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CHADDERTON’S Boundary signs now commemorate the Lancaster Bomber which was built by Avro at Greengate. They feature a picture of the Second World War aeroplane and the...
Date Published 07/06/2013
MARKING a decade in business, photographer Jude Gidney called on her friends — and destroyed a giant cupcake. The cake was top of photographer Jude’s list for the...
GOLF: OLDHAM’S Alan Squires was today bidding for a fourth consecutive English Men’s Seniors Open Championship. He made history by clinching the coveted title...
Lifestyle, wedding and portrait photographer Jenny Martin Photography has won a major award in the 2013 Wedding Industry Experts Awards. The company, based in Mossley, was...
GOLF: CUP kings Dukinfield got their silverware search off to a winning start. Winners of both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ competitions last year, they reached...
JOHN Edwards has joined the Oldham Coliseum as development manager. John (32) from Didsbury, joined the Fairbottom Street theatre a couple of months ago after the...
GOLF: “THIS one’s for you, Jane” was the emotional message from women’s Chronicle Cup winner Glynis Jones following her play-off victory at Crompton...
A ROYTON company is in the running for a heritage award after helping to restore an engine house thought to be the oldest of its kind in the world. Building conservation and...
GOLF: MATT Chapman was a cut above his rivals when clinching the men’s Chronicle Cup for the first time at Saddleworth. And it was some effort from the painter and...
A STUN GUN and a makeshift weapon were discovered in a car driven by a son with his mother who went on a “joint enterprise” of threatening behaviour, Oldham...
SHAW and Crompton’s committee of Macmillan Cancer Support is raising cash with a Lancashire Night. It takes place at St Andrew’s Church, Trent Road in High...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s youngsters got up close to the Rugby League World Cup when it visited their Higginshaw Road ground last night. The visit was part of the...
YORKSHIRE Street’s Kiss nightclub is set to go under the hammer. Commercial auctioneers are selling the vacant three-storey building — formerly Vogue nightclub...
CRICKET: WHALLEY Range’s application to join the Saddleworth and District Cricket League has received a positive response. Club delegates were told of...
OASIS Academy Oldham is changing its school day from September to help improve achievement, teaching and behaviour. Principal David Hayes said the move would enable the...
MANCHESTER City seem set to strike a double blow in the transfer market as they close in on the signings of Fernandinho and Jesus Navas. Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder...
Community groups across Oldham have received a boost from First Choice Homes. The Respect Our Community Awards (ROCA), set up by FCHO and supported by local businesses and...
A Shaw couple are celebrating the return of their pet bulldog, Vinny, who was snatched in a burglary. Simon Davis and Kayleigh Houghton left their Wren’s Nest home for a...
Angling: THERE was a bad skim on the surface which made presentation hard in the Oldham Central AC match on Cudmore Fisheries’ Suez Canal — but it didn’t...
BOWLS: THE 2013 Green Final Bowls Handicap gets under way tonight with action at four venues. Eight players at each green will bid for a place on finals night which, for...
CRICKET: DELPH will bid to bounce back from a convincing defeat when they travel to Barkisland in the Drakes Huddersfield League Premiership tomorrow (1.30pm start)....
CRICKET: ROYTON face a tough test of their title credentials in tomorrow’s trip to Monton and Weaste. Monton are especially strong at home and it needed a fightback...
THE FRIDAY THING: WHAT has happened to my old sparring partner Dave Hibbert? I return from two idyllic weeks in the Brecon Beacons where, contrary to the advice of Welsh...
Cricket: Crompton will bid to stretch their 50-overs unbeaten run to six matches when they entertain Radcliffe tomorrow. Carl Taylor’s men made a slow start to...
SING your hearts out for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice at the Saddleworth Summer Concert at Uppermill Civic Hall on Saturday, June 15. The Sing for Pleasure Choir will perform,...
CRICKET: ADNAN Farooq is the man to inspire the Saddleworth and District Cricket League’s representative side on Sunday. That’s the view of his Friarmere club...
A KEEN sportsman who once beat a world champion in a frame of snooker has died aged 101. Joe Lynch was born in Preston but moved to Oldham as a baby and lived in Derker and...
TWO carnival princesses WILL get to ride in a convertible in Failsworth’s carnival parade tomorrow following a U-turn by insurers. The owner of the car involved was...
OLDHAM St Anne’s are struggling for players ahead of their showdown at Normanton Knights — the outstanding team of National Conference League Division Two. Saints,...
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY have lost star midfielder Adam Mather to Evo-Stik Premier League outfit Chorley. Mather joined the Lilywhites at the start of last season after a brief...
