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ATHLETIC manager Darren Kelly has dismissed suggestions that inexperience is at the root of a lack of activity in the player marke. The 35 year old, for whom Lee Croft is the...
Date Published 15/06/2015
IT wasn’t the first time they’ve “nilled” opponents with Scott Naylor in charge, nor was it their highest score, but this 64-0 rout of Oxford was the...
TWELVE-TRY Oldham pushed League One’s north-south divide a little bit wider with their 64-0 hammering of Oxford. On a day when all the southern sides took a pasting,...
HOCKEY: OLDHAM’S Nicola White and her Great Britain team are closing in on glory in the World League Semi-Finals in Valencia, Spain. The tournament also offers Rio...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards BEVERLEY 6.15 Champagne City 6.45 Fine View 7.15 Assault On Rome 7.45...
NORTH MANCHESTER CRICKET LEAGUE SPRINGHEAD have broken their duck in Division One of the North Manchester League at the sixth attempt. At home to Blackley, they dismissed...
Date Published 12/06/2015
PAUL Hulbert, who was the Roughyeds’ kit-man for many years, is leading a big ORSA event in the sponsors’ lounge at Whitebank when Oldham RL entertain York City...
DOMINIC Bryan was the star of the show for Oldham St Anne’s ‘A’ team as they held on to beat a determined Widnes Tigers 36-34 in the North-West Men’s...
RING-RUST certainly wasn’t an issue for Fitton Hill Bulldogs as they returned from a three-week lay-off to beat Burtonwood Bridge 50-30 in the North-West Men’s League...
A STUNNING collection of private gardens in Saddleworth were opened up to the public at the weekend. As part of the Saddleworth Arts Festival the general public were given the...
SADDLEWORTH ARTS FESTIVAL Funnyman Arthur Smith entertained revellers at Saddleworth Festival with jokes, songs and his own brand of grumpiness. He played the festival,...
Oldham has its very own link to the Magna Carta. Staff at Oldham Council’s Local Studies and Archives Centre have discovered that one of the signatories of the historic...
EIGHT years ago The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust started working with MedEquip4Kids, the children’s health charity that provides kids medical equipment and facilities for...
OLDHAM Sea Cadets now have have up-to-date washing facilities, thanks to the generosity of the East Lancashire Freemasons. The cadets, aged 10-18, sometimes have weekend...
AN OLDHAM care home is hoping to address the shortage of carers across the country through a new recruitment campaign. As part of Care Home Open Day on Friday, June 19,...
A HAVEN for Oldham’s geek community will officially open for business this weekend. Hack Oldham, which will take over an old joiner’s workshop in Hardcastle Street...
A LEADING British stage actor from Chadderton is starring alongside big names in a musical mystery thriller film. Paul Hilton (44) appears in “London Road”, a film...
MEMBERS of the Rock Choir joined forces with a host of celebrities to stage a stunning 10-year anniversary concert in Birmingham. The choir, which has a branch in Saddleworth,...
WOMEN in Oldham are being urged not to ignore their cervical cancer test call-ups as new NHS figures show screening rates have declined. As part of Cervical Screening Awareness...
A RANGE of workplace, industrial and professional skills were showcased at Oldham College’s 2015 Vocational Award. The event at Oldham’s Queen Elizabeth Hall...
HUNDREDS of Oldhamers called in at the Cancer Research UK Roadshow as it stopped in the town centre this week. Around 150 people visited the roadshow on each of the three days...
OLDHAMERS are being encouraged to learn more about the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as part of a national awareness week. The National Rheumatoid Arthritis...
PUPILS at a Failsworth primary school have buried a time capsule at a local housing development to be opened in a thousand years. Propps Hall Primary School’s Year Five...
YOUNGSTERS at an Oldham primary school joined more than 9,000 other children in the North-West by staging a march to call for safer streets for walking and cycling. Pupils from...
GEORGE and Mary Marsden won’t be lonesome tonight when they celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Elvis fanatic George met Mary in their local pub and was all shook...
A tiny Saddleworth village is gearing up for the return of foot-tapping fever with the arrival of the Diggle Blues Festival. Now in its sixth year, the popular event takes...
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL UPPERMILL Ladies have stormed to their first-ever Greater Manchester Women’s League title. A dramatic 2-1 victory, secured thanks to goals from...
ROAD RUNNERS ROYTON Road Runners dominated the field at the recent Milltown Oldham 7k, Dovestone Diamond in Greenfield and Littleborough 5k, where 78 club members made up more...
ANGLING ORGANISER Darren Webb (Medlock Bridge) knows Strinesdale Reservoir like the back of his hand, and he proved it with a win in the Thursday match as he netted himself...
CYCLING EAST Lancs Road Club riders were scattered far and wide at cycling events across the North-West, as yet another club trial record was broken. Current 10-mile record...