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ATHLETIC should know early next week which of its players will be staying with the club. A deadline — thought to be this weekend — will insist on players giving...
Date Published 20/06/2012
RULES and regulations on RFL suspensions have killed Oldham half-back Jamie Dallimore's dream of playing in Sunday's big derby clash at Whitebank. He believed last Thursday's...
ATHLETIC chairman Simon Corney feels the persuasive powers of his manager are crucial when it comes to getting wavering players to sign for the club. Dan Taylor was on the...
An 83-year-old Royton woman was just seconds away from a blaze ripping through her home. Catherine Dunn’s experience shows how just one small lapse in concentration can lead...
WATER POLO: IT will be party time for one Failsworth household if Jade Smith is selected for Great Britain’s Olympic water polo team. But until then, the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards ROYAL ASCOT 2.30 Reckless Abandon 3.05 The Fugue 3.45...
LOCAL disruption is expected to be kept to a minimum tomorrow during the first doctor’s strike in 40 years. GP practices and clinics — as well as the Royal Oldham...
THE GRADE-II-listed Lancaster Club site could be turned into homes for 140 families and a commerical soccer centre with 10 artificial mini-pitches if a planning application is...
Northwood, the UK’s Property letting specialists and leading provider of guaranteed rent even when the property is vacant or the tenant fails to pay the rent, is about to open its...
The Chron’s sports writer sums up his trip to Kenya with the Oldham Athletic Community Trust. THEY drive on the left in Kenya, we were told on arrival. Having just...
Date Published 19/06/2012
BOWLS: BOB Carr of Springhead won the Oldham Veterans’ League’s McIntosh Cup, beating team-mate Bryan O’Neill 21-12 in the final. The draw for the second...
RUGBY: KIEL Lancashire was the star of the show as Saddleworth Rangers kept alive their hopes of avoiding relegation. The number seven claimed two-thirds of Rangers' points in...
ATHLETIC hope that the under-18s’ forthcoming tour of the Netherlands will leave the squad nourished, both physically and mentally. At the end of July, Tony...
BOWLS: DAVID Carpenter, the 1997 champion, became the fifth former winner of the Oldham Evening Chronicle Bowling Handicap to book his place in this year's finals. The Delph...
CRICKET: MILNROW will travel to Norden in the Wood Cup semi-finals on July 1 and Middleton are to host Rochdale. Last-eight action in the Lake Garage CLL’s cup...
CRICKET; UPPERMILL and Bamford Fieldhouse, the top two teams in the Versasteel Saddleworth and District Cricket League before the start of play, saw their unbeaten records wiped...
Boxing: OLDHAM'S Craig Watson is definitely the daddy. A memorable weekend saw him earn a points victory over Tomasz Mazurkiewicz at the Manchester Velodrome and he celebrated...
Martyn Meets.... the amazing Kriangsak Sirisambhan MANY of you will know this cheeky chappie — he used to be a bouncer on the doors at Romeo’s and Juliet’s...
OASIS Academy is to be handed over to Oldham Council today to mark a major milestone for education in the borough. The first of three state-of the-art new academy buildings in...
THE “Royal Rover” Minibus Appeal has reached the two-thirds mark. An ambitious £30,000 appeal launched by the Royal Oldham Hospital League of Friends has...
YOUNGSTERS in Hathershaw are gearing up for a spectacular Olympics celebration. Pupils at Hathershaw School, Lyndhurst School, Holy Rosary RC Primary, St Martin’s...
MORE than 200 youngsters in Oldham skipped the equivalent of more than a month of lessons in just one term. In secondary schools across the borough 179 pupils (1.2 per cent)...
Saddleworth Summer Show could return to Saddleworth School again next year following the success of this year’s first staging at the new venue. Show director Stan Bowes...
A TAKEAWAY owner has been fined for carrying out dangerous construction work. A Health and Safety Inspector visited the Pizza and Potato Factory, in Yorkshire Street last...
THOUSANDS of partygoers are expected to descend on Alexandra Park for Oldham’s biggest-ever Mega Mela. Pakistani superstar Abrar Ul Haq will fly in especially to...
Public Health Minister Anne Milton has visited Oldham on a fact-finding mission over the difficulties facing those addicted to prescription drugs. She met Uppermill man and...
TIGHTER controls are needed to make breast implants safer, according to Oldham Euro-MP Arlene McCarthy. The Labour MEP is supporting legislation which calls for the...
A centenarian celebrated her birthday with a visit from the mayor. Eileen Wild turned 101 on Sunday and yesterday welcomed a visit from Councillor Olwen Chadderton and the...
Perfectly-timed intervention by Latics manager Paul Dickov is responsible for strike prospect Daniel Taylor’s signing. The 19-year-old Newcastle United player —...
Takeaways and empty shops hit businesses SHOP owners and local councillors have made a plea for help to save Lees village from further decline. They blame big supermarkets,...
