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TALENTED school pupils have their sights set firmly on Olympic glory after making it through to the national finals of a mascot design competition. Coppice Primary School, in...
Date Published 13/01/2011
OLDHAM sports star Becky Jones, who is stranded in the Australian floods, has opened her home up to two families she doesn’t know after their house was washed away. The...
Two tours of Iraq without a scratch, then he spent a night in Oldham... THESE are the horrific injuries suffered by a Royton soldier when a night out in Oldham town centre ended...
THE VOTES have been cast and the result of the election is in — as decided by school children. Pupils at Friezland Primary School held a mock election at the same time...
All eyes on Oldham as voting begins again OLDHAM’S historic by-election got off to a damp start this morning as the media scrum descended on the borough. Hundreds of TV and...
A SERVICE engineer has been fined for eating a muffin, operating a hand-held computer and speaking on the phone — while driving on the M60. John Paul Mills (43), of...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
HOLLINWOOD, despite missing several regulars, swept into round two of the Pennine League’s Supplementary Cup with a 32-0 win at home to Keighley Town ‘A’....
AMATEUR RUGBY: HIGGINSHAW returned to North-West Counties League Division Three action with a two-and-a-half drive to Hindpool — but they returned home nursing a 18-4...
OLDHAM St Anne’s have written to the National Conference League over the distribution of fixtures. On numerous occasions this season, the three locals NCL sides —...
ATHLETIC legend David Eyres had a special bond with Richard Butcher during their time together at Athletic Playing together under manager Ronnie Moore after the ex-Lincoln...
JACK Laird hit two goals as Athletic's under-18s saw off local rivals Rochdale 2-1 in the North-West Conference of the Football League Youth Alliance. Kyle Riley set up the...
REUBEN Hazell, Neal Trotman, Kieran Lee and Paul Black must be wondering what they have done to deserve such a tough time when it comes to facing opposition strikers. In the...
FOR Neal Trotman, the midweek hammering at the hands of Southampton will have hurt just that little bit more than most. The on-loan Athletic centre-back had his work cut out...
MATTHEW Fogarty won’t be the only young Oldhamer to make his Roughyeds debut in Saturday’s second pre-season run-out against Featherstone Rovers at the Bigfellas...
ATHLETIC have received a much-needed cash boost following Sky’s decision to screen Tranmere’s visit to Boundary Park. The npower League One clash has been shifted...
People in Failsworth and Mossley can get a taste of the highly-successful Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness Clubs when the latest franchise in the award-winning group opens its...
Date Published 12/01/2011
OLDHAM Business Leadership Group (OBLG) is encouraging innovative and high-growth companies to enter this year’s One Oldham Business Awards. The group has secured...
Back in the swing with baby store TWO young golfers have quit their dream lifestyle in California and returned to Shaw to open a business selling baby goods. Brothers Martin...
CHANNEL HOPPING: COT death was never going to be a crowd pleaser even by EastEnders standards. So when the BBC’s Les scriptwriting Miserables dreamed a dream of pushing...
FEISTY Margaret Monk is 102 tomorrow, and is already celebrating! The great-grandmother-of-two is looking forward to her birthday bash with family and fellow residents at...
OLDHAM Council has struck an agreement with unions to implement a staff pay deal that will see hundreds of workers take a pay cut. Members backed the job evaluation and salary...
FAILSWORTH is one of the country’s 100 most improved schools after chalking up record GCSE results. The number of pupils achieving the gold standard of at least five A*...
Actors land role on the high seas AMATEUR actors from Oldham are taking to the high seas for a two-week stint on a cruise ship. Four actors from the Oldham Lyceum Players...
A highly-paid business systems analyst with Tesco’s stole nearly £30,000 on her company credit card. Carol Bowerman (35), from Marble Street, Oldham, sobbed as she...
POLICE are appealing for three girls to contact them after a 25-year-old serving soldier was attacked with a brick following a night out in Oldham. Patrick McQuaid, from...
A YOUNG Asian man is considering quitting his job after he was racially abused on the Limeside estate. Door-to-door salesman Kamal Miah (20) said he was scared when he was set...
OLDHAM Golf club treasurer and former captain David Beech has been jailed for nine months for fraud by abuse of position. He admitted the offence and was sentenced at...
These candidates hope for your vote tomorrow
Election statement — Kashif Ali, Conservative IT HAS been a long campaign but. tomorrow, voters in Oldham East and Saddleworth will finally get the chance to choose who should...
