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A FORMER world wrestling champion from Oldham features heavily in a biography of a former opponent. Marty Jones (59) who is landlord of the Angel Inn in Royton, is mentioned...
Date Published 27/08/2013
RESIDENTS face a battle to prevent development on a canalside greenfield site. Outline plans for the residential development in Diggle will be ruled on by Oldham...
FIRST-TIME angler Alex Leslie reeled in a whopping 230lb bigeye tuna — missing the world youth record by just six months. The Moorside teenager battled with the fish for...
GCSE: ELLA-MARIE Simpson is another star pupil to pass gCSE examinations at 11. The Christ Church, Denshaw, pupil received a C grade in maths to the delight of mum Hanna who...
GCSE: BUDDING mathematicians Cameron Husselbury, Zaynab Khalid and Daanyaal Hussain are flying high after achieving a GCSE at 11-years-old. The trio, along with Kieran...
GCSE: Maths has added up to success for two 11-year-olds Daanyal Hussain and Hasnaat Arshad, both from Glodwick, notched up B grades after sitting their exams five years early...
CHAT about books, life or listen to a guest speaker at Chat and Choose, Royton Library, between 9.30 and 11.30am on Wednesday. THE annual 3663 charity fun day in support of...
David enters Hall of Fame OLDHAM Athletic’s David Broadbent has been inducted into Prostate Cancer UK’s Hall of Fame following his marathon fundraising efforts....
GCSE: HATHERSHAW college celebrated another year of top grades. The top achievers included Sadiya Begum, who chalked up an impressive four A*s, eight As, a B and a C. She is...
GCSE: STUDYING for GCSEs can be hard for any student - but Oldham Academy North pupil Emar Abdulghani first had to get to grips with a new language and way of life. When Emar...
GCSE: WATERHEAD Academy is delighted with its pupils’ results. Sixty-three per cent per cent received five or more A*-C GCSEs regardless of the subject and 45 per cent...
CGSE: NEWMAN College staff were on hand to congratulate their pupils on amazing GCSE results as the school as a whole once again improved on past years. Fifty four per cent of...
GCSE: PUPILS at Crompton House were overjoyed with their results with 14 students achieving 10 or more A*s and A grades. One student, Fiona Banham, was delighted to achieve...
LOCAL Government minister Eric Pickles is calling on local councils to let journalists film, tweet and report on all meetings. The minister said freedom of speech and...
A LITTLE girl was literally a kid in a candy store when she took over a Haribo factory. Nine-year-old Paris Phillips, from Oldham, beat 12 other children in a national...
TINY the dinosaur delighted youngsters when she took up residence in Spindles shopping centre on Saturday. Children crowded round her pen, eager to stroke her and feed her...
CRICKET: DELPH made up for a wash-out against Hall Bower on Saturday by comfortably seeing off Golcar in the Huddersfield League Premier Division. Kevin Hook led the way with...
HOCKEY: THERE was shoot-out agony for Shaw’s Nicola White and her England colleagues in the final of the TriFinance EuroHockey Championships in Belgium. In the...
CRICKET: A KASHIF Khan-inspired Hollinwood recorded their first win in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League for almost two months. Promoted to number three, the former...
CRICKET: SUPPORTERS at Little Hey Street were treated to a dramatic tie between Heyside, the hosts, and Saddleworth. Requiring three runs with three wickets remaining, victory...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: TWO late goals earned Mossley a thrilling 3-3 draw in their Evo-Stik Division One North clash at Ossett Town. The hosts went in front early on through...
CRICKET: ROYTON inflicted the second defeat of the weekend on Werneth and set up a dramatic finale to the Lake Garage CLL Championship season. Yesterday’s derby at the...
WORKMEN were sent to rip out tens of thousands of pounds of bespoke kitchen equipment when a primary school opted out of the council’s dinner service. They are even...
OLDHAM Council has made nine recommendations to the Government over the controversial Work Capability Assessment (WCA) scheme. The fourth independent review of the system...
OLDHAM MP Debbie Abrahams has accused the Government of a cavalier attitude over education facilities in Saddleworth. The Oldham East and Saddleworth MP spoke of the issues...
LEE Johnson is beaming again after picking up another three points. But Athletic’s manager has quickly focused on the next task in hand — another home game,...
THE forthcoming friendly against Leigh Centurions Academy, initially fixed for Leigh Sports Village, is now earmarked for Whitebank. There's a change of date and kick-off...
ATHLETIC may have lost their bearings for a short time, but ultimately a second foray into the land of the giants proved successful at the weekend. After Stevenage —...
CRICKET: GERRIE Snyman smashed Heyside to victory in breathtaking style in the Versasteel Saddleworth and District League Twenty20 competition finals day. In glorious...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards CARLISLE 2.00 Hab Reeh 2.30 No Leaf Clover 3.00 Thorntoun Lady...
