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SADDLEWORTH Under-15s League leaders Greenfield suffered their first defeat of the season, by 11 runs at Droylsden. Having restricted the hosts to 113 for four, they...
Date Published 14/06/2013
THERE are some shows that do your heart good from the first few beats of the overture, and when it is done well, this is certainly one of them. The best of the Savoy operas is...
Boxing: RECENTLY-crowned National Junior ABA champion Danny Wright made a dream England international debut. The Failsworth-based 16-year-old featured for his country in a...
A CAMPAIGN to get the borough business-like and back to work is already earning its crust. “Get Oldham Working” — launched at the One Oldham Business Awards...
GOLF: BROOKDALE were the big movers of the week as they went to the top of the ‘A’ League West Division in the Oldham and District League thanks to a 6-2 home win...
GOLF: THERE was a photo finish in the Crompton and Royton Seniors Open — with six pairs all recording 39 points! It was a card play-off to beat all card play-offs,...
SPORTS BETTING: TORRENTIAL rain has left the Merion Golf Club in Pennsylvania resembling a swamp. So patience is going to be key when the world’s finest tee it up on...
Landlady rejects plan to sandblast old pub A PUB landlady has won the hearts of a village and conservationists after turning down a proposal to clean her pub's stonework....
SNOOKER: MOORSIDE snooker ace Michael Wild felt the full force of The Rocket in the first Players’ Tour Championship event of the season in Bulgaria. In a...
SIR Henry Cecil, the racing legend who died yesterday at the age of 70, leaves a huge legacy to the sport. The trainer sent out 25 Classic and 75 Royal Ascot winners and was a...
Reporter MARINA BERRY explores the inspiration that drives internationally-acclaimed Oldham-born artist Brian Clarke. Brian Clarke has produced paintings, drawings and collages...
CRICKET: OLDHAM are organising a reunion to mark the 25th anniversary of the club’s Wood Cup success. The nine-wicket victory over Littleborough came in a golden...
CRICKET: AND then there was one. Of the five Saddleworth and District League teams that had ambitions of LCB Cup glory, only Bamford Fieldhouse remain. Uppermill and...
CRICKET: WERNETH won’t rest on their laurels as they continue their push for promotion to the Lake Garage CLL’s Premier Division. Hot on the heels of...
RUGBY: KYLE Eastmond felt a sense of justification for his decision to switch codes after making his England debut in the 32–3 victory over Argentina. Former Oldham...
COMMUNITY groups across Oldham are being urged to apply for a share of a £2 million fund. The Community First Neighbourhood Matched Fund has already given £1.2...
MARIAN Bowers is to take a trip down memory lane for the BBC’s “Antiques Roadshow” next year. The 92 year old, of Farrow Street, Shaw, has been invited to go...
A STASH of grenades thought to belong to vile cop killer Dale Cregan was found hidden in a storm drain in Oldham, the Chronicle can reveal. An explosive device team recovered...
Killer’s ruthless spiral of violence had no limits. One–eyed killer Dale Cregan will spend the rest of his life in prison for the ruthless murders of two...
ATHLETIC have only a slim chance of keeping hold of Jean-Yves Mvoto for next season, but manager Lee Johnson has already lined up two potential replacements. A contract offer...
PC had the steely determination to do her very best. CLIMBING through a dogflap to get into a house, being thrown over a fence by colleagues to chase a suspect and barging a...
OLDHAM are likely to have two new boys in the team on Sunday – Anthony Bowman from Halifax and Dan Brotherton from Salford. The Roughyeds last night completed the...
LEE Spencer will have no worries about throwing Dan Brotherton in at the deep end when Oldham play South Wales in Neath on Sunday. As his former boss at Salford, Spencer has...
Nine other defendants faced trial alongside Cregan on various charges linked to the deaths of the Shorts, four of whom were cleared. Mr Justice Holroyde criticised Cregan and...
NICOLA Hughes’s dad said it was “like a horror film” when he heard his daughter had been murdered. Bryn Hughes was driving home when a detective called him....
Names in the frame for No.1 jersey ALEX Cisak’s departure last week left Athletic with only one goalkeeper on the books. Dean Bouzanis and Liam Jacob had already been...
HUNDREDS of Oldhamers cheered as the Countess of Wessex visited two multi-million pound projects in the borough yesterday. Sophie arrived at Kingfisher Special School in...
CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
A STASH of grenades was found in Oldham, linked to the murder trial of police killer Dale Cregan. click story for more
OLDHAM’S new University Technical College (UTC) is set to open next September, education chiefs announced this morning. The state-of-the-art, energy-efficient building...
Date Published 13/06/2013
