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ROTTING window frames, a fridge freezer and an old steering wheel are just some of the items causing misery for fed-up Coppice residents. Piles of rubbish have been dumped in...
Date Published 24/04/2015
ANGLING: BILLY Brierley took top spot in the Medlock Bridge AC open match on the Park Lake. His 12lb 2oz catch included three f1s and two decent skimmers taken on pole and...
BOWLS: TONGE made a great start to their Manchester Premier League season with an 11-3 (200-134) triumph at home to St Joseph’s, of Chorley. The hosts boasted eight...
OLDHAM Titans’ National League programme has joined forces with the Manchester Junior Giants for the 2015-16 season. The merged set-up becomes the Manchester Junior...
RUGBY: WILL this be the weekend the borough’s clubs break their duck in the Kingstone Press National Conference League? The 2015 season is on the verge of tiptoeing into...
CRICKET PREVIEW: THE loss of five players hit Uppermill hard in the build up to the new SWB Commercials Saddleworth and District Cricket League season. But skipper Michael...
FOOTBALL: Huddersfield League Division Two champions Heyside shrugged off the unavailibility of a number of players as they triumphed 2-1 at Aimbry. Goalkeepers Jack Suttie and...
FOOTBALL: RIFLE ‘A’ and Heyside are to meet in the final of the Midas Plumbing and Heating Oldham Sunday League’s Challenge Cup after both cruised through their...
Hollinwood 1, Leigh Athletic 1 HOLLINWOOD had to settle for a point in their FBT Manchester League Division One clash with Leigh Athletic at Chapel Road when the visitors...
FOOTBALL: THE Midas Plumbing and Heating Oldham Sunday League is hoping to trial morning football from next season after 48 years of predominantly Sunday afternoon action. The...
GOLF: SADDLEWORTH Golf Club chairman Neil Bamford has saluted the hard work and dedication of head greenkeeper Darryl Smethurst, who has recently celebrated 25 years in the...
GOLF: AFTER spending two years on the Brookdale committee, Philip Forshaw has become captain of the club. A job in the world of international sales took him all over the globe,...
GOLF: PAUL Egan claimed the first Spring Eclectic Trophy — the opening major of the 2015 season at Werneth. The seven handicapper fired a three-under-par nett 65 which...
MOTORCYCLE RACING: ASHLEY Beech’s hopes of finishing among the front-runners in the National Superstock Championship have been hit by a setback. The Moorside star is...
WATERHEAD Shepherds Boy are celebrating after clinching the Saddleworth Charity Pool League Division One title. But the side lost out in the cup final to Diggle Hanging Gate -...
SNOOKER: NORTH Chadd ‘A’ clinched the Oldham Amateur Snooker League title in a thrilling end to the season. A battling 3-3 draw against their Blue Club counterparts...
ACCIDENT and emergency waiting time statistics are “too crude a measure” to determine the quality of a hospital’s services, according to Healthwatch...
OLDHAM photographers could win £200 in the latest borough “Bloom and Grow” photography competition The contest is open to anyone, of any photographic ability:...
THE Alzheimer’s Society and Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust holds a drop-in session on the fourth Thursday of every month at Chadderton Library, Burnley Street. Call...
A CHADDERTON company has played a major role in converting the upper six floors of Watsons Chambers in Sheffield — formerly a business centre — to provide 61...
CRICKET: STEVE Bird, a well-known face in Saddleworth and District Cricket League circles, is to sponsor the competition for two years through his vehicle repair firm, SWB...
Manchester City’s roving reporter writes every week for Chron Sport I WATCHED the first leg of the FA Youth Cup final the other night and I thought Manchester City did...
CRICKET: HEYSIDE couldn’t have asked for a better start in the Central Lancashire League — but club skipper Ryan Barnes and his players won’t be getting too...
CROMPTON and Shaw Art Group is appealing for new members. The group meets at the Royal British Legion Club, Newton Street, Shaw, from 12.45 to 3.15pm on Mondays. To find out...
CONSERVATIVE MEP for Greater Manchester Sajjad Karim has expressed concerns about the region’s postal-voting record. This week thousands of postal votes will be dropping...
A MUM of six who has waited more than a year for a life-saving new kidney is to receive one from her husband — thanks to an experimental transplant method. On...
Three men have been arrested as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation in Oldham. Police arrested the men, aged 18, 25 and 30, on Tuesday on suspicion of...
UNIVERSITY Campus Oldham is celebrating its 10th anniversary by offering local students £1,000 scholarships. The unique scheme is open to students who have attended an...
A STRUGGLING social club is to close at the end of May. Stanley Road Sports and Social Club had said it would remain open for the next six to 12 months. But despite asking for...
KIND-HEARTED locals continue to rally for brave four-year-old Tehyah Solan-Clarke, who is still fighting for her life following a series of strokes that have left her 90 per cent...
