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ROBERTO Mancini wants to take a leaf out of Manchester United's book to ensure Manchester City bounce back from this season's disappointing title defence. United have...
Date Published 08/04/2013
CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards PONTEFRACT 2.10 Snooky 2.40 The Welsh Wizard (nb.) 3.10 Flashlight...
THE FRIDAY THING: WE all need friends, but nobody needs them more than politicians, especially the Prime Minister who is beginning to look like David no-mates Cameron. The...
Date Published 05/04/2013
A LOCAL nurse has won a national School Nurse of the Year award. Joanne Mitchell (41) from Chadderton, has worked for the Rochdale Schools Health Team for 15 years, most...
WHAT a hoot! Tram passengers in Failsworth are delighted to see the return of a prized local landmark. An intricately carved wooden owl at the entrance to Failsworth metrolink...
CASUALTIES and collisions on Oldham’s roads have dropped by more than 40 per cent over six years. The number of people injured or killed in road accidents fell from...
A specialist national animal theft investigator has launched a mission to find Arnie, the stolen African grey parrot. An Asperger syndrome sufferer had two parrots stolen...
THIEVES abandoned a stolen van in Diggle this morning. Witnesses reported seeing the driver trying to pull a digger on a trailer. But the thieves panicked on Huddersfield...
A WIFE ran out of her home wearing just a bra and leggings to avoid another battering by her husband. “It was cold and pouring with rain when she fled to a neighbour for...
A mains leak has been wasting water for almost two months Paul Watkinson first highlighted the problem to United Utilities on February 13 and claimed the water authority said...
AN 11-year-old “paramedic” has come to the aid of the North-West Air Ambulance. The charity, which operates two emergency helicopters across the region, has turned...
A MUCH-LOVED lollipop lady has lost her job in the village whose children she has protected for 20 years. Mother of two Lesley Shaw has made a tearful farewell to children at...
TABLE TENNIS: UPPERMILL ‘C’ produced an impressive display to upset title-chasing Deaf Club ‘C’ in Division Five of the Oldham Table Tennis League. The...
GOLF: A MEMBER at Crompton and Royton for almost 15 years, Peter Meggison has described how ‘privileged’ he feels at being club captain for 2013. Local man...
GOLF: NEW Oldham captain Jim Keating and his team have responded to a crisis by contacting the emergency services. Facing a reduction in members in common with most golf...
WEIGHTLIFTING: MARK Judge and John Turner reigned supreme at the British Bench Press Championships. The Oldham duo of Viking Fitness, Lees, competed in Ashington, Northumbria,...
FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro travel to Staffordshire tonight to take on Leek CSOB in a Vodkat North-West Counties League First Division clash. The match, which fell foul of the...
RUGBY: MARK Fitton must be one of the fittest guys in Oldham. At 42, he still turns out regularly for three rugby teams, trains as hard as anyone, and this season has been...
SPORTS BETTING: A WIN and two draws from Lee Johnson’s three games in charge have seen Athletic’s price for relegation from npower League One pushed out to 4-1....
CRICKET: OLDHAM’S trio of cricketing stars aims to fire Lancashire straight back to the top flight of county cricket. Amazingly, the LV= County Championship-winning...
MORE than 60 people attended an Action for Business forum in Oldham which brought together businesses and education providers to discuss ways of working more closely. Craig...
A CARING mum who rescued a stray dog she found bruised and starving was shocked to find the RSPCA wouldn’t take him in. When Kelly Stoneman found the mongrel while out walking...
KICK-BOXING: Brother and sister Leyton and Breanna Collymore enjoyed success in the European K1 Open Thai-Boxing Championships in Latvia. Representing the England team, Leyton...
A NEW 10k race is being launched on the back of last year’s successful Mill Town to Moors Oldham half marathon. Runners will take a route from Oldham High Street to Shaw...
RUGBY: ANDY Sands reckons Waterhead’s Standard Cup final triumph over Rochdale Mayfield bodes well for the future of the club. Terry Fitzgerald’s late field goal clinched a...
The Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport WITH no Matt Smith or Chris Iwelumo in the team of late, the manager has asked me to provide a physical outlet for the team...
SAFETY is within Athletic’s grasp. Seven league matches remain and Lee Johnson's men need only match the results of Scunthorpe to ensure the club doesn’t drop....
Angling: CARP was the order of the day for Peter Mottram, who landed the latest Todmorden AS members match on Townhouse Fishery. Using pole, tip and corn on the hook, he tipped...
RUGBY: Emmerson Jackman has told players to keep their feet on the ground as he prepares his Saddleworth Rangers side for tomorrow’s journey to Dewsbury Celtic in National...
FOOTBALL: COPPICE United ‘A’ spread the goals around as they edged out Limeside King George 4-3 in a Midas Plumbing Oldham Sunday League Jack Abbott Premier Division...
