It was the opener’s...
CRICKET: NINTH-WICKET pair Chris Gill and Mike Moore dug in for Greenfield as they defeated second-placed Uppermill by 57 runs. The visitors were seemingly in command after...
THERE will be no local representation in the semi-finals of the Wood Cup. Oldham bowed out at Norden and Royton followed suit at home to Littleborough. Taking first guard,...
CRICKET: ON FIRST inspection, Oldham’s four-wicket JW Lees Bitter Wood Cup quarter-final defeat at Norden suggests a contest which went pretty much to form. Norden went...
CRICKET: IT was a match in which one of two teams would break its CLL duck for the season. Alas for Werneth, it was hosts Clifton who picked up maximum points in the premier...
ROYTON’S District Executive Meeting and Community Forum will take place at Royton Youth Centre from 6 o’clock tonight. The meeting is a chance to discuss local...
