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MEMBERS of amateur theatre company Congress Players have presented the £4,000 raised by last year’s production of “Grease” to charity Reuben’s...
Date Published 03/06/2014
STEVE Roper and Nathan Mason are staying at Whitebank even though their original one-month loan deals ended after last Sunday's game against London Skolars. Oldham had already...
Things we do for love Lowry, Salford, to Saturday ALAN Ayckbourn has seemingly long since given up on trying to create deliberately funny plays as this tragi-comedy from...
TABLE tennis starlet Amirul Hussain is celebrating his first national success. The Greenacres Primary School pupil won the England under-11s title without dropping an...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards SOUTHWELL 2.30 Chosen Forever 3.00 Yagheer 3.30 Grosmont 4.00 Stand...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson says the club has fielded only one phone call about Jonson Clarke-Harris - and expects the striker to stay at Boundary Park. “We have had one...
Date Published 02/06/2014
SCOTT Naylor would never encourage or condone foul play. But nor would he expect his players to lie down and hoist the white flag if they were taking a physical...
OLDHAM 46, SKOLARS 16 OLDHAM’S backs have largely been overshadowed by the forwards in the season-and-a-half of Scott Naylor’s tutelage — but there are signs...
SOMEBODY has to be doing something right when the boss is happy with his staff and their achievements. Happy? “More than that. The lads are playing for the shirt and...
CRICKET: SHADLEY van Schalkwyk was here, there and everywhere in Heyside’s 175-run thumping of Greenfield in the last eight of the Tanner Cup at Ladhill Lane. The South...
A DISTRAUGHT FAilsworth mum says her eight-year-old son is lucky to be alive after a burst appendix resulted in an emergency four-hour operation. Luca Browne was taken to the...
STAFF were threatened with a gun as two armed raiders stole money from a Failsworth travel agency on Saturday. The Co-operative Travel store, off Oldham Road, was raided at...
CRICKET: WERNETH were sick last night after snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in their Lake Garage CLL Premier Division clash at Heywood. Having posted 182 for...
OLDHAM’S Labour group now holds the highest number of council seats since the borough was formed in 1974. But leader Jim McMahon says there is still a lot of work to do...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards BRIGHTON 2.10 Simply Magic 2.40 Clapperboard 3.10 Saucy Minx 3.40 Ifan 4.10...
A FORMER Royton entrepreneur is to share his top tips with local businessmen. Bill Holroyd CBE, founder and chairman of North-West charity OnSide, will lead business speakers...
A FAMILY fun day is being held at Crompton Conservative Club, Queen Street, Shaw, in aid of local youngster Tehyah Folan-Clarke, who is seriously ill. There will be music,...
Date Published 30/05/2014
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s A overcame the elements to beat neighbours Rochdale Mayfield A 27-18 at a wet Higginshaw Road in Division Two of the North-West Men’s...
SADDLEWORTH’S most isolated village could be flushed with success if a disused toilet block reopens as as shop. Denshaw has been without a shop since the sub-post office...
Oldham defeated as injuries prove costly RICHARD Joy celebrated his signing on professional forms by scoring two tries in the Oldham RL under-20s’ 40-26 defeat by the...
CRICKET: NO pain, no gain is the philosophy at Moorside these days. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, groups of men and boys are being put through their paces in a tough...
TWO Oldham town-centre car parks close permanently on June 9 to make way for Oldham’s new £15 million sports centre. The car parks are at the junction of Manchester...
OLDHAMERS have to pay six times their annual income to buy their first home, according to a new poll. The report, Home Truths by the National Housing Federation, paints a bleak...
OLDHAM Council leader Jim McMahon is in the running for a national role which would see him fight the corner for Labour councillors at Westminster. Councillor McMahon is up for...
CRICKET: OLDHAM defeated Werneth by a single run in a dramatic JW Lees Bitter Tom Hardman Twenty20 Competition match at the Coppice. The South-East group game saw...
A CAR ploughed into a give way sign in the latest accident at Waterloo Street’s accident-prone junction. A red Ford Ka was involved in a smash with a blue Peugeot 107 at...
FRIENDS of Saddleworth Museum, High Street, Uppermill, is holding its annual plant sale on Sunday from 11am to 3.30pm with admission free. On sale will be both indoor and...
BOWLS: GREATER Manchester have a must-win match in their 2014 County Championship campaign on Sunday afternoon. The George and Dragon in Hyde is the venue for the home...
THE FRIDAY THING: WHEN pugnacious Warren Bates wins a seat on Oldham Council for UKIP, and Joe Fitzpatrick resurrects a political career that had died in the wake of court action...
A village tearoom and an historic inn have won accolades from the world’s largest travel website, TripAdvisor. The Vintage Cupcake Kitchen in High Street, Uppermill, has...
