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GREEN energy could soon be on its way to Saddleworth as the owners of a community-owned hydro-electric scheme are ready to seek planning permission. click story for more
Date Published 19/06/2013
BOWLS: WILF Flanagan booked his first appearance in the finals of the Green Final Bowling Handicap – and ended the hopes of defending champion Alan Hodson. Flanagan...
Date Published 18/06/2013
CRICKET: KYLE Hogg reflected on Lancashire’s amazing innings and 105-run LV= County Championship Division Two victory over Essex at Chelmsford by declaring:...
CRICKET: DRAKES Huddersfield League Sykes Cup holders Delph are out of this year's competition. Yesterday Grant Jones' side was sent crashing out at the quarter-final...
CRICKET: THE Gills of Greenfield put the skids under Uppermill in the Versasteel Saddleworth and District Cricket League. Son Chris struck his first ton of the season,...
Cricket: CROMPTON failed to do themselves justice in succumbing to John Willies Lees Wood Cup quarter-final defeat at Heywood yesterday. The nine-wicket defeat was a fair...
CRICKET: DROPPED with the score on four, Richard Baines took his second chance and swept Moorside into the semi-finals of the Tanner Cup at Nursery Fields. Baines had made...
CRICKET: ROYTON professional Ben Dunk treated the Paddock crowd to fireworks as the Lake Garage CLL Championship leaders blew away derby rivals Crompton. The Aussie...
MOTORCYCLE RACING: ASHLEY Beech produced his best result since joining JD Racing when finishing a fine 16th in round five of the National Superstock 1000 Championship at...
HOW many young boys in Oldham want to be professional footballers? Thousands? And how many want to play for Manchester United? Still thousands! For Chadderton teenager Ben...
RUGBY: TWO all-in brawls, FIVE red cards... and no points for Oldham St Anne’s, who lost 34-18 to Elland. That was the tale of the tape in the battle of Higginshaw...
Rocky Horror Show, Palace Theatre, Manchester A ROCKY Horror Show virgin — I know, there can’t be many of us around — I wasn’t quite sure what to...
NOISES OFF, Lowry, Salford to Saturday Michael Frayn has had a chequered playwriting career: alongside pension-boosting shows like this one, “Copenhagen”,...
A NEW voice of Oldham’s youth has taken office. Student Emma O’Donnell (19) was appointed Youth Mayor of the borough at a prestigious mayor-making ceremony at...
MAJOR works to improve Churchill playing fields — the largest in Saddleworth — are nearing completion. The site has long suffered from poor drainage and flooding....
The iconic Midland Hotel in Morecambe has been searching for Oldhamer Carol Richmond, who entered the Miss Great Britain contest there as a 21 year old in 1968. The hotel was...
AS Royton-born born Diageo chief executive Paul Walsh toasts the end of his phenomenal career in the drinks industry, he is believed to be heading for the other side of the...
Coroner orders case to reopen A CORONER has ordered the police investigation into a teenage boy’s death reopened after the raising of suspicions at the inquest....
Secret concerns over £175,000 a year boss THE £175,000 a-year boss of Pennine Care mental-health trust has resigned and retired at the end of a seven-month...
Moors murderer Ian Brady wants to go to prison so he will be free to end his life, a mental health tribunal heard yesterday. Brady (75) wants to be judged sane so he can be...
CALLING all community champions and unsung heroes — tonight the search for the great and good of Oldham begins with the launch of the 2013 Pride in Oldham awards. Now in...
ATHLETIC will have their own pack of sprint stars next season — including one who can give the fastest man in history a run for his money. Manager Lee Johnson has named...
OLDHAM’S medical staff are working hard on winger Mo Agoro in the hope he will be fit to return against Hemel Stags at Whitebank on Sunday. The 20-year-old former Leeds...
CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards RIPON 6.50 Legal Bond 7.20 Will To Survive 7.50 Never Forever 8.20...
A CORONER has ordered that the police investigation into a teenage boy's death be reopened after an inquest raised suspicions about the events leading up to the tragic...
PUBS at train stations along the Transpennine Real Ale Trail were quieter this weekend following new restrictions on alcohol sales. The trail sees passengers travel between...
Date Published 17/06/2013
A NEW road layout at the Manchester Street roundabout is driving Oldham motorists around the bend. Drivers constantly switch lanes and pass in front of fast-moving traffic,...
A HATHERSHAW woman who heads an international charity has been awarded the MBE in The Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Dr Jacqueline Christodoulou (51), the chief...
AN Oldham man in Turkey to discuss climate change with former US vice president Al Gore has been injured during rioting. Ben Ingham, a salesman with the Safeguard Group in...
Halle Orchestra, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester youngsters piled into the Bridgewater Hall to watch the Halle’s summer prom “Beside the Seaside, Beside the...
