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NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY enjoyed a comprehensive 4-0 win at previously unbeaten Farsley in Evo-Stik League Division One North. The Lilywhites broke the deadlock with...
Date Published 04/09/2012
THERE were smiles all round as the oldest member of a council scheme to support vulnerable Oldhamers celebrated her 103rd birthday. Jessie Robinson, who lives in Royton, was...
Organisers of the upcoming Saddleworth Village Olympics are hoping to breathe new life into this year’s competition by introducing dodgeball. Looking to emulate the...
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help excavate the historic Chadderton Hall. The University of Salford scheme is part of Greater Manchester’s biggest ever archaeological...
A HISTORIC baton carrying a royal message made its way through Oldham on Saturday. The boys’ brigade has sent four young men — representing the four nations of the...
VOTERS go to the polls in November to elect Greater Manchester’s first Police and Crime Commissioner. The PCC will replace the Greater Manchester Police Authority and...
NUMBER cruncher Roy Taylor (67) is heading to London for the clash of the Sudoku giants. It is the third time in four years the grandad-of-10 from Beck Grove, Shaw, has made...
POLICE say they are satisfied that a rusty spade found on Saddleworth Moor is of no assistance in finding Keith Bennett’s body. The tool, with its handle broken off, was...
A GRASSCROFT tot will make his screen debut on Wednesday — at the age of 11 months. Elvis O’Connor has been cast as the baby son of Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs...
HANDBALL: REGULAR handball coaching comes to Oldham next week. The North-East Manchester Hawks are holding Monday sessions at Royton and Crompton School, Blackshaw Lane,...
BOWLS: GARETH Gwilliam, beaten finalist in the Tonge Classic to years ago, is in the mood to go one better this time round. The Waterloo and Taunton player booked his...
RUGBY UNION: De La Salle 29, Oldham 21 OLDHAM firsts were unable to build on good possession as they slipped to defeat in a hard-fought opening game of the new North...
RUGBY: AFTER losing 16-12 to leaders East Leeds in midweek — they were 12-0 ahead at the break — Waterhead hit back with a 34-30 win at Normanton Knights....
ONE start, one goal. Discounting those many appearances when thrust on as a late impact substitute, Matt Smith’s record for Athletic over the past calendar year can’t...
Adam’s amazing wedding vow after miracle recovery LESS than 12 months have passed since the day Adam McQuillan was knocked down in an horrific road accident and lay in a...
New system for those on benefits THOUSANDS of Oldhamers will be hit by a new system of council-tax benefit in a move council chiefs have blasted as “incompetent or...
A SOLICITOR helped to cheat Oldham Sixth-Form College out of £730,000 which went to buy gold bullion, the Old Bailey heard. Andrew Wormstone received money from the college...
fraudsters are causing a headache for shopkeepers in Saddleworth, passing fake £20 notes to buy goods. Postmaster and parish councillor Graham Sheldon has been handed...
Angry parents have hit out at the delayed opening of the £33 million Newman College. They have been given less than a week to make alternative arrangements after...
CARL Winchester will start for Athletic at Chesterfield tonight - and there could also be a first chance of the season for his international team-mate Kirk Millar. While Dean...
OLDHAM RL chief Chris Hamilton is in the final stages of interviewing candidates for head coach. Names in the frame include 56-year-old former Whitehaven boss Don Gailer and...
OLDHAM-EDUCATED Sascha Kindred claimed a silver medal in the SM6 200 metres individual medley last night in the London 2012 Paralympics. China's Xu Qing took gold, cutting an...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 5.30 Star Kingdom 6.00 Chez Vrony 6.30 Colourist 7.00 Zip...
The City kit boss and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport CARLOS Tevez was once again the stand-out performer for Manchester City in our 3-1 victory over QPR....
PARENTS of up to 1,500 pupils are facing a last-minute childcare scramble with the news that the opening of Newman College will be delayed. Years 7 and 11 students were due to...
Date Published 03/09/2012
A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a grenade attack in Manchester. Anthony Wilkinson surrendered to police in an Openshaw park yesterday....
THE man who suffered 30 per cent burns in the Shaw blast has been interviewed under caution in connection with the death of toddler Jamie Heaton. The two-year-old died after...
A PLAYER summit preceded Athletic's gritty first win of the season at Portsmouth, jet-setting captain Dean Furman has revealed. A poor start to the season led to criticism...
OLDHAM will be seeking their third win of the season against Workington Town when they go to Derwent Park on Sunday (3pm) on the opening weekend of the Championship One play-offs....
Portsmouth 0, Athletic 1 Latics all smiles as defender paves the way for vital win QUESTIONS had been posed of Athletic’s mettle in the lead-up to this clash —...
