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MARCUS St Hilaire, one of Oldham RL Club’s senior players and a leading member of coach Tony Benson’s backroom ‘brains trust’, may play his first game of...
Date Published 18/02/2011
Clubs also face FA action after Boundary Park flare-up THE FA have charged Athletic assistant manager Gerry Taggart with improper conduct following his flare-up with several...
MUMPS ROUNDABOUT TO GO FOR METRO COUNCIL CHALLENGE STADIUM LAND RULING LATICS AND TAGGART CHARGED OVER BUST-UP ... there's more (click story)
Oldham households who think it’s complicated using five recycling bins are trailing behind homes in Newcastle-under-Lyme — where they have nine! The...
Date Published 17/02/2011
Oldham Cabinet TWO Roman Catholic primary schools will disband on August 31 following approval by cabinet. Our Lady’s RC Primary School in Moorside and Sacred Heart...
Oldham Cabinet CONSTRUCTION work will begin next month on building 148 affordable family homes in Derker. Cabinet last night approved Bellway Homes as the preferred...
RESIDENTS are asked to be vigilant following a spate of grid thefts across the borough. Around 120 highway drain covers have been stolen in the past three weeks from various...
OLDHAMERS who use the Link Centre fear redundancies could signal the demise of a vital service which helps them cope with their disabilities. Chris Murray (64) and Harry Green...
ROYTON residents have shunned Oldham Council’s drop-in consultations on the new Oldham Academy North site for a public meeting of their own. They are unhappy that the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
OLDHAM Snooker Academy ‘B’, leaders of Manchester League Division One, crashed to a 7-0 defeat at Denton Liberals. But the ‘A’ team had a good 5-2...
UNITED Utilities has been fined £24,000 for polluting the River Tame near Mossley with bleach — which killed hundreds of fish in June, 2009. The water company...
RUGBY: TWO stunning tries sealed a 12-10 home victory for Higginshaw over Haresfinch in the North-West Counties League Division Three. It was a fine team performance which...
ABSENT parents are withholding more than £16million from children in Oldham, shocking new figures reveal. As of December, 2010, a staggering £16.63million towards...
POLICE are hunting hammer-wielding robbers who threw it at a member of staff before making off with a till drawer and cash from a Shaw off-licence. The two thieves struck...
Oldham’s unemployment figures jumped by 525 in January — ending a run of falls dating back to August. The number of people out of work in the borough is 6,798, the...
Self-defence ‘nonsense’ says victim’s mother THE mother of one of the victims shot dead by ex-paratrooper Danny Fitzsimons has rubbished claims that he acted...
CRICKET: UMPIRES in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League are urged to attend a meeting next Wednesday to discuss the Weathertime System, which comes into operation this...
Iraq fund targets Sunday’s verdict THE family of a former soldier who could face the death penalty have said they will soon have enough donations to fly his dad and...
FORMER international Ray French is heading to Chadderton Library next week to meet fans and talk about the sport. The rugby league broadcaster, columnist and BBC commentator...
Up The Ante at the Grand National: DON’T PUSH IT has been given every chance of a John Smith’s Grand National repeat by handicapper Phil Smith. Having carried 11-5...
SQUASH: OLDHAM-born Nick Taylor roared to victory in the British National Squash Championships Masters event, in the men’s over-35 category. Taylor (39) saw off...
BOXING: RONNIE ‘Razor’ Heffron will aim to cut Kevin McCauley down to size when they go head-to-head on Saturday. The 20-year-old is on the undercard of Tony...
DEAN Furman and captain Reuben Hazell spilled the beans on their team-mates' hidden habits earlier this week. Appearing on the BBC Late Kick-Off programme, among the secrets...
Wonder save compared to England ace’s 1970 stunner IT WAS a save to rank up there with the very best. Gordon Banks, eat your heart out. When Ben Amos flung himself to...
GAME-TIME is the key factor in getting new strike pairing Reuben Reid and Oumare Tounkara working effectively together. That is the verdict of Athletic manager Paul Dickov,...
DAVE Penney is not about to walk the plank just yet, but his adventure with the Pirates of Bristol Rovers has taken the former Athletic manager into troubled waters. “I...
OLDHAM RL boss Tony Benson will give Valu Bentley and Ben Heaton as long as possible to prove their fitness in time for Sunday's Northern Rail Cup clash with Swinton Lions at...
ATHLETIC officials were braced for an FA misconduct charge for assistant manager Gerry Taggart today, as the fall-out from the Carlisle conflict continued. A spokesperson for...
SAM Mantom has signed for Athletic on a month’s loan from West Brom. The midfielder, who turns 19 on Sunday, goes straight into the squad for the match at Bristol Rovers...
