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DRAMATIC phone calls revealed how the emergency services struggled to cope with the chaos sparked by the July 7 suicide bomb attacks. Urgent conversations among key staff were...
Date Published 12/10/2010
The City kit manager and former Latics star writes every week for Chronicle Sport GARY Neville claims Manchester City are genuine title challengers this season. Anyone can...
COUNCILLORS are being urged not to be steamrollered into making savage cuts which will hit the poorest, sick, disabled and elderly the hardest for years to come. Union leaders...
Community to the rescue in dog-nap drama A GRATEFUL dog-owner has thanked the her local community for turning super sleuths and helping to track down her stolen St Bernard....
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE; GARRY Highton believes his Waterhead team will be approaching their best form in the run-up to Christmas. A 24-10 home win over Elland in National...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY go into tonight’s FA Cup third qualifying round replay against Lincoln Moorlands knowing victory will set up a home tie against Darlington....
BEN Heaton has become the first product of the youth policy launched by Oldham RL Club in 2008 to sign his second professional contract with the Roughyeds. Play-anywhere...
RYAN Brooke is on the goal hunt for Athletic tonight. The striker, who turned 20 earlier this month, is in Lee Duxbury’s reserves squad which takes on Macclesfield Town...
ATHLETIC have posted a loss of £1.524 million for the year ended December 2009. That is over £1m more than the £414,000 deficit posted the previous year,...
ESTATE TEAMS UP TO 'RESCUE' DOG OAP PAIR SET TO WALK GREAT WALL OF CHINA OWNERS ANGRY AT DOG FINES .... there's more (click story)
INTREPID businessman Frank Rothwell has been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award for his efforts in putting Hollinwood on the map. The Manchester Cabins boss brought a touch...
Date Published 11/10/2010
A WOMAN who pledged to help a cancer charity after the death of a close friend has turned into a tireless fund-raiser for the cause. Passion for the work Oldham Cancer Support...
The art of choosing a name: IF you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, why would you judge a person by their name? Being known as “geek features” at school...
The Sunshine Boys, Oldham Coliseum ONE of the most difficult tricks in acting is to age successfully. Few have managed it convincingly. Even the great Walter Matthau, in his...
OLDHAM COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE DEVELOPERS of a new residential development in Hathershaw have promised to work with Oldham Indian Association to calm fears for its community...
OLDHAM COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE THE owners of a house whose new extension spilled on to a neighbour’s land have been told to take it down. And in what was described...
NEW signs directing locals to the nearest loos have been unveiled in Saddleworth to ensure the public aren’t caught short when nature calls. Parish councillors were on...
Celebrate Coronation Street’s 50th year with stories of the local stars who help to make it great Tonight: Craig Gazey WE first met Craig’s character Graeme...
Pope’s blessing for Brian’s stained-glass OLDHAM-BORN stained-glass artist Brian Clarke met the Pope when he made his four-day visit to the UK. Talented Brian...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
RUGBY LEAGUE: SADDLEWORTH Rangers enjoyed an impressive 29-12 home in over Wigan St Patrick's in the National Conference League Premier Division. In Division One, Oldham St...
pupils in Oldham are continuing to improve their grades in national tests. According to the figures released by the Department for Education, 75-per-cent of all students...
Project to drain playing fields a step closer JUBILANT sports clubs across Saddleworth are celebrating after plans to carry out an overhaul of the drainage at Churchill...
A FUND-RAISING architect, who planned to cycle the length of Bangladesh for charity, has had his bike stolen a fortnight before he was due to leave. Anjub Ali (27) was stunned...
ATHLETIC are giving away 5,000 tickets to schoolchildren for forthcoming matches. The initiative, the club's biggest since the late 1980s, will see youngsters admitted free of...
A NURSE from Shaw who ripped off her employers by siphoning off fees owed to her Oldham surgery for paternity tests has been let off with a warning. Karen Sladen (49)...
WORKMEN have taken to the skies to start on £700,000 repair works to make Oldham Town Hall stable and weatherproof. Hard hats and harnesses were used by staff from...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY were held to a 1-1 draw at Lincoln Moorlands in the FA Cup third qualifying round. The Lilywhites took the lead after 26 minutes when Ben...
BACK to winning ways, Paul Dickov believes that Athletic’s work ethic is the key to the team’s success. A 3-1 victory after coming from behind at Brentford came as...
Age-row asylum seeker, Rabar Hamad, is now back in the care of Wigan social services despite campaigners wanting him to return to Oldham. Although authorities dispute his age,...
