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Extra parking spaces to protect village trade PARKING restrictions in Uppermill are set to change this summer in a sweeping bid to boost local business. Land in Carr Lane...
Date Published 28/06/2010
A man has been charged with sexually assaulting teenager with learning difficulties on an Oldham bus. Cherbru Medhanie Habtaek (24) of Liverpool Road, Eccles, appeared before...
A CRACKDOWN on anti-social behaviour in and around Oldham Bus Station and the town centre begins today. The special operation will involve Greater Manchester Passenger...
Chronicle Cup Prediction League How good are YOU at predicting the result of each game? If you think you’re god enough enter the Chronicle’s World Cup...
Teacher uses gruelling climb as training for Mont Blanc CONQUERING the nation’s three highest peaks is a goal worthy of praise, but for a Shaw schoolteacher it was...
AN OLDHAM developer has been fined £2,000 after putting the lives of local residents at risk by ignoring two formal safety warnings. Mahmood Khokhar (29), of Fern...
INJURED captain Rio Ferdinand has backed Fabio Capello to continue as England manager. The Manchester United star defended the man who made him England captain, albeit only...
We are cleaner and greener OLDHAM Council has been hailed as the most improved authority in Greater Manchester for recycling. New figures show that over the last three...
PAUL Dickov was casting his eye over his new charges today as Athletic kicked off their preparations for the start of the new League One campaign. The Boundary Park boss, who...
AFTER 1,260 miles, 110 roundabouts and only a handful of wrong-turnings, five intrepid travellers completed their trip to the 18 major first-class cricket grounds in England and...
PRAYERS are being held for a popular Royton vicar who was seriously injured in a crash. The Rev James Read of St Anne’s was cycling home from Huddersfield a week ago...
Crumbling Westway ‘needs urgent action’ A FORMER parish council chairman is calling for emergency repairs to be carried out on a road he says is “crumbling...
Oldham explorers could soon be going underground for their adrenaline fix — in a caving system in Saddleworth. Plans for an artificial labyrinth to be built underground...
CRICKET: LEADERS Bamford Fieldhouse suffered their first defeat of the season in the Armstrongs Office Supplies Saddleworth and District Cricket League yesterday. Opponents...
ALL aboard . . . pupils from Kingfisher School before boarding a bus for their big day out MORE than 180 lucky children from Kingfisher Community Special School in Chadderton...
FUN in the sun was on the cards for youngsters at the annual Chadderton Day celebrations on Saturday. Children and their families headed to Foxdenton Park to enjoy a whole...
Procter smashes superb century in derby victory CRICKET: LUKE Procter hit the Lake Garage CLL’s highest score of the season as Royton inflicted more grief on Crompton...
CRICKET: DELPH are up to third in the Drakes Huddersfield League premiership after a back-to-back to wins. Irfan Zahoor hit 101 (14 fours and four sixes) in an eight-wicket...
THE President of the National Market Traders’ Federation has vowed to raise its profile. Julien Lewis (53), from Scouthead, who will hold the post for the next three...
THE Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is calling for local volunteers to get active and lend a hand at the Dovestone Reservoir beauty spot. The charity, which took...
Click to create a personal postcard AN Oldham mother is aiming to bring the humble postcard into the 21st century after launching a website which gives everyone from...
CRICKET: JON SLATER hit a fine 86 as Werneth returned to winning ways at the expense of struggling Ashton at the Coppice on Saturday. Slater’s knock came in a Werneth...
SPEEDWAY: Belle Vue’s run of poor away form continued with a 54-40 defeat at Peterborough. Their lack of depth away from home was again exposed with half of their points...
PRIDE IN OLDHAM: FROM football sessions to nail and beauty bars, there’s nothing Lee Marsland won’t do for youngsters in Limeside, Failsworth and Hollinwood. And the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
SHADOWLANDS, Lyceum, Oldham LYCEUM Players artistic directors Nigel Marland and Ean Burgon bow out of their roles after a five-year tenure with this play and frankly...
THE ART OF AUTHORITY: If you have to look across the kitchen table and check with your husband or wife if you have any authority, I’m sorry to say that it’s...
England crashed out of the World Cup with a 4-1 defeat to Germany in the last 16 of the competition in South Africa. Send us your views on the football - and on the'goal' that...
Date Published 27/06/2010
LIKE watching a duck making its way across a pond, all seems quiet and serene for Athletic at present — but under the surface, there is plenty of frantic activity going on....
Date Published 25/06/2010
ROUGHYEDS centre Mick Fogerty, whom referee Chris Leatherbarrow placed on report for a suspected head butt during the game against Doncaster at Whitebank on June 13, has been...
