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A CHADDERTON man has been jailed after pleading guilty to a hit-and-run accident that killed a 40-year-old man. Jacob Davies, of Holly Grove, was sentenced to four-and-a-half...
Date Published 29/03/2011
Peter’s cataract case goes to the Commons A ROYTON man who faces losing his job because he was refused a critical operation, has had his case taken to the House of...
The City kit manager and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport THE absence of Micah Richards in Manchester City’s starting line-up cannot be underestimated...
THE QUEST for a goal goes on . . . but you won’t find Paul Dickov criticising his players after the latest so-nearly show against Tranmere. The TV test was the 12th...
Athletic 0, Tranmere 0 MISSING an opportunity to gain three points which would have granted invaluable breathing space from the bottom-three of npower League One, Athletic at...
ATHLETIC winger Filipe Morais said that despite not yet picking up their money for March, the influence of manager Paul Dickov has played a role in ensuring the squad continues to...
SIMON Corney has attacked what he describes as “scare-mongering” over Athletic’s finances. Wages that were expected to be deposited in player and staff bank...
ROW OVER ROYTON MAN'S EYE-OP DELAY CHADDERTON MAN JAILED OVER CAR-CRASH DEATH LOCAL LINK TO PEAK DISTRICT SUICIDE ...there's more (click story)
Elbow, Manchester Arena THEY’VE certainly come a long way since their first gig in a Rossendale pub in 1990. The Bury band have retained their original line-up and...
Date Published 28/03/2011
Mike Sharples has been installed as president of The Order of The Magi, Manchester’s Magicians’ Society — for the second time. Mike, from Royton, who held...
AN OLDHAM councillor has spoken of his “great admiration” for the borough’s firefighters after being put through his paces during an intense training session....
Laurie’s charity quest to teach island’s people about film BUDDING film maker Laurie Harris has swopped Mossley for Madagascar as he embarks on a life changing...
TWEETERS joined forces to raise money for Oldham Mountain Rescue Team during the borough’s first Twestival. Twestival Local is a global social media fund-raising...
Cheque boosts bid to reach £200,000 equipment target A TOWN centre night club has given a £4,876 boost to an appeal which will help the borough’s most...
Chronicle and Macmillan Have a Good Day campaign A MACMILLAN grant means the difference between Shaw woman Nicola Craffey getting out to socialise and being trapped in her home....
Martyn meets another of Oldham’s key figures, Dr Paul Neeson, principal of Hulme Grammar Schools. Paul Neeson BSc PhD loves the fascinating and enduring challenge of...
A WOMAN who accepted a lift in a stolen car which crashed into a police car, a road sign and wall, has escaped a jail sentence. Chantelle Boreland (18), of Urmson Street,...
PART of a dry stone wall that has required a six-month road closure to repair is having to be painstakingly taken down and rebuilt. A blunder by contractors Bethell has left...
SADDLEWORTH is braced for traffic chaos when essential gas mains renewal work takes place on Uppermill High Street for six months. Villagers say that if the £1 million...
OLDHAMERS were among the hundreds of thousands of protesters marching through London in a mass demonstration against Government cuts. Hundreds of people from Greater...
OLDHAM is to get more police on the beat at the expense of more prosperous boroughs in Greater Manchester. Despite forced spending cuts of £133.7 million over the next...
Students to the rescue after driveway sting STUDENTS have come to the aid of a Royton man who lost £650 to bogus builders. Stephen Bridgehouse, of Brantwood Close,...
More than half a million pounds is to be given to Oldham in an attempt to tackle the growing number of potholes caused by the severe winter weather. Transport Secretary Philip...
OLDHAM Police are investigating how a man suffered a severe head injury that has left him in a coma. Joshua Troops (22) was found in the back garden of a house in Delph New...
THE family of an Oldham schoolboy snatched in Pakistan say the 60-year jail sentence for his kidnapper is a just punishment. But the ordeal continues for relatives of...
A DISTRAUGHT Oldham mum will present her case to the European Court of Human Rights next month as she fights to win her daughter back from care. The 22-year-old believes her...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
DARTS: INSPIRED by Peter Connolly’s superb three-dart average of 95.09, Oldham swept aside Blackpool 7-3 in the Lancashire GMC Elite Super Eights League. Connolly also...
ICE HOCKEY: MANCHESTER Phoenix became English Premier League champions for the first time in their history after a 5-2 victory over Swindon Wildcats last night. A serious...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: JOE Jacombs scored the only goal of the game as Chadderton edged out AFC Liverpool 1-0 in the Vodkat North-West Counties League. Jacombs struck after 19...
