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CHAMPIONS Glodwick underlined their lofty position by beating third-placed Saddleworth ‘B’ 10-0 in a rearranged Oldham Table Tennis League Division One...
Date Published 12/04/2016
WHAT is there not to like about the Jaguar XE? For starters it’s a Jag. It looks the part too with that long bonnet and sloping rear quarters. It may be a little understated...
Date Published 11/04/2016
Manager John Sheridan promises not to ease up an inch after finally getting the club out of the bottom four. Curtis Main’s second goal in a week was Athletic’s...
A CRAZED cat left a woman permanently scarred when it leapt on her head in a terrifying attack. Adele Mills (39) had to have a gaping wound on her forehead glued shut at A&E...
LEWIS Palfrey and Liam Thompson both reflected on dressing-room unity as Oldham celebrated their exciting 21-20 triumph against Sheffield’s full-time...
A CYCLIST has died in an accident with a skip wagon in Royton. Police are appealing for witnesses after the 55-year-old man was involved in a collision at the junction of Shaw...
THREE vulnerable Oldham girls had their lives made a misery by the persistent harassment of a man old enough to be their father. Nigel Rostron (61), acted more like TV’s Benny...
Athletic 1, Walsall 0 WHAT was it, exactly, that was missing before? That is the question when watching an Athletic team that managed to beat Walsall even when distinctly...
TEN paedophiles who preyed on vulnerable teenage girls have been jailed for over 125 years for a catalogue of sick child sex offences. The arrests were part of Operation...
THE Special Boat Service has gone into action after one of its own was mugged for his precious diving watch. Frank Marchington (83), a member of the elite squad in the 1950s...
OLDHAM 21, SHEFFIELD EAGLES 20 THE shrill blast of the final hooter dropped the curtain on a thriller and sparked ecstatic Oldham celebrations on and off the Bower Fold pitch...
THE Mayor of Oldham says a news story by a Pakistani publication claiming he accused India of acts of terrorism didn’t report him accurately. Councillor Ateeque Ur-Rehman...
TO beat a team of full-time professionals only a week after seeing off Batley Bulldogs, was an awesome achievement, said upbeat Oldham boss Scott Naylor. His Championship new...
SAMIR Nasri reminded Manchester City of his talents with a match–winning display against West Brom and admitted frustration he cannot face Paris St Germain tomorrow. The...
MANCHESTER United are being left to play catch–up in the race for Champions League qualification as a crushing 3-0 defeat at second-placed Tottenham sees them trail...
BOXING: DELPH prospect Andy Kremner has been forced to pull out his next professional fight through injury. The unbeaten welterweight hopeful was due to fight at the Wigan...
Our selections for tomorrow’s meetings: NEWMARKET 2.10 Dufay 2.45 Tabarrak (nb) 3.20 Childesplay 3.55 Tathqeef 4.30 Coolmore (nap) 5.05 Not...
MOSSLEY’S lingering dreams of reaching the Evo-Stik League Division One North play-offs are officially over after they lost 3-2 defeat at Burscough. The Lilywhites put in...
PENNINE Shotokan Karate Club chief instructor Fred Jones has earned a ‘Nanadan’ – a hugely prestigious seventh dan award and one of the most senior grades in the...
Boxing: JON Kays is getting back into the ring. After a winter of agonising over his next move, Hurst Cross-based local favourite Kays will return to action on a VIP Promotions...
HE’S chopped, boiled and steamed with the best of them. Now reigning “MasterChef” champion Simon Wood is lined up on the shelves alongside his food heroes as...
Driver has lucky escape after falling down an embankment in Newhey A DRIVER had a lucky escape when his car plunged down an embankment and crashed into a tree. The accident...
POLICE are hunting an intruder who entered the home of a 76-year-old woman in Chadderton. Police were called to a house Eustace Street in Chadderton following reports of a...
A RARE reward was offered to an Oldham resident by the Queen. Marlene Armitage, of Broadway, Chadderton, was one of only 180 men and women to receive Maundy money at this years...
LEARN more about “The Last Laugh of the Railway King” as Geoff Scargill gives a talk at Royton Local History Society tonight. The talk takes place at Downey House,...
MATT Palmer has been recalled by Burton from his loan spell with Athletic. The 21-year-old midfielder has been excellent working under manager John Sheridan, making a total of...
Oldham RL 21, Sheffield Eagles 20 OLDHAM RL secured back-to-back wins in the Kingstone Press Championship after a terrific tussle against Sheffield Eagles at Bower Fold. The...
Date Published 10/04/2016
OLDHAM 1, WALSALL 0 CURTIS Main's second goal in five days earned Athletic another huge win in the battle against the drop, finally taking John Sheridan's men outside the...
Date Published 09/04/2016
Miracle baby Elsie-May Cunningham has been allowed home to her family after spending the first 12 weeks of her life in the Royal Oldham Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care...
Date Published 08/04/2016
AN Oldham schoolboy subjected to an unbelievable campaign of violence and abuse told how he was forced to steal from his own family and sell drugs to get cash for his...
