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CRICKET: SADDLEWORTH under-17s saw off the challenge of visitors Micklehurst in the Saddleworth and District League Romida Trophy. The hosts made 143 for four before...
Date Published 01/06/2012
DARTS: OLDHAM darts team clinched a last-gasp draw against leaders Rochdale Boro to keep alive their hopes of landing the Lancashire Super Eights Elite League title. Three...
WIDDOP Bingham has received a smashing present. The family-run Chadderton business — an established supplier to the gift trade — scooped a silver gong for Best...
GOLF: SHEILA Cooper spent most of last year unable to swing a club — 12 months on the Saddleworth member can’t stop winning. The 23-handicapper clinched her...
MY Yard, the UK’s first online waste management software for skip hire and scrap metal firms, has won the Best Enterprise Technology Company category at the second annual...
GOLF: CROMPTON and Royton’s Steve Bower defends the Chronicle Cup at Oldham on Saturday. Winner at Werneth 12 months ago, he tees off at 10.24am. A TRIP to a...
PUPILS at Radclyffe School are hosting a jubilee street party today for 60 elderly members of the community. It has been organised by the Year 8 council and will include a...
SPORTS BETTING: WITH Euro 2012 just round the corner – more next week – Premier League chairman will be anxious to have their vacant managers’ seats filled...
FOOTBALL: JUNIOR coach Kevin Dunkerley has spoken of his relief at the Football Association’s vote in favour of a revamp of the youth game. Almost 90 per cent of the...
Plastic fantastic! ECO-FASHION was paraded down the catwalk by environmental-conscious students from Oldham College. They say all fashion is recycled — and took the...
A ROYTON firm celebrating 175 years in business is carrying out a good deed to mark every year of its existence. Construction and regeneration company Emanuel Whittaker Ltd...
Under-14s seal stunning silverware treble for club OLDHAM Netball Club are celebrating a brilliant hat-trick. Following on from the success of the senior team and under-16s,...
A HOLLINWOOD-born businessman who headed some of the world’s biggest companies has died aged 87. Sir William Barlow was best known as former chairman and chief executive...
A STAGGERING £59 million a year would be snatched from the NHS in Oldham if a new funding formula is forced through, a study has warned. Oldham East and Saddleworth MP...
“BRITAIN’S Got Talent” street dance stars Karizma Krew are set to be the main attraction at this weekend’s Festival Oldham. The South London...
A Royal Air Force serviceman from Oldham has become the youngest member of the armed forces to carry the Queen’s Colour. Alex Richards (19), a weapons technician...
CRICKET: “CAN we come back, please” was the positive response from Lancashire following the under-15s girls Roses match at Austerlands Cricket Club. Nursery...
BOXING: THE best amateur talent will be on show when Oldham Boxing and Personal Development Centre runs another fundraiser. ‘Future Olympians — Oldham versus the rest’...
RUGBY: Geener backs Slicker position WATERHEAD have appointed Mick Slicker Jnr as their new director of football. Slicker played all of his youth rugby at the club before...
CRICKET: STEVEN Howard is sure his Saddleworth side are ready to turn the corner. Four defeats on the spin, divided equally between league and cup, has undone the good...
CRICKET: Royton batsmen need to get their act together, admits skipper ROYTON skipper Alan Durose reckons his team are suffering from ‘over-achievement...
MIIKE SNOW/NIKI AND THE DOVE, HMV Ritz, Manchester WHILE the UK music charts fade and fizzle under the curse of bland generic pop, one place to look for inspiration is Europe...
BLUE Coat pupils rolled up to their school prom in style. A retro WV campervan, a double-deck bus, a monster truck and a horse-drawn carriage jostled for space with...
THE number of people living in fuel poverty in Oldham has topped 17,600 as people struggle to meet energy bills that have soared to three times their cost just nine years ago....
A LORRY driver from Oldham has been charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of a police officer hit by his own vehicle as he helped a stranded motorist on a motorway...
OLDHAM’S famous Candlelight Club came close to going up in flames as the landmark building was targeted by arsonists. Owner Ken Naylor is offering a...
OLDHAM PLANNING COMMITTEE: A PLAN to build a holiday village of luxury log cabins in Saddleworth have been put on hold by Oldham councillors. The scheme to bring plush cabins...
BOWLS: THE 2012 Oldham Evening Chronicle Bowling Handicap gets underway tonight with action at four venues. Brian Raynor starts the defence of his title at Moorside, while...
MOTORBIKE RACING: ASHLEY Beech produced his best performance of the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship at Snetterton, claiming ninth place. The Moorside racer,...
CYCLING: SIMON Bridge went close to matching Olympic gold medalist Chris Boardman's record in near perfect conditions at the Oldham Century Cycling Club's Ian J Crossley...
