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ANGLING: THE Chadderton Mill AC match on the club water saw Darren Webb finish first with 47lb. In-form Darren is on a good run at the moment, winning the Medlock Bridge AC...
Date Published 01/06/2012
RUGBY: League fixture compilers must have something against Saddleworth Rangers. After being pitted against leaders Wigan St Patrick’s, third-placed Leigh Miners...
FOOTBALL: UPPERMILL are reflecting on a superb campaign in the Huddersfield and District League. The seconds lifted the Richardson Cup after a 1-0 win over Meltham at Hade...
THE FRIDAY THING: TWO weeks in a fell-top farmhouse in the idyllic Eden Valley in Cumbria and I return, horror of horrors, to discover that chubby Dave is having regular telephone...
CRICKET: DELPH’S cricketers look to get their Drakes Huddersfield Premiership campaign back on track tomorrow when they entertain Shepley. Grant Jones’ side...
CUTS in support to pay council-tax bills could hit 18,000 of Oldham’s poorest households. A shake-up to council-tax benefit will see councils handed the power to administer...
CRICKET: AS weekends go this season, it won’t get much tougher for Hollinwood, who have the unenviable task of facing Bamford Fieldhouse twice in as many days....
LEAD thieves have forced the temporary closure of the under-threat Crompton pool and gym. Managers had to shut the doors yesterday morning after rain flooded into the building...
CRICKET: MOTIVATION should not be a problem for our four local Lake Garage CLL clubs this weekend. Each have ambitions to finish in the top half of the table and secure a...
MOVE over “The Voice” and “Britain’s Got Talent” — the only stage to be on this year is at the People’s Carnival. The event —...
A WITNESS claimed a Werneth driver accused of causing death by dangerous driving was exceeding the speed limit before losing control of his car. Vykintas Semezys (21), of...
FOUR men have been jailed for drug dealing in Oldham. Nathan Moores (24), of Birchenlea Street, Chadderton, was jailed for four years, Brian Threadgale (25), of Mona Road,...
OLDHAM Council has pledged to do all it can to improve the plight of businesses, motorists and shoppers blighted by the Metrolink works. In a direct response to last...
FRUSTRATED drivers travelled just a quarter of a mile in 40 minutes when temporary traffic lights caused chaos in a Metrolink diversion. Cars, buses, lorries and vans were...
A FURNITURE firm has been fined £14,000 for breaching a string of fire safety regulations. Up to 50 staff worked at CFS Furniture Ltd at Laurel Trading Estate,...
Ready to fly the flag for Her Majesty FROM street parties to blazing beacons, Oldhamers are pulling out all the stops to make it an historical Diamond Jubilee to remember....
Inspirational locals warmed hundreds of hearts as they became part of Olympic history yesterday. Three community heroes from Oldham got to brandish the golden Olympic torch as...
NEIL Roden is targeting Oldham RL Club’s next game at North Wales Crusaders on June 10 for his long-awaited comeback after injury. If he makes it, the Roughyeds captain...
ATHLETIC will kick off the 2012-13 season with a cup tie. The Football League have announced that their knock-out competition — previously the Carling Cup — has a new sponsor...
RACING: THERE is no such thing as a certainty in the Derby. The world’s greatest flat race is littered with sob stories over “unbeatable” colts who...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards EPSOM 1.35 Grandeur 2.05 Liber 2.40 St Nicholas Abbey 3.15...
We’ve bent over backwards, says Oldham’s top policeman OLDHAM’S police chief has publicly pledged his unwavering support for Saddleworth’s world-famous...
Date Published 31/05/2012
EXTRA officers, meetings with organisers and a cash injection are what Oldham Council has put in to turn band contest plans into reality. Councillor Jean Stretton has...
RELATIVES of Alan Chamberlain, the dad killed at the Greenfield band contest in 2010, have insisted they want the tradition to continue. They have publicly given their support...
POLITICIANS have waded into the band contest saga by calling for action to ensure the tradition’s survival. Liberal Democrat Euro-MP Chris Davies, who lives in...
A CHADDERTON mum has been told she will go to jail after she sold a schoolgirl prostitute for sex. Manchester Crown Court heard that Leanne Gilder took £60 from kerb-crawler...
Tortured Iranian can stay in UK CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after an Oldham asylum-seeker was granted permission to stay in the UK. Supporters at the Oldham Unitarian Chapel...
ATHLETIC’S trail on Altrincham striker Damien Reeves appears to have run dry... at least for the time being. Manager Paul Dickov has taken a close interest in the...
PAUL Ashton, Oldham RL reserve team coach, has suffered another blow in the wake of the 84-16 defeat at Featherstone. Already suffering from a player shortage, he has now lost...
FOOTBALL: PAUL Scholes has put pen to paper on a one–year contract extension that keeps the former England midfielder at Manchester United until the end of the 2012/13...
