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National Volunteers’ Week launches tomorrow, and to celebrate the annual campaign, Oldham organisations are saying a huge “thank you” to the millions of...
Date Published 31/05/2013
RUGBY: NOTHING but a win tomorrow will do for Saddleworth Rangers, says coach Emmerson Jackman. He takes his men into battle against Millom in the first of four home matches...
CRICKET: ROYTON must guard against complacency in their top-versus-bottom Lake Garage CLL clash against Ashton on Sunday. The Paddock men lead the Championship from...
The Queen reaches an historic anniversary this weekend. On Sunday, it will be exactly 60 years since the 27–year–old Queen was crowned in Westminster Abbey....
CRICKET: THINGS are gradually falling into place for Uppermill. Though successful in the first rounds of the Tanner and LCB Cups, up until last weekend points had proved...
A SUMMER crackdown on drink and drug-driving will be launched tomorrow by Greater Manchester Police. Officers will set up check points for breath tests throughout Greater...
A WOMAN was cut free from the back seat of a car following a collision in Denshaw last night. Police and fire crews from Oldham were called to Oldham Road, near the Printers...
UPPERMILL, champions of the Huddersfield and District League Division One, are setting their sights on pastures new. Simon Tait’s side lost only one game in a...
RISING DAMP (Lowry, to Saturday) RISING DAMP is Eric Chappell’s masterpiece; a brilliantly funny TV sit-com made even better by central performances so good you might...
A company that delivers military-style fitness to local schools is now working with academics from the University of Swansea. Commando Joes is helping children across the...
WERNETH Golf Club has been in mourning this week following the death of former lady captain Jane Fletcher at 48, after a battle against cancer. Jane, whose family has lived...
THE search is on for the new Chadderton Prince and Princess. The lucky pair will be crowned at Chadderton Day in Foxdenton Park on July 13 and will switch on the town’s...
NETBALL: OLDHAM Netball Club is enjoying its amazing record of 44 national titles following the under-14s’ victory in Redbridge, Essex. The youngsters’ success...
THE father of murdered soldier Lee Rigby has thrown his support behind his local pub’s Help for Heroes fundraiser. The Hathershaw Hotel has vowed to raise money for the...
GOLF: “GOOD luck, Joe — it’s time to step up.” said Brookdale professional Tony Cuppello to teenage protege Joe Brice before the prestigious Penwortham...
BRIGHOUSE and Rastrick are the 2013 Oldham and Saddleworth Band Contests champions. They took advantage of the absence of last year’s winners Black Dyke to take first place in...
ENERGY giant E.ON has been criticised for bringing problems to a Saddleworth village. New lamp posts in tree-lined Sugar Lane, Dobcross stood next to the old lamps for two...
Austerlands Cricket Club was in danger of folding after being issued with a tax bill for more than £8,000. The club, one of the founder members of the Saddleworth and...
OLDHAM Council leader Jim McMahon has hit out at the “spineless idiots” who tried to incite “viral violence” on social networking sites in the aftermath of Middleton soldier Lee...
ATHLETIC have been unsuccessful in their pursuit of midfield man Iain Vigurs. Manager Lee Johnson admitted defeat last night in the bid to sign the out-of-contract Ross County...
ANY two from four: coach Scott Naylor will reveal no more than that about his choice of Oldham half-backs for Sunday’s clash with London Skolars. But he has warned his...
CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards EPSOM 1.35 High Troja 2.05 Thunder Strike 2.40 St Nicholas Abbey 3.15...
THE body of a loving father lay undiscovered at his flat in Alt for nearly five months. Timothy Dyson (39) was last spotted by a neighbour at Furness Avenue on April 17, 2012,...
POLICE are trying to trace a taxi-driver who drove a rape victim from Oldham to Salford before the attack. Detectives believe the driver may hold vital information. The...
ATHLETIC remain hopeful of retaining Jean-Yves Mvoto — and haven’t handed the big centre-back a deadline to make up his mind. The 24-year-old former Paris St Germain prospect,...
Date Published 30/05/2013
OLDHAM’S rookie prop Phil Joy could become one of the best front-row forwards in Championship One says coach Scott Naylor. Joy spent two years in Oldham’s reserve...
A COMMUNITY watchdog has written to a medical centre in support of local chemists following claims that doctors are promoting their own pharmacy to patients. Saddleworth...
THE Countess of Wessex is to give the Royal seal of approval to two multi-million projects in the borough. The Countess, Sophie, will officially open the new £44 million women...
CRICKET: THERE were those who were dubious about the formation of a two-division Lake Garage CLL. But the new format seems to have been greeted with approval in most...
Several board changes have been announced by Hirst, Kidd and Rennie Ltd, owner of the Oldham Evening Chronicle. Hubert Hirst (73) is retiring as chairman after 51 years in the...
