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FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro earned a 3-1 victory at Dukinfield Town in a pre-season friendly last night. Tom Keegan struck twice for Tony Mills’ side, with James Curley...
Date Published 03/08/2012
SWIMMING: OLDHAM’S Jessica Fullalove is officially Britain’s fastest 100 metres backstroke swimmer in her age group, after claiming a gold medal and three silvers...
OLYMPIC WATER POLO: ROYTON’S Joe O’Regan was in the British water polo team which lost 21-7 against a powerful Serbia team last night. Team GB took the lead in...
OLYMPIC HOCKEY: FORMER Hulme Grammar School student Nicola White scored the opening goal as Great Britain made it two wins from two pool matches with a 5-3 defeat of Korea....
RUGBY: NIGEL Hollingsworth has — finally — been awarded his BARLA Life Membership certificate. The veteran administrator, who served on the Oldham Amateur...
CRICKET: THE semi-finals of the John Willie Lees Wood Cup will be held on Sunday, weather permitting. The ties were due to be held on July 1 but heavy rain prevented play....
CRICKET: ALL eyes will be on Little Hey Street on August 12. Heyside, the hosts, tackle Bamford Fieldhouse in the LCB Cup (1pm). Up for grabs is a place in the final...
CRICKET: CROMPTON are hoping Sunday’s derby victory over Oldham can prove the catalyst for a winning sequence as the Lake Garage CLL season enters its final phase. A...
TWINGATES Angling Club raised around £700 at a charity fishing match for the Oldham Disaster Fund last weekend. A CHARITY ghost hunt is taking place to raise cash for...
JUDGES were blown over by a fabulous array of colourful gardens as this year’s Saddleworth in Bloom winners were announced. Although there were fewer entries than...
HIS idol is still going strong at 73, but top Tom Jones tribute act Ray Dean is finally hanging up the leather trousers and closing the drawer on bonkers knicker glory after 54...
A COMMUNITY is rallying to support a cause dear to a special Chadderton man. When Eric Armitage was struck down by multiple system atrophy he and his wife Angela pledged to...
A GOVERNMENT scheme to help smaller firms hit by late payments has been successful — but more must be done to help businesses stay afloat, an Oldham MP warns. The...
Oldham MP Debbie Abrahams has hit out at the Conservatives’ “broken promises” to improve healthcare in GP surgeries. Ms Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and...
MORE than 5,000 babies a year will be born at the £44 million super centre at the Royal Oldham Hospital. Work on the long-awaited women and children’s facility is...
A WAR of words has erupted following the council’s confirmation it is selling the building Oldham’s first free school hopes to occupy. A “faith...
A doctor has criticised motorists who failed to stop after a child on a bike was knocked down in Failsworth. Dr Zahid Chauhan was the first medical professional on the scene...
THE jury has retired to consider its verdict on a man accused of murdering Shaw pensioner Nellie Geraghty. Former drug addict Mark Royle (37), of no fixed address, denies...
BOWLS: GREATER Manchester have attempted to pull a rabbit out of the hat in their bid to reach the Endsleigh County Championship final on Sunday (2pm). The selectors have...
Angling: NICK Haynes earned victory in the George Whiting memorial match for Eight Bells AC against Diggle AC on Tanners Dam. His pole and pellet approach tempted two...
RUGBY: WITH three teams to go up, Waterhead are perfectly placed to win promotion from Division Two of the National Conference League. The Peach Road outfit, at home to...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro boss Tony Mills will be joined on the sidelines by new co-manager Peter Freakes, who was in charge when the club was Oldham Town. Jordan...
Non-league foorball: CHADDERTON boss Paul Buckley is aiming for a top-half finish in Vodkat North-West Counties League Division One this term, despite the loss of three key...
CRICKET: WOODHOUSES will look to add some momentum to an inconsistent season when they travel to Cheetham Hill tomorrow in Lees Brewery Lancashire County League Division One....
CRICKET: TIME is running out for three of our four local teams with designs on playing in next season’s Lake Garage CLL Premier Division. To qualify, teams must...
CRICKET: DON’T write us off says skipper Nigel Stock as he prepares his Glodwick team for Sunday’s Tanner Cup final against Heyside (1.45pm). Boasting the...
THE FRIDAY THING: A MAN living in a household in which there is more than one woman should be able to claim a peace-and-quiet allowance from the NHS so he can build a shed....
ENCOURAGE your youngsters to embrace creativity at Arty Farty. Held at Saddleworth’s Children and Youth Centre on Wellington Road, 11 to 19-year-olds have the...
THE parents of Alex Williams, who died this week at the age of 18, have paid tribute to their “inspirational” son. The lifelong Latics fan died on Wednesday after...
‘Why would I look at porn, I’d rather have a chocolate bar’ A WOMAN sacked after an allegation she had looked at porn on her work computer has been awarded...
