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CRICKET: GREENFIELD under-17s lost out to Ashton in the Saddleworth and District League Romida Cup final. In a low-scoring affair, the winners — who enjoyed home...
Date Published 28/09/2012
CRICKET: MICKLEHURST under-15s lifted the Saddleworth and District League’s Leicester Shield for the first time since 2004, with a 37-run victory at home to Royton....
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-14s showed plenty of character to earn a 20-16 victory over Chorley Panthers. Casual defending led to Chorley taking an early lead, but...
JUNIOR golf is thriving at Saddleworth. The club’s talented youngsters made it to the final of the Huddersfield and Halifax League, but just missed out on the overall...
FOOTBALL: ABBY Bennett scored four times as ROCS under-16s beat Uppermill ‘B’ 8-1 in the North Manchester Girls’ League. Leah Bickerstaffe netted twice,...
GOLF: GRAHAM Brooks emerged victorious in the Blackley Trophy. He secured top honours after returning a net total of 343, two clear of runner-up Alan Lane (345), with...
SPORTS BETTING: Few sporting contests inspire as much passion as golf’s Ryder Cup. Twelve players from the US and Europe will put their reputations on the line at...
TWO friends with a shared loved of welding have established a creative metalwork business in Failsworth. Jenny Reed, from Sale, and Richard Phizaclea, from Blackley, have...
CHADDY End FC is having a night at the dogs. The club has organised a trip to Belle Vue’s greyhound racing stadium on Saturday. For details visit www.chaddyend.co.uk....
CABARET, Lowry, Salford WILL Young keeps plugging away in theatre and at last he seems to have found his ideal role. As the Emcee in Kander and Ebb’s...
APPEALS for a peaceful response will be made in local mosques after an anti-Islam film sparked violence across the world. Oldham Council of Mosques (OMC) has joined other...
A SUPERMARKET delivery driver has been hailed a hero for helping save a customer’s life. Quick-thinking Karl Wild (28) stopped a 48-year-old customer from falling into a...
AROUND £150,000 is to be ploughed into Oldham schools to help underachieving youngsters improve their reading and maths grades as they start secondary school. Deputy...
OLDHAM is to get a new £4.7million primary school to cope with an unprecedented rise in the number of families with young children. It is expected to open in central...
THE serial killer dubbed “The Failsworth Strangler” has died while serving a life sentence for the murder of three girls. Trevor Hardy - who killed three young women in the...
A MAN who raped a 16-year-old girl has been jailed for four and a half years. Babar Ali (46), whose own long-term girlfriend was pregnant with their child at the time,...
A schoolboy has been arrested and bailed after an assault at Failsworth School. One boy suffered a wound to his thigh that required stitches, but police say it hasn’t...
Athletic manager Paul Dickov says he will do everything he can for his team to beat Coventry at Boundary Park tomorrow. The encounter pits the Sky Blues, relegated in May and...
REGULAR games are proving to be quite the tonic for Reece Wabara as he sets about making up for lost time. The on-loan Manchester City man (20) has so far played three times...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards HAYDOCK 2.05 Society Pearl 2.35 Hopes N Dreams 3.15 Sholaan 3.50...
AMBITIOUS plans for an “invisible home” in Delph could be among the first in the country to benefit from new greenbelt legislation. Landowner Gavin Mather of Delph...
Date Published 27/09/2012
Police, social workers, CPS all under fire in groooming ring report. Social workers, police and the Crown Prosecution Service “missed opportunities” to stop a...
COUNCIL chiefs have warned there is “no fat left” as they search for ways of slashing another £31million from the budget by 2015. Last night’s West...
A DELUSIONAL woman who dialled 999 more than 250 times has been given a six-month community order. June Chadwick (53), of Falkirk Street, Greenacres, admitted making 11...
FORMER Manchester United and Aston Villa boss “Big Ron” Atkinson appeared before Oldham Magistrates yesterday. The former TV soccer pundit - axed after a racist...
POLICE have ruled there are no suspicious circumstances after the body of a man was found in Shaw yesterday. Officers were called to a house on Kershaw Street East at around...
A STANDING ovation accompanied Royton’s Shirley Heather as she made the walk through 200 wellwishers to collect the coveted title of Woman of Oldham 2012. The retired...
PAUL Dickov's spying mission last night will have given a few clues on how to breach the Coventry defence at the weekend. The Sky Blues were defeated 6-1 at Arsenal in the...
CHRIS Hamilton and Scott Naylor will begin the task of reviving Oldham RL fortunes. Player recruitment will top an extensive agenda likely to occupy the chairman and his...
Latics set to reprise battles with their nemesis MARK Robins is again aiming to break the hearts of fans of a club he was close to while growing up. Coventry's manager, born...
