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OLDHAM COUNCIL A MOTION to support a Royal British Legion campaign designed to help returning soldiers and their families saw councillors accused of “political...
Date Published 04/02/2010
Penney’s worry over fixture backlog PARK LIFE: THE fixture logjam is causing plenty of concern for Athletic boss Dave Penney. Successive matches at home to Brentford...
OLDHAM COUNCIL OLDHAM Council has waged war on so-called log-book loans where lenders prey on the most vulnerable, charging extortionate interest rates and forcing them into a...
BOXING: TWO local boxers are on course for glory in prestigious tournaments. Stephen Kremner, aged 18, and Danny Wright (13) are both members of Boarshaw Boxing Club in...
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: WATERHEAD ARLFC are actively hunting for a new head coach following the departure of Mick Slicker. Paul Geener is currently being assisted by John Byram...
Specialist gets to the root of Purdie problem PARK LIFE: ROB PURDIE has been dubbed the 'Lord Lucan' of Boundary Park. Missing since he signed from Darlington on a...
PARK LIFE: THE TERM 'six-pointer' is often used in football, but never has it been applied more appropriately than to describe Athletic's game away at Tranmere on Saturday...
FORMER Athletic frontman Scott Vernon has gone out on loan to Southend — where he will link up with another ex-Boundary Park striker in Scott Spencer. The 26-year-old...
UP THE ANTE: OUR Cheltenham Festival ante-post portfolio is starting to build up quite nicely, with the first-day’s Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and Champion Hurdle already...
OLDHAM COUNCIL A CAMPAIGN to stop the Government charging VAT on essential equipment bought by Oldham Mountain Rescue Team was given the thumbs up. Oldham Council is...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
An afternoon of snow showers covered Oldham again yesterday . . . just as streets, pavements and hills finally cleared after the December and January white-out. Visibility was...
Rescuers tell story of the disaster RESCUERS who helped save two-year-old Mia from earthquake-ravaged Haiti told North Chadderton School pupils about their harrowing ordeal....
BRITAIN could be the site for three pilot carbon capture and storage plants after European governments agreed to invest up to six billion euros in the development of clean coal...
Anti-social behaviour drops 27 per cent A PIONEERING summer youth programme which helped to cut crime by 27 per cent will run for the rest of the year. Passport to Summer...
OFFENDERS in Greater Manchester are better at paying court fines than those in most other parts of the country, figures have revealed. Statistics from the Ministry of Justice...
A HEAT-SEEKING van is to tour Oldham to undertake revolutionary new surveys of every home to show how they can benefit from improved insulation measures. Richard Hooton looks...
A former coal miner who was honoured for his outstanding work with the St John Ambulance Service has died, aged 82. Joseph Faricy, who lived in Ashton Road, Bardsley, was...
Council Survey: OLDHAM police chief Caroline Ball was guest of honour at last night’s gathering of the sister and brotherhood. I know: after four years’...
PAV’S PATCH: THERE are many types of television programme that I dislike, but one that is particularly getting up my nose at the moment is the “Hundred Best or Worst” type...
Home of 38 years at risk A SHAW man says he is facing eviction from his home of 38 years because the elderly parents he cared for have had to go into nursing homes. Gary Day...
Date Published 03/02/2010
A FAMILY-RUN Failsworth bookie was raided by two masked men armed with hammers. It happened at Bob Johnson bookmakers, in Partington Street, as Neil Johnson, son of owner Bob...
JOBHUNTERS have been left disappointed after Shop Direct announced it will not be taking on more staff in Oldham. The Chronicle revealed on Friday that the home-shopping group...
Oldham Sixth Form College has three-star status after becoming the highest rated educational employer in the prestigious Best Companies Awards list. The college surpassed last...
COUNCIL chiefs have stepped in to help the survival of the Saddleworth and Lees band contests. Oldham Council discovered that the traditional event, which dates to an earliest...
FRUSTRATED Athletic were left kicking their heels once again as their match at Stockport County was called off with just over two-and-a-half hours left to kick-off — the...
THE Rugby Football League have rejected a plea from Oldham RL to postpone the club’s Northern Rail Cup home tie with Hornets RL on Sunday as efforts to secure the deal for a...
THE boss of a controversial quarry has revealed he is willing to talk to Oldham Council about the future of the site. Ervine Connell is head of the Royton-based company which...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: ANDY WATSON scored an injury-time equaliser for Mossley, who drew 3-3 with UniBond League division one north title-chasers FC Halifax Town at Hurst Cross...
SUPER League will boast two new home-grown stars in 2010. Jack Bradbury, a former Saddleworth Rangers centre with tricky footwork, has been handed a first team shirt at St...
