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ONE of the main goals of Athletic's pre-season planners has been to keep the players’ bodies and minds stimulated. The idea is to introduce variety to the mix during the...
Date Published 25/07/2012
OLYMPICS: SADDLEWORTH swimmer Jessica Lloyd is about to become an Olympian — three years after quitting the sport. The 17-year-old is the youngest of the Great...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards BATH 2.10 Trusting 2.40 Whistling Buddy 3.15 Normal Equlibrium...
TV gardener Joe Swift swapped Tatton for town centre on Saturday when he visited Oldham Flower Festival. The BBC “Gardener’s World” presenter, who won a...
Date Published 24/07/2012
NEW arrangements to improve car parking and security for patients and visitors at the Royal Oldham Hospital have come into force. With parking now split into separate areas...
ALL seven of Oldham’s parks have retained the Green Flagstatus that recognises their high standard. Oldham has been involved in the Green Flag process since 2001 when...
OLDHAM’S stroke services have no specialist consultants on site at the weekend — unless one happens to be on general on-call duty. Even so stroke services chief Dr...
A RELATIVE of tragic Jamie Heaton will attempt to reel in funds for the tot’s parents this weekend. Darren Webb, a cousin of Jamie’s dad, Kenny, will host a...
JOE Royle will lead a team of Latics legends into battle with soap stars and singers in a game for the Shaw Blast Appeal at Boundary Park on Sunday. The former Oldham Athletic...
A 24-YEAR-old man caught red-handed dealing drugs in Oldham had been nabbed for the same offence only weeks before. Abdul Malik was one of three men in a van stopped by police...
OLDHAM Council will use compulsory purchase orders to make sure the £22.5million regeneration of Royton goes ahead. Other owners and landlords could be forced to carry...
ROUNDERS: PUPILS from St Paul’s Primary School in Royton were proud to represent Greater Manchester in the finals of a national rounders competition. The youngsters,...
OLDHAM’S Craig Watson has been called out by Frankie Gavin — and says he is more than happy to accept the invitation. Rejuvenated welterweight Watson (29) bounced...
THE RELEGATION woes of Oldham St Anne's continued as they ran into the juggernaut of Bradford Dudley Hill. The 40-6 home loss by Saints keeps them second-bottom in the...
Team spirit vital – Robbie CREATING a tight bond between players old and new will aid Athletic's progress in the coming season, says striker Robbie Simpson. Simpson...
students from Radclyffe School opted for a less traditional mode of transportation to their end of year bash, arriving at the proms party in a huge American truck! The sharply...
FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro stormed to a 5-1 win in a pre-season friendly at Radcliffe Town. Jay Matthews struck twice for Tony Mills' side, with James Curley, Jordan Robinson...
People from Shaw rallied together at the weekend in two fund-raisers for Michelle and Kenny Heaton — the parents of two-year-old blast victim Jamie. Comedy dancers,...
NETBALL: OLDHAM Netball Club dazzled in the Yendy’s tournament in Birmingham, with the under-13s and under-14s both roaring to victory. The under-13s put down their...
AN Oldham student has won a top design award for his clever Aquatwist product. Anthony Hodson (22), from Royton, came up with the design for a dual-use bucket and watering...
CRICKET: DELPH earned an impressive victory over high-flying Elland in the Drakes Huddersfield Premiership. Kevin Hook's 44 helped Grant Jones' side to 125 all out, and...
POLICE, ambulance and fire crews were alerted to Stamford Road, Mossley, on Friday, after a bus ploughed into a wall. There were no serious injuries among the 16 passengers,...
CRICKET: ONE could only image what kind of damage Oral Rankine would inflict on a hard playing surface. Shaw's tall West Indian overseas amateur had the Hollinwood batsmen...
INSPIRATIONAL coach Donna Hankinson, who helped create the award-winning North East Manchester Hawks Handball Club, has been won BT’s Coaching for Life Coach of the Year...
CRICKET: HEYSIDE and Bamford Fieldhouse, who met in the last four of the Tanner Cup a little over a week ago, with the former emerging victorious after a terrific encounter,...
THERE have been new claimed sightings of a large black cat roaming the Saddleworth countryside. A lorry driver on the M62 said he spotted a 3ft tall, 7ft long, black...
CRICKET: ROYTON dented the Lake Garage CLL title ambitions of reigning champions Norden and gave themselves a huge tonic at Woodhouse Lane on Saturday. If further proof...
A MIDWIFE has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter after a baby bled to death following a circumcision in Oldham. Grace Adeleye (66) appeared in the dock at Manchester Crown...
CRICKET: THEY went into finals day with such high hopes, but it simply didn't happen for Werneth. The climax to the Lees Bitter Twenty20 Competition was completely...
Oldham-born Professor Brian Cox (44) is the subject of an unauthorised biography by Buckinghamshire journalist Ben Falk. “The Wonder of Brian Cox” is available online and in...
