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NEW road markings have been painted at an accident blackspot in a bid to make the busy town-centre junction safer. Council workers were at the junction of Waterloo Street and...
Date Published 10/06/2014
CRICKET: CROMPTON kept alive their hopes of booking a place in the quarter-finals of the Lees Bitter Twenty20 Competition with a dramatic home victory over...
OLDHAMERS are being urged to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One. The council is organising a series of events and has launched website...
BOWLS: BEN Gledhill survived two 21-20 scares and produced a brilliant display in his third match on his way to a place in the finals of the Green Final Bowling...
AN Oldham martial arts expert has been drafted by the Brazilian government to help regain control of the slums from drug gangs ahead of the World Cup. Grand Master Kevin Lloyd...
HOCKEY: NICOLA White’s England team’s Rabobank World Cup campaign in Holland went from bad to worse at the weekend. Having lost their opening two games against...
CRICKET: THE Lake Garage CLL bowed out of the Readers Inter-League Competition when they lost by six wickets at home to the Lancashire County League yesterday. The match was...
IT was smiles all round as Oldham’s retiring Mayor handed over £44,500 raised during his year in office to a trio of local charities. Councillor John Hudson will...
CRICKET: REGRETS... the Saddleworth and District Cricket League representative side had several as they fell to a 10-run defeat at Flixton CC yesterday. Needing 173...
CONSTRUCTION of Crompton House School’s controversial new football pitch is underway. The pitch has left local residents up in arms over concerns for parking and access at...
OLDHAM Council leader Jim McMahon has landed one of the top roles in local government. He has been elected unopposed as leader-elect of the Local Government Association’s...
CONNOR Brown is to continue flourishing at Boundary Park. The player has signed a new one-year deal to stay with Athletic. The contract runs to the end of next season - a...
RESIDENTS are concerned for the safety of their pets after a cat was caught in a snare on recently cleared land on the Foxdenton development site. Sightings of possible...
POLICE launched a manhunt after a terrified resident was robbed at knifepoint at his secluded Saddleworth home. Two men forced their way into the house at Ryfields Drive, a...
DANNY Langtree will miss only his second game in over a year when South Wales Scorpions come to Whitebank on Sunday. Charged with a punching offence in Oldham’s...
AFTER 70 years behind the wheel a 92-year-old Grotton man decided to take it up a gear - by taking his Advanced Driving Test. Des Conroy, who first learned to drive when there...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards HAYDOCK 2.10 Montbazon 2.40 Tigrilla 3.10 King Of Macedon 3.40...
OLDHAM Council leader Jim McMahon has publicly apologised to D-Day veterans after a dead bunch of flowers was left at the town-centre war memorial. An 89-year-old veteran of...
The Two Worlds of Charlie F Opera House, Manchester UNLIKE the invented, intense and ultimately slightly cliche-driven “Britannia Waves the Rules” over at the...
GARY Harkins is trying to secure his release from St Mirren — and manager Lee Johnson says the Scot may be persuaded to shun better offers and return to Boundary...
Date Published 09/06/2014
SCOTT Naylor confessed to being embarrassed by the ease with which Hemel Stags scored seven tries in their 44-32 defeat of Oldham in Hertfordshire. The players were locked in...
Uppermill is to be reconsidered as the site for the new Saddleworth School. Campaigners Save Diggle Action Group (SDAG) say intense lobbying and growing protests have led to...
A £25,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can help to catch masked thieves who stole thousands of pounds from an Oldham bank. The robbery, at the NatWest branch in...
A householder chased away three armed burglars who tried to break into a neighbour’s house in Failsworth. The incident, on Leicester Road early last Wednesday evening,...
HEMEL 44, OLDHAM 32 TO the impartial observer this was a great game of rugby league and a fantastic advert for the quality of Championship One. To supporters of mid-table...
DRIVING instructors turned out in force to pay their respects to one of their own. Instructors and police officers packed Elm Road, Hollins, on Friday — the home of Ron...
SCOTT Naylor was furious with his Oldham team's attitude and defensive ineptitude in leaking 44 points at Hemel ---- the most Roughyeds have conceded in a league game during...
OLDHAM Whit walkers had their prayers answered as the skies stayed clear for the hundreds taking part. Congregations from churches in Shaw, Royton, Failsworth, Chadderton and...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards SALISBURY 1.55 Pivot Point 2.25 Wolfofwallstreet 2.55 Debit 3.25 Gulland...
HANDBALL: THE North-East Manchester Hawks under-18 girls’ team added the England Handball Association Cup to their earlier league successes for the season. Competing at...
Date Published 06/06/2014
