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INCREASED police patrols over half-term gave anti-social behaviour the boot. Between May 28 and Sunday there was an 8.4 per cent reduction in anti-social behaviour across...
Date Published 15/06/2010
FILM-makers at Oldham Sixth Form College have made it to the final of a national competition. Two teams of talented media studies students will compete against eight other...
ARMED forces veterans, police officers and councillors paraded through the town centre as they officially welcomed Oldham’s new Mayor. Councillor David Jones, who took...
OLDHAM people are being urged to have their say on an important planning document that will shape the long-term future of local land use. The latest version of the Local...
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 Prediction...
SADDLEWORTH fund-raiser Gill Bussey is throwing a black and white ball in aid of Help for Heroes, and is appealing for some last- minute support. The event will take place at...
A CARE worker from Oldham has won an award from his employers for helping improve communications with older people with hearing impairments. Peter Marsh is an advocacy worker...
WHAT KATI DID NEXT: WELL I can categorically state that I have given birth. Last Friday, in the living room of my very own home — thank goodness for laminate —...
BEATS: Green Day, Lancashire County Cricket Ground, Wednesday Along with The Offspring and Rancid, the trio — Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool — are credited...
BEATS: BOLTON indie rockers Cherry Ghost are one of the only acts to play on Later With Jools Holland before releasing any material. The five piece — Simon Aldred,...
BEATS: Nora Jones Manchester Apollo, Monday The multiple Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter is touring the UK in support of her new album “The Fall”. Her...
BEATS: HARLEM sprang into the spotlight with the self-release of their 2008 album “Free Drugs”. The Arizona trio — Michael Coomers, Curtis O’Mara...
BEATS: TONIGHT: The Lotus Eaters — Moho Live; Butch Walker — Night and Day; Richard Ashcroft and The United Nations of Sound — Academy; Sucioperro —...
NEW Athletic boss Paul Dickov has started pinpointing positions in the side in need of urgent improvement. There’s no time to lose for the Scot, who is on a 12-month...
Date Published 14/06/2010
GREGG McNally, Oldham’s loan capture from Huddersfield Giants, would be delighted to extend his stay at Whitebank Stadium if the opportunity arose. Speaking after his...
OLDHAM 28, DONCASTER 18 MICK Fogerty in the backs and Wayne Kerr in the pack produced stunning individual performances at the Whitebank Stadium as Oldham went three points...
WORLD CUP: FRANK Lampard admits it is now crucial that England overcome Algeria on Friday — following the Robert Green blunder that derailed hopes of making a winning start...
CRICKET: WERNETH registered their second Lake Garage CLL victory in a row with a superb display against Milnrow at Ladyhouse. Professional Darren Shadford hit top form after a...
CRICKET: CROMPTON were on the receiving end of a Littleborough whirlwind in the Lake Garage CLL's Twenty20 Competition. Professional Clinton Perren smashed an unbeaten 119 and...
SHAW and Bamford Fieldhouse are level at the top of the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League. Leaders before the start of play, Shaw recorded a...
CRICKET: THE Saddleworth and District Cricket League suffered a first-round defeat in the Reader Inter-League Competition for the fifth consecutive season — but they gave...
BOWLS: LEE Schofield and John Ashton will have home advantage in the finals of the Oldham Evening Chronicle Bowling Handicap. The two North Chadderton players came through a...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards THIRSK 2.15 Hayley Cropper 2.50 Mappin Time 3.25 Bergonzi 4.05...
AN inspirational businessman who has donated millions of pounds to local charities has been awarded the CBE. Norman Stoller OBE, whose father Ivor invented the world-famous...
A SERIAL sex offender from Oldham who raped a young mother in Sheffield almost 30 years ago has been snared by his DNA. Andrew Longmire (54) was jailed for life in 1988 for 11...
Greater Manchester Police were among 14 forces who illegally searched thousands of people nationwide under counter-terrorism laws. Officers and civil servants allowed...
A CORONER ruled systematic failings at the Royal Oldham Hospital contributed to the death of a Failsworth man. Staff failed to treat Arnold Siddall for a fractured skull...
Torrential rain failed to dampen spirits at the Saddleworth Show yesterday as over 8,000 fun-seekers flooded into Greenfield for a day to remember. Matching last year’s...
THE trial of a former paratrooper facing the death penalty in Iraq has been put back until August. Danny Fitzsimons (29), a one-time pupil at Our Lady’s RC High in...
A poignant hand-written message by a grief-stricken mother to the memory of her murdered son marked his birthday. Head bowed in silence prayer, Winnie Johnson, placed a wreath...
