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OLDHAM RL’s close ties with Super League's Leeds Rhinos have provided another quality youngster. Said to be one of the most gifted prospects at Headingley, 19-year-old...
Date Published 19/06/2012
CRICKET: FRIARMERE recovered from a nightmare start at Stayley to give themselves a fighting chance in the Saddleworth and District League Tanner Cup quarter-finals last night....
THE cricket world is mourning the death of Tom Maynard, the son of Oldham-born former England and Glamorgan batsman Matthew Maynard. The 23-year-old Surrey county cricketer,...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards ROYAL ASCOT 2.30 Sentaril (nb) 3.05 Nahrain 3.45 Carlton House...
A GRADE II listed church that angered neighbours with plans for “unsightly” metal railings on two sides of its grounds has been allowed further security measures....
A MUM was horrified when she dislocated her two-year-old daughter’s elbow while pulling her off the road to escape oncoming traffic. The tot screamed when her mother,...
Date Published 18/06/2012
A BRAVE youngster is walking tall after returning from a successful, life-changing operation in America. Nine-year-old Harley Hesford, who suffers from cerebral palsy,...
MK Dons first game in tough start to season ATHLETIC will begin the new npower League One season with a tough challenge at play-off semi-finalists Milton Keynes Dons....
OLDHAM RL have reached an agreement with Keighley Cougars to extend the loan period of back-row forward Lewis Reed. The 21-year-old former Bradford Bulls academy forward came...
Manchester City will begin their defence of the Barclays Premier League with a home match against Southampton. Roberto Mancini's men, who pipped Manchester United to the title...
SNOOKER: MICHAEL Wild’s dream of playing in the finals of snooker’s Australian Open was wrecked by Ken Doherty. Moorside star Wild, who registered a sensational...
CRICKET: THREE Tanner Cup matches get under way tonight and the other resumes after rain put paid to the quarter-final ties on Saturday. No play was possible at Stayley,...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards ROYAL ASCOT 2.30 Frankel 3.05 Wizz Kid (nb) 3.45 Most Improved...
RETIRED Royton firefighter Peter Stevenson has received an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The 51 year old was the leader of the UK International Search and...
A CONSTRUCTION firm with a 72-year history in Oldham has collapsed, with the loss of 31 jobs. Dew Construction (Oldham) has gone into administration, citing cash flow...
ROAD safety is at the forefront in tonight's Chronicle as a Derker mother expresses her concerns over a pelican crossing on Ripponden Road and a Heyside couple issue a plea as a...
SWIMMING: OLDHAM swimmer Alex Crossland-Robins shattered a six-year record on his way to a gold medal in the British Gas North-West Regional Championships. The Royton and...
Date Published 15/06/2012
GOLF: WERNETH ‘A’ reached the midpoint of the season with a nine-point lead at the top of the East Division and their unbeaten record intact... just. They were...
BOXING: RICKY Hatton has challenged Oldham’s Craig Watson to rebuild his career — starting on Saturday at the Manchester Velodrome. Watson, who joined...
HANDBALL: NORTH East Manchester Hawks left the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace with a haul of eight trophies. Teams won both the boys and girls under-18s cup finals...
GOLF: ALAN Squires has made history by claiming a hat-trick of English Seniors titles. The Oldham member started the final round seven shots off the pace, only to produce a...
Teachers, councillors and pupils have given their support to a new road safety campaign that cracks down on irresponsible parking outside schools. Parents dropping their...
KIND-HEARTED music maestros went out of their way to help Oldhamers after learning of high poverty levels in parts of the borough. Ben Saggerson and Dom Corbett organised a...
THE National Blood Service has issued an urgent plea to Oldhamers to donate blood and keep vital stocks up over this summer. National blood stocks fell by more than seven per...
SPEED was the aim of the game for Army medic Private Liam Connolly who helped his team claim an unprecedented field gun victory. Private “Speedy Bullet” Connolly...
A CLIMBING wall, bouncy castle, face painting and craft activities will be among the attractions at a fun day at Noddy’s Field, Cathedral Road, on Saturday. The event...
OASIS Academy Oldham pupil Andrew MacDonald is 11 years not out after chalking up a perfect school attendance record. On top of not missing a single day of lessons at Yew Tree...
A £2million care home investment has created 12 full and part-time jobs on the outskirts of Delph. Stoneswood Retirement Living, wholly owned by Northern Care Homes, is...
THE Library Company takes a turn away from its second home at the Lowry to what will in a couple of years become its new permanent home between the Mancunian Way and the old...
PEOPLE of a certain age - yes, like me - who can go back to the days when mathematics was sums, will remember learning the times tables from two to 12. In Miss Moss’s...
