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Boxing: IT’S going to be a rip-roaring derby day at the Manchester Velodrome for local super-featherweight favourite Jon Kays on July 11. Ashton-based Kays (32)...
Date Published 16/06/2015
ROLL up your sleeves and give blood at Royton Trinity Methodist Church, Radcliffe Street on Friday, June 26. Sessions run from 1.15 to 3.30pm or 5.15 to 7.30pm. Appointments...
AWARDS recognising the success of officers from Greater Manchester Police’s Oldham Division were handed out at its annual presentation ceremony. Officers were commended...
SADDLEWORTH Parish Council Liberal Democrat group has chosen Alan Belmore to be its new leader. Mr Belmore (25), an accountant from Greenfield was approved unanimously by...
MOSSLEY will lose its last bank when RBS closes its Stamford Road branch. The bank will close on September 10 with traditional banking services moved to nearby Mossley Post...
SNOOKER: OLDHAM will have its own representative on next season’s professional snooker tour. Moorside potting machine Michael Wild’s victory in the European Open in...
ATHLETIC will play Middlesbrough in the first round of next season’s Capital One Cup. This morning’s draw saw Athletic paired with a team which dispatched them 3-0...
ST HELENS youngster David Hewitt has described his move to Oldham on loan as a “brilliant opportunity” to further his career. The 19-year-old former England Schools...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards RIPON 6.40 Grey Destiny 7.10 David’s Duchess 7.40 Warlu Way 8.10...
THREE men involved in terrifying robberies at two post offices in Oldham, have been jailed for a total of more than 22 years. The robberies, in which victims were threatened...
A sub-postmaster who was held with a gun to his head by masked thieves during a terrifying raid, said today: “I am glad they’ve been caught. I thought I was going to...
OLDHAM-BORN Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw is expected to join the judging panel of TV’s “The X Factor”, according to sources close to the show. The DJ, who...
RUGBY League star Kevin Sinfield has already received the MBE and the prestigious Golden Boot award for the world’s best player. But now the former Oldham Sixth Form...
OLDHAM’S MPs have called for carers to be given more support. Following Carers Week, which ended on Sunday, the Labour politicians highlighted the strains suffered by...
OLDHAM’S MPs have called for carers to be given more support. Following Carers Week, which ended on Sunday, the Labour politicians highlighted the strains suffered by those...
A Chadderton couple had a dramatic escape after their saloon car burst into flames yesterday. Graham and Alison Beswick, were driving from Ashton to Uppermill when near...
A NEW £28.5 million cancer research centre in Manchester will be officially unveiled this week - but one Oldham cancer survivor got a tour today. The University of...
Saddleworth Festival: Northern Chamber Orchestra St Chad’s Church, Uppermil THE 2015 Saddleworth Festival closed with a concert by a world-class chamber orchestra that...
IT’S not going to be very often that this page features talented musicians from Portugal, but today is one of those times. That’s because four-piece self-proclaimed “kickass...
OLDHAM Council leader Jim McMahon has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to Oldham. The 34-year-old father of two moved to Failsworth...
Date Published 15/06/2015
A KEEN runner who has dedicated his career to making sport more widely available has been awarded an MBE. Richard Saunders (60), the former chief executive of Greatersport,...
AN 11-year-old girl was today flying to America to undergo revolutionary treatment for an inoperable brain tumour. Katie McGann was told a benign tumour in her brain had become...
A JET flew over Oldham in memory of a local serviceman at his full military funeral. Warrant Officer Scott Creighton (38), a father of two young boys, was laid to rest at a...
SIXTEEN people - including seven from Failsworth have been sentenced in a large scale “crash for cash” fraud. In late 2012 a woman contacted police to say her...
FOUR teenage girls have been arrested after an Asian family reported racist abuse on a tram travelling between Shaw and Manchester. The couple, who were with their young baby,...
POLICE are searching for a man who stole £15 from a Failsworth hairdressers and was hit by a car as he fled. The man, his face covered by a scarf, demanded money from...
RAIN didn’t stop play at Alexandra Park as thousands of people enjoyed Oldham Carnival. An eclectic line-up of musicians, fairground rides, huge inflatable slides, games,...
FORMER council education worker Susan Rathmill has been given a 16-month suspended jail sentence for theft. In June, 2012, the council’s Internal Audit and Counter Fraud...
A GROTTON man has been jailed for six years for his part in a drugs gang. Nikolas Redfearn (40), of Thornlee Court, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and...
SCOTT Naylor is looking to top-up his Oldham RL squad with more signings following the capture on loan of 19-year-old St Helens half-back David Hewitt. Excluding players on...
