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AN Oldham company has helped Stoke Council win a silver medal at the Chelsea Flower Show. Fountains and Features Ltd, owned by Milnrow man Andrew Harrison, supplied the water...
Date Published 11/06/2013
FOOTBALL: TWO former Hathershaw College students are hoping to carve out successful careers in the world of professional football. Darcy O’Connor, aged 18, has...
ATHLETIC have won the Football League Family Excellence Award for the 2012-13 season. Created in 2007, the award recognises the outstanding experience clubs provide for young...
THERE was plenty of flan-flinging fun at Uppermill Sports Club when an amazing 537 participants took part in an attempt to break the world record for the biggest custard-pie...
AN aspiring group of swimmers is determined to save historic Crompton Pool. Friends of Shaw Baths (FOSB), a voluntary organisation which hopes to run the pool as a community...
A £3 MILLION cash injection for local health services will see a boost in the number of nurses and sisters on wards at the Royal Oldham Hospital. Major investment by...
OLDHAM has one of the highest premature death rates in the country in figures published today. The borough is ranked 139th out of 150 local authorities for deaths in...
DEMOLITION has started at the former secondary in which a new free school staffed by former soldiers had hoped to open. Phoenix Free School, given the go-ahead last month, had...
A ROYTON man has admitted setting fire to cars in a New Year’s Day arson spree. Twenty eight-year-old Liam Siddall’s rampage in Royton and Shaw during the early...
TRAVELLERS who set up camp on the site of a former Failsworth dairy have been evicted thanks to a swift response from the council and police. Five caravans and eight cars...
PAUL Murray had no doubts about his decision to commit to a coaching career under the wing of a man four years his junior. Murray (36), who is halfway through completing his...
WITH the half-way mark fast approaching in Oldham’s bid to climb out of Championship One, coach Scott Naylor is keen to top up his small squad. He has only nine games...
MATT Smith is “over the moon” with his new two-year contract with mighty Leeds United. The 24-year-old striker will leave Boundary Park at the end of the month to...
CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards BEVERLEY 2.00 El Duque 2.30 Showtime Girl 3.00 Echo Of Lightning 3.30...
OLDHAM-BORN internationally renowned artist Brian Clarke has urged the people of Oldham to make sure they have a voice when it comes to redesigning the town. Lamenting the...
Date Published 10/06/2013
Woman had stitches to face after attack by bull terrier MAGISTRATES have ordered a Staffordshire bull terrier that attacked a woman to be put down. Owner Lisa Eyres, of...
OLDHAM RL became the first side this season to take a bonus point off Championship One leaders North Wales Crusaders at The Racecourse. In three previous Championship One...
A WARNING has been issued to residents not paying their council tax bill Councillor Abdul Jabbar, cabinet member for finance, pledged the council will take “all...
A MODEL of Pakistani–heritage men targeting young white girls for sexual exploitation exists — and authorities must be able to raise concerns without aaccusations of...
LEE Johnson possesses exactly the right ingredients to be a management success, says seasoned manager-hunter Simon Corney. A host of team bosses have passed in and out of the...
A MAN in his 60s fell 50ft down a crag above Dovestone Reservoir, Greenfield. The experienced climber was walking on a path at Dean Rocks yesterday afternoon when he slipped...
CRUSADERS 22, OLDHAM 20 UNLUCKY Oldham deserved more than a bonus point from this top-of-the-table thriller. It was one of three Crusaders tries in a seven-minute spell at...
SCOTT Naylor was the proudest man in Wrexham after watching his young Oldham side give unbeaten league leaders North Wales Crusaders a massive fright. Lewis Palfrey had a...
PARTYGOERS soaked up the sunshine at a phenomenal Failsworth Carnival over the weekend. Around 10,000 visitors flocked to the double-header at Lord Lane playing fields....
CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 6.00 Flying Bear 6.30 Cornish Beau 7.00 Salient 7.30 Celestial...
JAMES Howard and Will Wilson both struck half-centuries as leaders Saddleworth enjoyed a 53-run win at Heyside in the Saddleworth and District under-15s League. In reply to...
Date Published 07/06/2013
CRICKET: SADDLEWORTH Cricket Club’s talented all-rounder James Howard smashed a Versasteel Saddleworth and District League record in a second-team clash at Heyside at...
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, Manchester Opera House IT tells you something about the genius of the late, great Freddie Mercury when it takes six singers and six dancers to capture...
DARTS: Oldham have been crowned Lancs GMC Elite Super Eights Darts League champions following a penultimate-day victory over Rochdale. A draw would have been enugh to take...
Break the Floorboards, Oldham Coliseum, to Saturday RIFCO Arts’ previous show “Britain’s Got Bhangra” was a hit at the Coliseum a few months ago and...
