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TODAY’S A-level celebrations are all the more satisfying for a determined Oldham teenager who overcame a rare brain malformation to receive fantastic results. North...
Date Published 15/08/2013
DEFEAT against Walsall stung Athletic’s players and management — and a high-tempo return to form is fully expected on Saturday. Johnson insisted there are...
THE proportion of A–levels awarded at least an A grade has fallen for the second year in a row, official figures showed today. In total, 26.3 per cent of entries scored...
A NEAR full-strength Oldham squad will need no extra motivation going into tonight’s tasty final match of the regular Kingstone Press Championship One season at Rochdale....
OLDHAM RL coach Scott Naylor wants to arrange two friendly fixtures for his team as they head towards the Kingstone Press Championship One play-offs. The Roughyeds wrap up...
Pressing matters: QUIZ time, Athletic fans. What have these clubs got in common - Arsenal, Aston Villa, Fulham, Manchester City, Newcastle, Queen’s Park Rangers, Stoke,...
A-LEVELS: Emily Dobson-Sharp is travelling half way around the world later this month to teach children in Hyderabad, India. She will teach English, maths and science to three...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards NEWCASTLE 2.10 Autumn Tide 2.40 Our Boy Jack 3.10 Archibald Thorburn...
A-LEVELS: TO say North Chadderton School pupil Rhys Smith has had it tough would be an understatement. Throughout his school life Rhys has been in and out of hospital, had...
OLDHAM’S unemployment figures have fallen for the fifth successive month — albeit by only 10. On the debit side, the number of women out of work in the borough is...
STICK with us — and stay positive says upbeat Athletic manager Lee Johnson aftera pair of home defeats to Derby and Walsall last week. The youngest manager in the...
Date Published 14/08/2013
A NEW town centre special school for 140 children from across the borough has moved a step closer with £6.25 million from the Government. The Department for Education...
RESIDENTS were eveacuated from their homes for more than an hour after a crash caused a gas leak. The incident happened at 11.40am yesterday when a collision between a silver...
CHRIS Hamilton is hoping Oldham RL fans will make tomorrow’s final fixture of the regular Kingstone Press Championship One campaign at Rochdale feel like a home match....
THE proposed closure of Shaw baths has been rejected by hundreds of people in a questionnaire. The survey, by Friends of Shaw Baths (FOSB), got an overwhelmingly positive...
OLDHAM’S war memorial will go back on open display this week after a major project to restore it. The Grade II Listed monument has undergone extensive work with the help...
OLDHAM’S national youth swimming champion and top-ranked British back-stroker Jessica Fullalove will join the Great Britain swimming squad at the World Junior Championships...
Boxing: TRAINER Ben Lancaster is hoping hard work pays off for Ronnie Heffron in Cardiff on Saturday. Oldham ace Heffron (23) heads to South Wales to take on unbeaten...
THE Sky’s the limit for Royton golfer Rachel Connor this week. In the countdown to the Solheim Cup in Denver on Friday, the 23-year-old pro has turned TV analyst....
RUGBY UNION: LIFE in the South West is good for Kyle Eastmond. It’s now almost two years since the 24-year-old, Oldham-raised centre switched codes from Super League...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards BEVERLEY 2.00 Light The City 2.30 Margrets Gift 3.05 Ingenti...
Sport Betting: ENGLAND’S footballers could be forgiven for having one eye on the start of the league season when they take on Scotland at Wembley tonight. The real...
CRICKET: HEYSIDE, the holders, and Moorside completed the Twenty20 finals’ day line-up with emphatic victories in the two rearranged ties. Gerrie Snyman,...
Date Published 13/08/2013
CRICKET: STEVE Taylor was named man-of-the-match as Saddleworth beat Friarmere to lift the Moore Cup at Well-i-Hole. The all-rounder claimed five for 24 in the...
CRICKET: THE Young brothers stole the show at Thorpe Lane as Austerlands kept up their pursuit of a top-five finish in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League. First...
MOVING a familiar bus stop to a country road has turned into a mini-saga — and it will soon be on the move again. Confusion began eight months ago when the stop, which...
FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro grabbed their first victory of the new North-West Counties League First Division campaign on Saturday. Tony Mills’ side beat Leek CSOB 2-1 at...
VICTORIA Cross winners from Oldham will be recognised for their valour next year to mark the centenary of the First World War. Commemorative paving stones will be laid in...
A PHOTOGRAPHY suo is hoping to bring the former Oldham town hall back to life - with faces from its past. Alan Ward and his pal Dan Dubowitz have been asked to create exciting...
MICHAEL Meilron and Jeremy Howat have a really long bus trip ahead of them . . . They are travelling 1,200 miles over eight days on scheduled buses to get from Land’s...
