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RUGBY: DAVID and Jason Best are set to return for Oldham St Anne's at the club's time of need. The prop forward twins (33), who have both represented Oldham RL among other...
Date Published 29/06/2012
CRICKET: MICHAEL Bird hit 44 off 24 balls, including 28 from Andy Young’s final over, as Uppermill beat Shaw by 14 runs in last night’s Twenty20 Cup, first-round...
CRICKET: OFFICIALS at Friarmere Cricket Club are concerned about the state of the outfield. While questions were raised regarding the decision to call off matches at...
CRICKET: WAS it too early to make a Saturday morning call on the state of grounds in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League after the previous day’s heavy rain?...
CRICKET: OLDHAM captain Dr Zafar Jatoi has been reflecting on a “special and very emotional” derby victory over Royton. Sunday’s 44-run win at the Paddock...
TACKLE an inflatable assault course, test your sporting skills, tuck into a barbecue snack, bag a car boot bargain and finish the day soaking a teacher! All this is on offer...
Customers have been left high and dry after the unannounced closure of an Oldham furniture company. One customer was left almost £200 out of pocket and a supplier has...
A DRIVER from Oldham has been jailed for causing the death of a great-grandfather in a head-on crash. Vykintas Semezys (21) of Chester Street was found guilty of causing death...
A new Oldham profile paints a bleak picture of our health and lifestyles. Profiles help the council and NHS to decide where to offer resources to combat deprivation, cancer,...
A 74-year-old sleuth has tackled a phantom bread dumper responsible for tipping a mountain of loaves and rolls opposite her house. Ann Hilton has been driven to despair by the...
Man caught while on bail for dealing A MAN already on bail for drug dealing in Oldham town centre was caught with a stash of cocaine and heroin at his home. Andrew Hall (29)...
Oldham MP Michael Meacher has met the firm moving to the vacated Chadderton home of BAE, to offer help in maximising employment. Last month the Chronicle revealed pump...
A multi-million pound investment in health services aims to prevent more local patients from ending up in hospital. Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Pennine Care NHS...
FURIOUS traders have vowed to boycott a meeting organised by civic business chief, Councillor Shoab Akhtar, after accusing him of breaking his promise to them. A cry for...
Angling: OLDHAM angler Mick McDermott is on a roll after winning his second successive match in the Winsford Flash open events. His worm and red maggot on the feeder...
BOWLS: GREATER Manchester will reach the semi-finals of the Endsleigh County Championship should they beat Cheshire on Sunday (2pm). In a bid to make inroads at their home...
A SUMMER fair at Friezland Church Hall tomorrow will be opened by the Mayor of Oldham. A grand raffle, refreshments, games and stalls will be on offer at the hall, in Oaklands...
CRICKET: LANCASHIRE star Kyle Hogg is in the Delph squad for tomorrow’s Drakes Huddersfield Premiership trip to Scholes. The all-rounder, from Greenfield, makes his...
THE FRIDAY THING: ONE of the downsides that perhaps puts a lot of people off going into teaching (apart from having to sell your soul to the teaching unions) is how you go about...
CRICKET: SADDLEWORTH versus Bamford Fieldhouse, second and third respectively, is the stand-out clash in the Versasteel Saddleworth and District Cricket League tomorrow....
OLDHAM chiropractor Anthony Lavin is heading across the channel to give professional support to the Australian Orica-GreenEDGE cycling team in the Tour de France. The 35 year...
CRICKET: CROMPTON are a club in need of a swift change of fortune. The Glebe Street outfit had plenty of luck last weekend – unfortunately, all of it bad....
A dedicated Chadderton swimming teacher is finally climbing out of the pool and into retirement — at 80. Terry Jones has been teaching people how to swim since he was...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers may be buzzing after their superb defeat of high-flying Ince Rose Bridge, but coach Emerson Jackman is not yet a happy man. While admitting that...
MORE than 2,500 Oldhamers have pledged their support to local hospitals. Residents have signed up as Foundation Trust members to have a greater say in how the Pennine Acute...
A MAN who inspected the boiler of the house in Shaw at the centre of the gas blast has been bailed following his arrest on suspicion of manslaughter. The 32-year-old Shaw man...
A SPECIAL church memorial service was held for Jamie Heaton who died in the Shaw blast. East Crompton St James was open yesterday for well-wishers to pay tribute to the...
RESIDENTS affected by the Shaw gas blast began to return to their homes yesterday. Most residents of Oak Street and Gordon Street were given access. Many of the homes remained...
COMPASSIONATE residents are rallying together to raise funds for their neighbours in need. Lots of fund-raisers are being set up with proceeds going to the Oldham Distress...
A married couple accused of terrorism charges had the main components used to build a home-made bomb and Internet guides on building a bomb in a kitchen. Shasta and Sajid Khan...
