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POLICE HUNT MURDER TRIO TWO SIDES SPEAK OUT OVER STADIUM JOURNEY TIMES GETTING SLOWER ....there's more (click story)
Date Published 11/02/2011
Oldham Council leader Howard Sykes dropped into St Joseph’s RC Primary to open the school’s new play and wild life area. The aim is to provide space for youngsters...
Date Published 10/02/2011
TOWN CENTRE PARTNERSHIP BUSINESSES must be kept up-to-date with the progress of Oldham’s Metrolink extension so that they can minimise the impact of any disruption....
OLDHAM Council is encouraging residents to get involved in the biggest book crossing event in Greater Manchester. From tomorrow 111 books will be left in 111 locations across...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
It will be Strictly Hulme Dancing at the Chamber Road grammar school when amateurs and professionals take to the floor. The school is hosting a ballroom blitz as part of its...
Rising costs threaten club in its 50th year An award-winning dance troupe in its 50th year may be forced to close due to mounting costs. Collette’s Dance Troupe, based...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s ‘A’ produced a cracking display to hold title-chasing Roose Pioneers to a 20-20 draw in Division One of the North-West Counties League. The home side...
A FORMER Failsworth man needs the help of Chronicle readers to win him a 22,000-mile round trip flight . . . to take his 86-year-old dad to a football match! Robert Smethurst...
RUGBY: HOLLINWOOD’S push for promotion from Division Five of the Pennine League suffered a setback as they went down 36-10 at mid-table Burley Lions. It was a bruising...
Shaw Parish Council planning committee PARISH councillors have opposed plans to turn a burned-out shopping centre into a Wetherspoons pub. The Chronicle revealed last...
RUGBY: FLY-HALF George Ford has long been tipped as a future playmaker at No.10 in the national set-up and, given his current rate of progress, it might not be too long before the...
MAY’S chip shop and cafe, Beal Lane, Shaw, was involved in a drama that will be hitting our TV screens soon. A scene from upcoming ITV crime series Scott and Bailey...
A 46-YEAR-OLD man charged with the murder of Chadderton father-of-three Anthony Dale has been kept in custody. Dale Ross, of no settled address, appeared at Manchester Crown...
RUGBY: CONTROVERSIAL plans put forward by the RFL to switch the amateur game to the summer have received a mixed response from our local clubs. National Conference League...
newly-elected MP Debbie Abrahams has accused the Government of kicking away the ladders of opportunity for the most disadvantaged young people with its plans to overhaul the...
£7,600 benefits scam after changing name A WOMAN used a dead teenager’s identity to get into the country and settle in Oldham — with the help of the tragic...
THEY are the unsung heroes of professional football. But even the best band of fork-wielding ground staff can't always do much about torrential rain when it comes to preparing...
OLDHAM Council has recovered more than £2.2 million in council-tax arrears so far this financial year. Since last April, 109 residents have appeared before Oldham magistrates...
OLDHAM Athletic boss Paul Dickov was fined £350 for speeding on a 30mph road. Oldham magistrates heard that the 38-year-old, of Altrincham, drove his Mercedes CLS on...
FORMER Athletic marketing director Sean Jarvis is looking forward to that rarest of beasts — a game between two local rivals in npower League One. "We are not...
SEAN Jarvis has urged the town’s power-brokers to show the sort of “vision” that can make a new stadium such a success. Now the commercial manager at neighbours Huddersfield...
ROB Purdie is the subject of a Football League charge. The former Athletic midfielder — who didn't make a single first-team appearance for the Boundary Park club after...
Special report on Latics stadium fiasco AN MP has called on Oldham Council chief executive Charlie Parker to take responsibility for the Latics fiasco. Ashton MP David...
PAUL Dickov believes the supporters’ PlayerShare Scheme has handed Athletic a major boost in the push for promotion. The project, set up by Trust Oldham, sees fans...
VICTORIA Brook Nursery is backing Athletic’s crowd-boosting bid. Owner Angela Kirkham has donated £100 to an initiative which will see the cost of admission to the...
HELEN Longley was left shocked and upset when she received a rent payment card for her deceased parents. She complained to First Choice Homes straight away. Staff assured...
THE ONLY two unbeaten sides in npower League One this year also happen to be those geographically closest to Athletic. Rochdale have surprised many by bouncing back from a...
OLDHAM hooker Scott Mansfield has joined injury-hit Rochdale Hornets on loan . . . but only after signing a new one-year extension to his Roughyeds contract. The 20-year-old...
ATHLETIC manager Paul Dickov hopes the club’s cut-price admission offer can help spur the team to great things against Carlisle on Tuesday night. The £2 deal at...
