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Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
Date Published 17/09/2012
On Wednesday 3rd October, The Radclyffe School will be opening its doors to welcome primary school children and their parents to an evening of insight into the world class...
Date Published 16/09/2012
POLICE have warned residents to be aware of a telephone scam after locals reported a foreign-sounding man, claiming to be a United Utilities agent offering to return overpaid...
Date Published 14/09/2012
WE are told that Oldham is the sixth unhappiest place to live in the UK but you do have to wonder who the pollsters asked. Was it raining at the time? Had Latics just lost?...
CAREER highs and lows feature strongly in the Oldham Literary Weekend that got underway today. Manchester City legend Paul Lake will be talking about his book that takes...
A GROUP of colleagues will grab a tight hold on a world record when they attempt the longest ever group hug. A seven-strong team of kind-hearted cuddlers from the Forever...
PLANS to axe an Army battalion with connections to Oldham as part of spending cuts has been branded “criminal” and “bonkers” by council leader Jim McMahon....
MORE than a quarter of a million journeys have been made on Oldham’s metrolink line since it opened in June. Around 10,000 tickets are sold each week. Only a small...
A CORONER has ruled that a father-of-two took his own life in a Daisy Nook beauty spot while the balance of his mind was disturbed. An inquest at Rochdale heard that David...
CRICKET: DELPH are celebrating a silverware double in the Drakes Huddersfield League. While the first team lifted the Romida Sykes Cup, the club’s second string won the...
The City kit boss and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport THE training ground has been quiet this week, with the vast majority of Manchester City’s...
RUGBY: HIGGINSHAW start their North-West Counties League campaign with a fresh partnership at the helm. Coach Steve Lax and his assistant Mark Jewitt have been handed the task...
CRICKET: A FAMILIAR face returns to Old Trafford on Sunday. Littleborough lad Chris Schofield runs out as a member of the Bamford Fieldhouse side which meets Northern in the...
FOOTBALL: TWO late goals saw Chadderton slip to a 2-0 home reverse at the hands of Abbey Hey in Vodkat North-West Counties League Division One last night. Liam Murray broke...
Athletic’s star striker writes every week for Chron Sport I WAS delighted to see our captain Dean Furman putting in a few challenges on a superstar of world football...
JOSE Baxter hasn’t yet managed to shake off the weight of expectations. Four years ago the squat, powerful forward with a sharp football mind made the journey from...
Shaw & Crompton Parish Council is holding its annual 11-mile chairman’s walk on Sunday. Participants can go the full distance or join in at the pit stop at around...
AN Oldham film-maker’s latest project is set to receive its TV premiere on Film4. Former Oldham College student Adam Lee Hamilton joined famous Grasscroft actor John...
A ROYTON curry house nominated several times for Oldham’s Curry Chef of the Year award is being prosecuted over its food hygiene standards. Council inspectors found flies...
A ROAD was closed for four hours yesterday after an acetylene cylinder caught fire. Firefighters from Chadderton and a specialist unit were called to Pullman Fleet Services at...
LAST year’s Oldham Mayor is to become an honorary alderman, it was decided last night. Richard Knowles was a councillor for 36 years before stepping down in May....
Perma-tanned TV presenter David Dickinson brings his “Real Deal” team to Oldham again next month. The experts will be in town on October 6 to value local antiques....
OLDHAM Council has hit back at claims it was the only Greater Manchester authority to shun research into how quickly it pays invoices. The council says it not only responded...
AFTER 10 years of serving a mainly domestic customer base, a computer business in Lees is preparing to step into the commerical world. Managing director John Salt, who...
Secretary quits after spate of emails VAL Broadbent has resigned as secretary of the Oldham Sunday League, citing “nasty, bullying emails” as the reason for her...
ANGLING: THERE was a cracking finale to the Chadderton Mill AC Dave Slattery Memorial competition on the club lodge with Darren Webb creating a new record for the venue. Drawn...
BOWLS: ALAN Critchlow and Charlie Roberts (Waterloo and Taunton) won the Chadderton League pairs competition with a 15-5 defeat of Paul Heap and Martin Hodson (Springbank) in the...
Rugby Union: ON a high after a 66-14 demolition of Bury, Oldham side go to Burnley tomorrow full of confidence. Hooker Jack Hawkins and second-row man Ross Cooper, who has...
CRICKET: DELPH will secure fifth position in the Drakes Huddersfield Premiership if they beat Shelley tomorrow. Victory for Grant Jones’ sixth-placed side would see them...
FOOTBALL; ASHLEY Young rescued a last-gasp point for Rifle Range ‘A’ in their 4-4 draw at Limeside King George in Midas Plumbing Oldham Sunday League Jack Abbott...
