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DEMOLITION work has started to make way for the new multi-million Prince’s Gate development at Mumps. Bulldozers moved in over the weekend to raze a building at the corner of...
Date Published 09/06/2015
Cricket: A BRILLIANT knock of 157 from skipper Arron Lilley could not prevent Delph from exiting the Heavy Woollen Cup at the hands of Bradford League oufit Gomersal...
Date Published 08/06/2015
Cricket: FIVE wickets in the Whit derby defeat of Austerlands was backed up by six more as Kyle Hodnett inspired Moorside to a 32-runs victory over Glodwick in the SWB...
CANCER patients will soon be able to access free practical, emotional and social help on their doorstep, the Chronicle can exclusively reveal today. The breakthrough move comes...
YOUNG and old remembered more than 450 men from Oldham who lost their lives at Gallipoli during the First World War. An emotional service was held at Oldham Parish Church...
JIM Harvey had the inside track on Athletic even before he landed his new job. The former Morecambe and Stalybridge manager, brought in by Darren Kelly as part of his...
FOR the first time in Scott Naylor’s two-and-a-half seasons in charge at Oldham RL Club, his out-of-sorts Roughyeds have lost two league games in a row. Across all...
OLDHAM 28 NORTH WALES CRUSADERS 38 FOUR Crusaders tries in 13 minutes at the back end of the first half condemned Scott Naylor's men to another miserable half-time break in...
FAILSWORTH Carnival was hailed a huge success as fun-seekers flocked to the two-day event. The festivities kicked-off on Saturday with a colourful parade led by the Mayor and...
Bowles: KEITH Gledhill will bid to achieve what his son, Ben, failed so narrowly to do in 2014. In last year’s Green Final Handicap, Ben (Royton) was a gallant...
FOR five months of the year, players from opposing sides in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League try their utmost, usually by fair means, to beat one another. Yesterday,...
OLDHAM secured their first Lake Garage CLL Championship victory of the season in emphatic style. Werneth were the visitors to the Pollards for a local derby and it was the...
Cricket: HEYSIDE booked their place in the quarter-finals of the JW Lees Bitter Tom Hardman Twenty20 Competition with a 10-wicket demolition of neighbours Crompton at Glebe...
CELEBRITIES have been showing their support for a new cancer centre at the Christie in Manchester by sharing their #MaggiesKitchenTable moments on social media. Maggie’s...
DEDICATED staff at Crompton House School have won a prestigious award for their work to support pupils with epilepsy. The Rochdale Road school is one of just eight in the...
AN air ambulance was scrambled amid fears that a 13-year-old boy had suffered a broken neck while playing rugby. Saddleworth Rangers player Bennet Tupaea — son of former Oldham...
PEOPLE were transported to Austria for the opening concert of Saddleworth Arts Festival. The London Opera Players and the Parry Ensemble played a selection of waltzes, polkas...
Hundreds of wheelchairs destined for the needy were stolen by a crooked council worker who sold them online. Shaun Kirkham sold 275 of the motorised devices belonging to...
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Angling: FENTON Tenant has a fine record in the SADAS members-only matches — and he enhanced his reputation with another win on Eagle Mill Dam. Using the caster at nine...
Date Published 05/06/2015
CRICKET: THE wicketkeeeping gloves have become something of a poisened chalice at Delph. Regular first XI gloveman Grant Jones broke ribs after being hit and only five days...
BOWLS: TWO former champions are in action in the first heats of the Green Final Bowling Handicap tonight. Darren Griffiths, the 2013 winner, stakes his claim in an excellent...
A man who had a false sexual offence on his record for more than 40 years is continuing to campaign for justice. Last year Greater Manchester Police told Oldham Social Services...
OLDHAM Carnival is boasting the best line-up in its proud history this year with the Oldham Tinkers headlining the event in Alexandra Park on June 14. “This year we have...
CRICKET: LIFTED by back to back successes, Uppermill head to Whalley Range with a spring in their step tomorrow. The departure of key players at the end of last season left a...
TWO Twenty20 fixtures of enormous local significance take place tonight. The JW Lees Bitter Tom Hardman Competition has reached the business end of the group stages and for...
Tennis: FAILSWORTH’S Daniel Smethurst is out of the inaugural AEGON Manchester Trophy after a 6-3, 6-1 defeat to Colombian Alejandro Falla. The 109th man in the...
CRICKET: ONLY Dave Roberts has survived from last season’s Saddleworth and District Cricket League XI for Sunday’s renewal of the Readers Inter-League...
CRICKET: WERNETH has provided stability by appointing Ali Muzaffer as the professional for the rest of the season. The Coppice Lake Garage CLL club had expected Sri...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers will attempt to break the world record for the longest-ever game of touch rugby to help raise money for a new clubhouse. And you could be...
