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YOUNG sporting stars from across Oldham will be among thousands of athletes going head to head at the Greater Manchester School Games from today (Tue). After the storming...
Date Published 27/03/2012
TWO teenagers caused more than £1,000 of damage on a wrecking spree at Greenfield marina. The boys, aged 15 and 16, boarded unoccupied narrow boats and smashed windows and...
ALMOST nine in 10 children in Oldham will be starting at the secondary school their parents chose this year. According to the Department for Education, Oldham Council received...
Unveiled, the £22.5m future of Royton A STRIKING new view of Royton centre has been unveiled, revealing the true extent of the district’s £22.5 million regeneration scheme....
IF anyone is going to inspire the crowds it is great-grandma Muriel Brown, who will carry the torch at the ripe age of 81. As the Chronicle revealed in December, the fitness...
A DESOLATE area of Oldham affected by the end of the Housing Market Renewal initiative is set for regeneration. Oldham Council intends to push the redevelopment of South...
Tarkowski and Tounkara poised to play as Latics eye top half ATHLETIC appear set to make two changes to the team tonight as they bid for a victory which would lift the team into...
OLDHAM have welcomed a Carnegie Challenge Cup fourth-round draw which brings Barrow Raiders to Whitebank twice in two weeks. They are here this Sunday in a Co-operative...
OUMARE Tounkara admits he was taken aback by the warmth afforded to him by Athletic’s supporters. The Sunderland forward began his second spell on loan at Boundary Park...
MATCH PREVIEW: CONSECUTIVE wins on home turf will become a distinct possibility should Athletic replicate the quality and effort which saw off Leyton Orient earlier this season....
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THE developers have rolled out their vision for a new-look Royton. We have all the details and also gauge the locals' reaction to the plans. There's more (click story)
‘Inspirational’ Chris laid to rest SPONTANEOUS applause erupted around St Patrick’s Church as Chris McManus was led away to his final resting place....
Date Published 26/03/2012
THE dreams of an Oldham business man were today in tatters after thieves raided and then set alight his town-centre shop. The Evening Chronicle has previously reported that...
A fire in a computer room at Ferranti Cairo Mill, Waterhead, forced an emergency evacuation on Friday. The blaze started during the installation of a new power supply at HSB...
OLDHAM was alive with the sound of Sport Relief activity on Friday — helping to push the national effort to a record £50million hoard for good causes. Thousands,...
GOAL hero Chris Taylor was delighted to end an “embarrassing” run of games without scoring by netting the winner against Bournemouth. The 25-year-old winger had...
PAUL Smith and Mark McCully will give Oldham boss Tony Benson selection options for Sunday’s top-of-the-table clash with Barrow at Whitebank (3pm). Neither played in Friday’s...
Athletic 1, Bournemouth 0 Top-10 finish should be aim LAST week, relegation was taken as an inevitability by those prophets of doom inhabiting the corner of cyberspace...
A TOP team effort left Athletic manager Paul Dickov a happy manager — for once able to embrace the fact that luck had gone his way. The winning goal, struck by Chris Taylor...
Egremont 14, Oldham 22 ALEX Thompson's first senior try for Oldham clinched Roughyeds' passage into round four of rugby league's most prestigious knock-out competition....
A CARNEGIE Challenge Cup tie in Cumbria against amateur opposition on a Friday night was not what Oldham boss Tony Benson would have chosen in a season when promotion is top...
MOSSLEY’S Manchester FA Premier Cup final showdown with Droylsden tonight has been postponed after the Bloods failed to raise a team. The match, to be played at Hyde FC,...
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We bring you the emotional tributes paid to kidnap victim Chris McManus as family and friends pay their last respects. there's more (click story)
THE FRIDAY THING: GETTING married, going to church and shopping used to be the simple cornerstones of everyday life for everyday people. Marriage was him and her making their...
Date Published 23/03/2012
RUNNERS will put their best feet forward in aid of Sport Relief at Dovestone reservoir on Sunday. Those taking part can run one, three or six miles as part of the charity...
An attempt to reopen Diggle railway station has been launched in Saddleworth. Parish councillor Garth Harkness has started a petition to call for the old platform to be...
CHAMPION Thai boxer Andrew Lofthouse was one of the first torch bearers to be announced, and received acclaim from across the North-West. His dedication and effort for his...
A FIGHT by two asylum seekers to stay in the UK reached yet another landmark as they took their case to corridors of parliament. Armed with a petition boasting 2,000...
