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Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
Date Published 20/09/2012
By ERIN HEYWOOD, ANDREW RUDKIN and ANNA CLARKE HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to Saddleworth policewoman Nicola Hughes, killed in cold blood on one of Greater manchester...
Date Published 19/09/2012
POLICEWOMEN Fiona Bone (32), and Saddleworth’s Nicola Hughes (23), had been sent to investigate what appeared to be a routine burglary report yesterday when Dale Cregan (29)...
AMID calls for police officers to be fully armed following yesterday’s horror, GMP Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said it was routine to send unarmed officers to a burglary call....
PREMIER David Cameron led condemnation of the killing of the two policewomen, branding it a “despicable act of pure evil”. The Prime Minister said the deaths were...
Greater Manchester Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said it was “absolutely normal” for police to have bailed the man now accused of killing two unarmed policewomen....
A TEENAGE boy who fell through the roof of a Failsworth factory is in an induced coma in hospital. According to emergency services, the 13 year old had been messing around...
ATHLETIC manager Paul Dickov was furious last night that his side was denied a last-gasp winning goal for the second game running. Against Notts County Jose Baxter’s...
FORMER Leigh and Oldham RL coach Tony Benson will be in charge of Oxford in their first season in Championship One. The Kiwi, sacked by Roughyeds, will run a new team to...
Athletic 1, Scunthorpe 1 Dickov’s men denied last-gasp winner FRUSTRATION and excitement again swirled around in a confusing cocktail as Athletic claimed a share of the...
BOWLS: GARY Ellis was a hot favourite to land his fourth Osprey Waterloo Handicap title in Blackpool today. Barring his way to a semi-final place was his Tonge teammate and...
A BITTER argument has broken out in Saddleworth’s Royal British Legion branch after some members are said to have ignored a 66-year-old tradition. The branch has been divided...
Date Published 18/09/2012
A HIGH-PROFILE police operation to collar thieves, thugs and fugitives has got off to a flying start. In the first week of Operation Harvest, 802 people have been arrested and...
THE COUNTRY WIFE, Royal Exchange Theatre ONE of award-winning director Polly Findlay’s other productions is Derren Brown’s entertainingly fun but slightly creepy...
A WOODHOUSES planning application, which has received 222 objections, will go before the council tomorrow night. Proposals to extend the car park on to the bowling green at...
MARTYN MEETS... Debbie Hallas, local champion in sport and business THERE is still something strangely surreal about turning on Sky Sports and finding Oldham heavily featured....
MANCHESTER Airport will end its trial of “naked” body scanners next month - to make way for a new generation of privacy-friendly security. The new machines...
MUSIC fans are hoping for better weather for the seventh Delph Party in the Park on Saturday. Those who went to last year’s event braved a torrential downpour. This...
PLANS to axe GCSEs and replace them with an English Baccalaureate Certificate are opposed by Oldham MPs. Ministers said the change would deliver “more rigorous”...
LIFELONG Oldham Rugby League fan Tracy Bradley was lost for words when she was announced as the first winner of a new club trophy. Tracy (52), from Lydgate, was named the...
Kristine Ogden has had an amazing summer of sport — without playing a single game. Kristine was a official at both Olympic and Paralympic Games basketball tournaments....
TWO people bailed following a series of suspected air gun attacks in Royton have been released without charge. The 27-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were arrested on July...
AN independent review is planned to see if more could have been done to protect the children sexually exploited by a gang of older men in Rochdale and Heywood. The Rochdale...
HUNDREDS basked in the regeneration of an historic park which saw the glory days return on its centenary. Cheeky gorillas, scarecrows and a one-man band were just a few of the...
LITERATURE lovers have lapped up a weekend showcasing the many ways to tell a story. Music, dance and ghostly happenings have all been part of the second Oldham Literary...
PLANS to turn Oldham town hall into a leisure complex go to Oldham Council Planning Committee on Wednesday. The Grade II Yorkshire Street building could house cafes,...
TABLE TENNIS: HOLLINWOOD ‘B’ got their Oldham and District Table Tennis League Division One season off to a perfect start with a 10-0 win at Rosehill. Three of the...
BURNLEY 37, OLDHAM RUFC 5 DEPLETED Oldham RU endured a six-try thrashing at Burnley in North Lancashire Division One. First-team regulars Ryan North, Paul Waterhouse, Joe...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s were unable mount a second-half fightback as they slipped to a 46-22 defeat at home to Eccles and Salford Juniors in Division One. Already...
