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FOOTBALL: AVRO are up to second place in the FBT Manchester League Premier Division table after they beat visitors Wythenshawe Amateurs 3-2. Springhead have enjoyed a...
Date Published 15/05/2015
Carrion Crow 2, Limeside Athletic 1 GOOTBALL: DANIEL Fitzhugh capped a superb individual performance with the match-winning goal as Carrion Crow overcame Limeside Athletic in...
FOOTBALL: FITTON Hill roared to victory in the Midas Plumbing and Heating Oldham Sunday League Jack Abbott Premier Division Shield final. They beat Heyside 6-1, largely thanks...
CRICKET: AFTER what skipper Simon Wright has described as a “perfect start” to their Lake Garage Championship campaign, Crompton face the acid test. Cock-a-hoop...
CRICKET: A SOGGY Well-i-Hole ground put paid to the top-of-the-table clash between Saddleworth and Moorside last weekend. The two SWB Commercials Saddleworth and District...
RUGBY: AFTER impressing off the bench against Leigh East, Matty Whitehead will be handed a starting spot by Oldham St Anne’s coach Mick Worrall tomorrow. The young...
THE Dobcross Whit Friday Committee is looking for volunteers to help during this year’s event, which features morning walks, a children’s lunch, afternoon sports and...
YOUNGSTERS at a Chadderton school explored their greatest aspirations when a Baroness came to visit. Estelle Morris, who chairs Oldham’s Education Skills Commission, went...
A baker is looking to cream the competition to become National Entrepreneur of the Year. Aspiring entrepreneur Daniel Arundel from Oldham is applying for a chance to pitch his...
TACKLING dementia doesn’t need to be an uphill battle — unless you’re taking on the Milltown to Moors 7k this weekend to raise awareness of the disease. Gary...
GREENFIELD photographer Ian Beesley is harking back to a bygone era to bring First World War veterans back to life. The award-winning social documentary photographer is joining...
MARTIAL ARTS: SHAW SKF Karate Club scooped 11 medals at the annual Shukokai Karate Federation (SKF) National Championships in Oldbury, West Midlands. The club had 13...
GOLF: DEFENDING champions Ashton ‘A’ got their new East Division season off to a flying start with a 7-1 home win over Brookdale. But it was a tight affair for Andy...
ATHLETICS: FAILSWORTH athlete Mike Coogan secured golden glory at the prestigious European Masters Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Torun, Poland. Forty...
Manchester City’s Delph-dwelling roving reporter writes every week for Chron Sport MANCHESTER City produced one of their best performances of the season in seeing off QPR...
OLDHAM St Anne’s, Waterhead Warriors and Saddleworth Rangers were celebrating when the latest Rugby Oldham Amateur Club Challenge trophies were revealed. Saints took the...
CRICKET: WERNETH has been dealt a hammer blow with the news that professional Kaushalya Gajasinghe will not be coming to England to play at the Coppice. The news ends a...
A MEETING between Oldham RL supporters and club chairman Chris Hamilton proved “productive” and “positive” so another get-together has been confirmed for...
Unemployment in Oldham has fallen by 38 in the past month.. There were 2,554 claimants in the borough in April - 1,534 men and 1,020 women - compared with 2,592 in...
PLAYHOUSE 2 is holding a fund-raising concert in aid of Ward F11 at the Royal Oldham Hospital and New Bridge School on Thursday, May 21, hosted by Beatles tribute act The...
TEAM GB swimmer Jessica Fullalove made a different kind of splash at a local primary school. The 18-year-old Oldham Olympic talent visited pupils at East Crompton St...
Re-elected Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams analyses Labour’s General election defeat MY key belief is that the electorate did not reject a progressive...
A former chaplain to the Queen will renew old friendships when he returns to Saddleworth for a special celebration this weekend. Former Vicar of Oldham, Canon John Sykes, will...
IT’S business as usual for the Liberal Democrats as Howard Sykes has retained his role as Oldham group leader . Councillor John McCann was selected to continue as the...
NORTH Chadderton School could be named the best in the country at the Times Educational Supplement’s annual schools awards at the Grovesnor House Hotel in London on Tuesday,...
Women play their part Broadcaster Hardeep Singh Kohli visits the Women’s CHAI Morning group and meets its founder, Najma Khalid (centre left), and (right) chats to Harmeet...
MEETING Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was a highlight of a trip to Burma by a Chadderton-born student representative. As president of Liverpool John Moores...
Motorbike-mad mates are planning to coast their way round Britain to raise money for cancer research. Former Shaw resident Stephanie Ratcliffe is leading the pack of brave...
A MUM-OF-FIVE who wrongly claimed more than £100,000 in benefit payments has been spared jail. Despite only admitting her guilt halfway through her trial, the judge told...
POLICE have arrested a 31-year-old man after death threats were sent to Oldham Athletic. Three men were sought in connection with the threats, sent by letter on Monday....
