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CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards NEWMARKET 2.05 Danchai 2.35 Sole Power (nap) 3.10 Noble Mission 3.50...
Date Published 03/05/2013
THOUSANDS of the borough's poorest residents have less than a week to contact Oldham Council over their unpaid council tax bill - or face court. (click story for more)
CONTROVERSIAL plans to plant trees near an historic site has led to fears ancient Roman ruins will be damaged and lost forever. A dispute is brewing over the site of...
Date Published 02/05/2013
THE number of patients contracting superbug MRSA while in Pennine Acute Trust hospitals has been cut by 97 per cent. Staff working for the trust, which runs the Royal Oldham...
THERE is still a slim chance that Robbie Simpson will still be a Latics player next season. But for now at least, the player has said goodbye to the club due to its smaller...
VETERAN BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has admitted indecently assaulting 13 girls, the youngest aged nine. Hall (83) entered the guilty pleas last month at Preston Crown Court....
PROP Liam Gilchrist, out for six weeks with a calf-muscle injury, is ready to start his comeback in Oldham RL Club’s under-20s side to play Halifax at Whitebank tomorrow...
CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 2.10 Total Obsession 2.40 Sutton Sid 3.10 Gabrial’s Hope...
FROM pitch problems in Portugal to peril at Preston; from Simon Corney's coruscating criticisms of his players to unbridled Boundary Park bedlam after Matt Smith's equaliser...
SHOCKWAVES were felt throughout Failsworth yesterday as a fireworks storage unit exploded. Six fire crews from miles around were called to Sandfield House in Morton Street...
Date Published 01/05/2013
TOP scorer Jose Baxter was the biggest winner at Athletic’s awards dinner last night, taking home three gongs. Baxter (21), who has scored 15 times following his arrival...
DANNY Langtree’s try-scoring feats in Oldham’s second row continue to be recognised. His two against Oxford gave him six for the season, pushed him ahead in the...
CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 2.20 Honest Strike 2.50 North Star Boy 3.20 Optical 3.50...
But owners vow to go out on a two-night high note MUSIC-LOVERS will bid farewell this weekend to an iconic Oldham venue earmarked for demolition. The Castle’s 150-year-old...
ROCK haunt Whittles could still have a future as a live music venue following the pub’s closure on Sunday. The owners, Here For You Hospitality, have sold the King...
OLDHAM rock legend Clint Boon will spin the decks one last time at The Castle this weekend. The Inspiral Carpets musician will headline the last shindig at the venue....
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a gang used machetes and a pool cue to attack a man in Werneth early last month. The 35 year old was approached by a group of men on...
Trafford MV 23, Oldham RUFC 22 RUGBY UNION: OLDHAM were upset by some unfavourable refereeing decisions but, in truth, they only had themselves to blame for losing their final...
Date Published 30/04/2013
FOOTBALL: THERE will be a new name on the honours list as Crompton House Old Boys and Rifle Range ‘A’ meet in the final of the Midas Plumbing Oldham Sunday League...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s flew out of the blocks in a 36-8 victory at Castleford Panthers in Division Two of the National Conference League. Chris Deakin’s side, who...
TABLE TENNIS: NINE-year-old table tennis prodigy Amir Hussain has won the under-11 boys’ event at the Butterfly Schools’ Individual Championships at The Dome in...
OLDHAM’s head of youth football Tony Philliskirk has hailed a productive season for the young charges at Boundary Park. Athletic’s under-18s finished their...
CRICKET: Neither Friarmere nor Micklehurst were able to dislodge Peter Skuse in the Versasteel Saddleworth and District Cricket League at the weekend. The Australian...
Halle Orchestra, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. A MESMERIC performance by a top pianist was the main treat at Saturday’s penultimate concert in the Halle Orchestra’s 2012-13 Pops...
CRICKET: FORMER Royton professional Luke Procter returned to the Paddock team for yesterday’s Lake Garage CLL Championship match at Ashton. But it was a case of...
HOW does a great big slab of sticky treacle cake sound? I can tell you: it was incredible - and one of the few fine bakes 16-year-old Daniel Arundel had on offer at his stall...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY kept their Evo-Stik League Division One North play-off dream alive thanks to a dramatic late winner at Harrogate Railway Athletic. After a...
JOLEON Lescott has admitted getting left out of the England squad for the recent World Cup qualifiers was a "reality check" that made him seriously consider his...
The head of an academies chain under pressure over its finances has resigned Sir Bruce Liddington, director general of E–ACT — which runs Oldham Academy North...
SIR Alex Ferguson insists his Manchester United champions will keep their intensity right up to the end of the season. The United boss saw a Robin van Persie penalty and a...
