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Hockey: OLDHAM star Nicola White is geared up ahead of England’s opening game of the TriFinance EuroHockey Championships tomorrow morning. Head coach Jason Lee’s...
Date Published 16/08/2013
JAMES Tarkowski made only one short substitute appearance for the first team when Oldham and Peterborough last faced-off. He wasn’t involved in the five-goal drubbing at...
THE FRIDAY THING: IT is a pity that Euro MP Godfrey Bloom (a member of UKIP, naturally) lived up to his name (as in bloomers, as in mistakes) and turned a reasonable attack on...
CELEBRATE the traditions of Saddleworth at the Rushcart Festival on Saturday and Sunday, August 24 and 25, complete with morris dancing, wrestling and gurning. For more...
THE Christie Hospital is taking cancer treatment closer to people’s homes with the launch of a mobile chemotherapy unit. The £700,000 truck will, from October, be...
OLDHAM MP Michael Meacher is to release his fifth book before the annual Labour party conference later this month. And he hopes it will push Labour to set an alternative to...
AN historic church that needed to raise money for repairs has been awarded a grant of £158,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). St Margaret’s Church, in...
OLDHAM celebrity scientist Professor Brian Cox is turning questionmaster to host a BBC2 science quiz show. The Chadderton-born particle physicist will front Six Degrees of...
Saddleworth-based Purple WiFi has installed a new system at Oldham’s Mahdlo Youth Zone. The installation allows the Egerton Street centre full internet access and allows...
ROYTON aerosols and chemicals company James Briggs Ltd has completed a £350,000 upgrade its bulk storage tanks. The major investment follows a management buy-out and...
GOLF: NORTH Manchester Golf Club remain on target for a clean sweep of the silverware in the Oldham and District Golf League. With their appearances in the ‘A’...
BUSINESS partners Steven Palmer and Jason Caine Smith have invested £20,000 to convert the derelict basement of their premises in Huddersfield Road into treatment and sunbed...
GOLF: RICHARD Hughes produced a couple of miraculous shots on his way to victory in the Oldham and District Centenary Trophy at Oldham. The popular five-handicapper from...
Oldham bus driver Jason Gartside has won the regional heat of Stagecoach’s Bus Driver of the Year competition. Jason, who has worked at the Ashton depot for a year, will...
Cricket: DELPH off-spinner Arron Lilley took four wickets for 30 runs as Lancashire enhanced their prospects of reaching the Yorkshire Bank 40 semi–finals for the second...
ANYONE living or born in Chadderton and aged around 100 is encouraged to get in touch to book their place as a guest of honour at this year’s celebration of 100 years of...
OLDHAM’s Businessman of the Year used his birthday to make more money — for Oldham young people’s charity Mahdlo Steve Ingham of Safeguard Group was named...
A PIONEERING scheme to tackle fuel poverty and offer Oldhamers free heating and insulation upgrades worth up to £10,000 will be officially launched in Oldham tomorrow....
OLDHAM Athletic have welcomed two new signings to Boundary Park for the new season. Verlin Rainwater Solutions will sponsor the Rochdale Road End — or the...
A CHADDERTON glider pilot has soared to victory in a major competition - 25 years after first winning it. Mike Bond, who owns Chadderton-based Manchester Picture and Sports...
LATICS boss Lee Johnson has boosted his squad with a couple of signings ahead of the trip to Peterborough tomorrow.
Dad so drunk he couldn’t remember £40,000 rampage A YOUNG dad who went on a five-hour New Year’s Day arson rampage in Royton and Shaw has been jailed for four years. Liam...
A-LEVELS: OLDHAM Sixth Form College is delighted with the fantastic results of its students. The college scored a 98.4 per cent pass rate — above the national average of 98.1....
A-LEVELS: HULME Sixth Form pupils have excelled in their A-levels with top grades for 63.5 per cent of pupils - 4.5 per cent more than last year. The overall pass rate was 99...
TWO hundred people have attended a protest meeting against controversial proposals for Chadderton Foxdenton area. The £100 million plan would see a new business park and...
SCOTT Naylor is preparing his Oldham RL squad to win promotion the hard way - through the play-offs. Roughyeds will go up automatically if North Wales Crusaders lose one of...
JOSE Baxter is a major doubt for tomorrow’s tough trip to Peterborough, having picked up a strain that forced him to skip training. Athletic’s main creative...
ROCHDALE 25, OLDHAM 30 THREE tries in 17 stunning minutes early in the second half carried Oldham to victory at Spotland last night. Premier Sports viewers were treated to a...
SCOTT Naylor’s philosophy on team spirit is a bit extreme: you’ve to be ready to die for the guy next to you. “If any player of mine is not prepared to do...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
