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NHS Oldham will demand answers from Royal Oldham Hospital bosses over performance as it fails to hit vital targets. Patients are being kept waiting longer than they should...
Date Published 08/07/2011
A HATHERSHAW man is appealing against his murder conviction. Arfan Rafiq (26) of Villa Road, supplied the gun that was used to kill 27-year-old Nasar Hussain at Brookhouse...
BAE Systems has confirmed the closure of the historic Chadderton site. Workers were briefed yesterday by senior management on plans to transfer the remaining 161 jobs to...
TROUBLED trader TJ Hughes has appointed retail consultants GA Europe to advise on the sale of stock in its 57 stores. The business went into administration at the start of the...
OLDHAM has been named a hotspot for heart disease deaths, despite action to encourage healthier lifestyles. Research shows Oldham has the eighth highest rate of deaths in the...
MOTORISTS in Oldham suffered long delays yesterday after a serious crash on the M62. A trapped male van driver was lifted by air ambulance after a three-car collision on the...
TWO teenagers with “enormous potential” admitted starting a blaze which caused nearly £70,000 damage at Oldham Athletic. The pair were aged 15 and 16 when...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
ANGLING: MEDLOCK Bridge AC kindly donated their Park Lake water free of charge for the Harry Cumpsty memorial match, which raised £260 for his favourite charity, Help For...
RUGBY: HIGGINSHAW have announced their new coaching team for the winter season, with Craig Dickinson and Gary Dobbs taking charge. The pair take over from Paul Deakin, who is...
BOWLS: BARBARA Cooper will tomorrow night bid to become the first woman to win the Oldham Evening Chronicle Bowling Handicap. Kathy Wilson, a beaten semi-finalist in 2005, has...
CRICKET: WOODHOUSES hit the road to Cotswold Hills League outfit Shipston-on-Stour on Sunday for their last-16 clash in the Persimmon Village Cup. It’s all to play for...
CRICKET: DANNY Anchor’s Saddleworth and District Cricket League side are setting their sights on the Readers Lancashire Inter-League Trophy final. The representative XI,...
CRICKET: THERE seems to be genuine pleasure among Royton’s closest rivals that the Paddock club has reached the final of the John Willie Lees Wood Cup. Last Sunday’s...
JOHN Hough’s Oldham RL reserves drew 28-28 with Featherstone Rovers at Whitebank last night after conceding a converted try by Rovers full-back Tom Carr with only one minute...
THOUGH Oldham’s season has had more ups and downs than a grasshopper in a lift, the high and low points of London Skolars’ 2011 campaign are even further apart....
FOOTBALL: DEFENDER John O’Shea has completed his £5m signing for Sunderland from Manchester United. O'Shea signed for the Black Cats just hours after former United...
MANCHESTER City were today expected to confirm they have sold the naming rights at Eastlands to Etihad Airlines. The Abu Dhabi carrier already have their name emblazoned on...
OLDHAM winger John Gillam, out injured for most of the season, is ready to make up for lost time with six games left — and then the play-offs. Having spent most of the...
But Black and Morais are likely to miss out PAUL Black and Filipe Morais both seem set to sit out Athletic’s friendly at Barrow tomorrow (3pm kick-off). Left-back...
LATICS ARSON PAIR IN COURT HOSPITAL FAILING TO HIT TARGETS STRIKER SET TO MAKE LATICS DEBUT ...there's more (click story)
OLDHAM hooker Danny Whitmore, who hasn't played first-team rugby since he was injured at Doncaster on June 5, is named in a 20-man Roughyeds reserves squad for tonight's clash...
Date Published 07/07/2011
ATHLETIC will search for more permanent deals for new players before manager Paul Dickov switches his full attention to loan talent. Alex Cisak signed for two years yesterday,...
THE Chadderton site has produced some of the world’s most iconic aircraft — from the Second World War Lancaster bomber to the Cold War Vulcan. Manchester company...
WORKERS at BAE Systems in Chadderton were being told today that the historic site is to close — with the loss of all remaining 200 jobs. The defence company refused to...
THAT DAY WE SANG: Opera House, Manchester International Festival WELL she’s gone and done it again. Victoria Wood’s sublime ear for language, nostalgic...
THE exams are over — so it was time to party for students from Oldham’s Oasis Academy. Girls donned their stylish gowns and the lads got suited up in their tuxedos...
CRICKET: HEYSIDE are at home to Glodwick tomorrow at the quarter-final stage of the Saddleworth and District Cricket League’s Twenty20 Cup competition. Nicky...
AN OLDHAM family has been fighting for action after their son was knocked unconcious during a football match. Jack Holmes needed hospital treatment after a challenge with the...
