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A MAN has been charged with the manslaughter of two-year-old Jamie Heaton, the toddler who was killed in the Shaw gas explosion. click story for more
Date Published 11/09/2012
SIGNS in a car park where drivers have been fined for buying tickets from the wrong machine were ruled inadequate nearly two years ago. Three motorists have complained to the...
Date Published 10/09/2012
Police are on the hunt for some of Greater Manchester’s most wanted petty villains. As part of the month-long Operation Harvest, GMP will also raid scrap metal dealers...
Saddleworth was awash with colour this weekend for the opening ceremony of the Village Olympics. Young competitors representing the Saddleworth villages cheered as London 2012...
WITH hopes of play-off success over, Oldham RL are now turning their attention to appointing a new coach. And Scott Naylor is the latest name to be linked with the vacant job....
FORMER Everton whizz-kid Jose Baxter is hoping to earn a contract with Athletic. The striker, now a free agent, was invited to training by manager Paul Dickov late last week....
WORKINGTON 34, OLDHAM 29 TWO minutes from the end of a tense play-off battle, Oldham led 29-26 and were close to lowering Workington Town’s colours for the third time...
Caretaker coach Martin Roden led his Oldham players off Derwent Park with head held high. They had suffered the agony of a desperately unlucky 34-29 play-off defeat in which...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LEICESTER 2.20 Intimidate 2.50 Sojoum 3.20 La Fortunata 3.50...
CONFUSION over the parking ticket machines in Southgate Street, near Gallery Oldham, have angered motorists. We have news of one man's successful fight against a parking...
AN Oldham dance troupe has struck gold and will celebrate with a party in the park — the Olympic Park. Earl Dance Centre has been selected by the London Games organisers...
Date Published 07/09/2012
OLDHAM’S MPs claimed more than £460,000 in expenses in just over a year, it has been revealed. New figures from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority...
RUGBY: IT was a case of draws all-round in the North-West Men’s League. Second-bottom Saddleworth Rangers ‘A’ picked up a great point in a 22-22 draw at...
THE curtain is about to go up on an historic venture for Oldham’s Lyceum Theatre. For the first time in its 84-year history, the theatre is staging its first season...
CRICKET: HEYSIDE and Friarmere go head to head in the last-four of the Per-Fit Windows Twenty20 Cup competition at Turf Pit Lane on Saturday, September 22 (noon). The...
A couple who fell in love on a teaching course more than 60 years ago have been given honorary degrees in recognition of their careers. Donald and Alice Smith of Royton met in...
RUGBY: HOLLINWOOD are 48 hours away from their first match back in the Pennine League. The club’s season gets underway on Saturday with a Division Five match at home to...
A 999 NUISANCE caller who claimed to hold vital information to murders and serious crimes across the country could face jail. June Chadwick was abusive to emergency operators...
CRICKET: REHAN RAFIQ will stay at Warren Lane for a third season. The Pakistani professional, who helped Glodwick to their first Tanner Cup final last month, is one of the...
The pawfect way to treat a birthday pooch... FOR one pampered pooch, a birthday gives paws for celebration. Bella Princess turns one on Saturday — and to make sure the...
CRICKET: CONFIDENCE, self-belief and team spirit are the three key ingredients behind Crompton’s tremendous end-of-season form. From looking like they would finish in...
FOOTBALL: CHADDERTON lost 3-1 at home to Rochdale Town in Vodkat North-West Counties League Division One. The visitors took the lead through Jonathan Munson after four...
Angling: BOB Harrison netted another win in the Medlock Bridge AC Open on the Park Lake. On peg 25, Harrison opted for maggot at nine metres for 17lb 10oz of roach, perch...
BOWLS: TONGE will retain their Manchester Premier League title — barring monumental collapse! They all but clinched the championship for a third successive season...
OLDHAM town centre will be alive with the sound of music on Sunday as local performers take part in the Bandstand Marathon: Oldham in Tune! The music will range from...
Cycling: NESS Whitfield of Saddleworth Clarion was the first woman finisher in the Beard Cup hill climb. The rider, in a field of 40 from both sexes, dug deep to record...
RUGBY UNION: OLDHAM are without Ross Cooper for tomorrow’s North Lancashire Division One game against Bury at Manor Park (3pm). Cooper is out with a knee injury....
A NEW performing arts group for adults with learning disabilities is taking centre stage in Oldham. Stage Right launches with an open evening at Grange Arts Centre —...
FOOTBALL: DANIEL Jackson’s hat-trick inspired Famous King George ‘A’ to an 8-1 win at FC Royton in Midas Plumbing Oldham Sunday League Jack Abbott Premier...
FOOTBALL: SPRINGHEAD earned an impressive 2-1 home victory over previously unbeaten Prestwich Heys in Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League Premier Division. The...
