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GCSE RESULTS: THERE was double success for a mother and daughter team who both made the grade. Kimberley Riley (16) received outstanding results from Royton and Crompton...
Date Published 28/08/2012
GCSE RESULTS: NEWMAN College has got off to a flying start, in a first year of “change, reorganisation and instability”. The school was formed last September by...
GCSE RESULTS: OLDHAM Academy North is celebrating another record year, with its pass rate now 10 per cent higher than when it opened. The Rochdale Road school saw 47 per cent...
GCSE RESULTS: THREE maths whizz-kids are celebrating after passing their GCSE exams after sitting them early. Luqman Mahmood (11), from Clarksfield, and Aakesh Ahmed (14),...
GCSE RESULTS: THE head boys and girl at The Radclyffe School came top of the class with their outstanding GCSE results. This year the school achieved 50 per cent of its...
GCSE RESULTS: IT was high-fives all round at Crompton House. The Shaw school is celebrating after the number of pupils getting at least five A* to C grades topped 90 per cent...
GCSE RESULTS: HULME Grammar School’s principal was over the moon after seeing his A* - C pass rate rise again this year — to a staggering 95 per cent. But what...
“NEVER say never” is the motto of Charlotte Faragher and her family. And the inspirational 21 year old has lived up to it after graduating from Lancaster...
POLICE have reported thefts of clothing — from bags left outside charity shops. Thieves have stolen donated items left outside Age Concern branches in Lord Lane and...
Cycling: AFTER a season in which he has dominated the podium, Oldham youngster Matt Walls is now a national champion. Matt (14) has won the UK Junior Omnium title and is...
HUNDREDS of families turned out for fun on Oldham’s waterways as the Rochdale Canal Festival paddled into town. Locals of all ages took to the water as part of the...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers managed to cling on for a 40-34 victory over Oulton Raiders which keeps alive the club's chances of avoiding relegation from the National Conference...
LOCAL musicians are being urged to take part in the largest closing cultural event of London 2012. Oldham’s 2012 Bandstand Marathon is on Oldham High Street on September...
OLDHAMERS will be able to take a tour of Chadderton Town Hall to celebrate its centenary. To mark the milestone, Oldham Council is opening the historic building to the public...
POLICE and housing chiefs have pledged a crackdown on anti-social behaviour. The pledge follows residents’ claims that their lives are being made a misery by yobs near their...
Corney hits out at team performance SIMON Corney has blasted Athletic’s misfiring players. The Latics chaiman has questioned both the fitness and desire of manager...
Caroline’s one-woman clean-up mission AN overgrown alley entangled with weeds and littered with glass has been restored by one kind-hearted neighbour. Caroline...
UTILITY forward Valu Bentley faces a touch-and-go fight for fitness in time for Oldham's important last game of the regular league season at Gateshead Thunder on Sunday (3pm...
MOUCHEL — the company which provides Oldham Council services via the Unity Partnership, has gone into administration. The UK public infrastructure group, which operates back...
THE traditional Bank Holiday rain put paid to the Per-Fit Windows Twenty20 Cup at Moorside virtually before it had begun. On a ‘blink-and-you-miss-it’ day, only...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards CATTERICK 2.10 Chasing Dreams 2.40 Vanity’s Girl 3.10 Solar View...
WHILE his classmates are about to start GCSE maths, Daniel McLoughlin is gearing up for an A-level. Daniel, (14) from Chadderton, scooped an A* in GCSE maths last year — when...
MIKE Newton has stepped down as a director at Athletic for a second time. The New York-based trader (42) returned to work alongside chairman Simon Corney a year ago, after...
BOWLS: GARY ELLIS’S domination of the open handicap circuit shows no sign of ending. The Tonge and Nimble Nook star has been winning tournaments with monotonous...
MAHDLO, Oldham’s £5million “youth zone”, will receive Royal approval with an official opening by Prince Edward. The Earl of Wessex will be at the...
Date Published 27/08/2012
TORRENTIAL rain didn’t dampen the spirits of morris men as they danced through the streets of Saddleworth for the annual rushcart parade on Saturday. The annual event...
OLDHAM-born soapstar Kelvin Fletcher and his little brother Brayden missed out on a million — but scooped £20,000 for charity. The actor, who plays Andy Sugden in...
A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER injured after falling over some uneven pavement has praised council bosses for their swift response. Val Pemberton (74) was left unconscious in the middle...
JAMES Wesolowski believes he will be back in action sooner than anticipated to give Athletic a much-needed shot in the arm. The combative midfielder pulled his hamstring in...
OLDHAM RL chairman Chris Hamilton will have plenty of choice in appointing a new head coach to succeed Tony Benson. He has interviewed two candidates already —...
