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NEAL EARDLEY has kept his place in the Wales squad for Saturday’s World Cup qualifier away to Azerbaijan. The 20-year-old Athletic player, who has won nine full caps for...
Date Published 03/06/2009
MANCHESTER City manager Mark Hughes is keen to complete more early summer transfer business following the £12million arrival of Gareth Barry from Aston Villa. The...
ROUGHYEDS chief executive Chris Hamilton has issued a rallying cry to supporters to come out in force in Leigh tomorrow. With free transport to and from the ground for the...
Oldham has more hazardous and harmful drinkers than the rest of the country — and a lack of alternative places for entertainment. Alcohol sales amount to over £100...
TONY Tonks has set his sights well beyond the clash with his ex-employers tomorrow night. The powerful Featherstone prop forward used to bust tackles in an Oldham shirt but...
INSPIRATIONAL Elaine Vicary will fly the flag for Oldham at at the 2009 Teaching Awards. The deputy head teacher at Kingfisher School, Chadderton, has been shortlisted for the...
A heartless couple who abandoned a sick puppy in a car park rather than paying for further treatment or having it put down were given a suspended jail sentence by Oldham...
THIS cheeky chick was spotted making one of his first appearances from his nest in the trunk of a tree in Leesbrook Nature Reserve. Chronicle reader Rob O’Connor...
A 48-YEAR-OLD man suffered a fractured cheek and eye socket after a brutal and unprovoked assault in Oldham. The attack happened on St John Street in Lees after the victim had...
MORE of Oldham’s pubs and bars are joining the fight to stamp out booze-fuelled trouble in the town centre. The Lounge in Union Street and Blu 62 in Yorkshire Street are...
A CROSS-DRESSER who terrified a grandmother while high on drugs and had a knife, rope and spade in his car was jailed for two years. Dressed in a skirt and tights, Christopher...
DRUGS claimed the life of a hard-working Oldhamer just weeks before he was due to become a father, an Oldham inquest heard yesterday. Aaron Warburton had been “over the...
SHOWING teenagers how good their life could be if they took all the opportunities available to them is the target of Aimhigher Week. Oldham is joining Aimhigher partnerships...
CONTROL the ruck, control the game. That is the mantra for tomorrow night as far as Roughyeds coach Tony Benson is concerned. And while he has been drilling into his men...
GREATER Manchester Police remain committed to getting knives off the streets after a report by MPs said young people felt police could not protect them. Youngsters living in...
WE HAD an excellent session at the weekend and it was clear that all the players are desperately keen to be selected for the Featherstone game. I am not too sure that what has...
IT was a case of deja-vu for Uppermill Brass Band after an American musician answered their SOS call for a second time. Six years ago, Rick Nelson travelled more than 3,900...
TEENAGERS in Oldham are missing out on top jobs as they are not taking separate science GCSEs, it was claimed today. The Tories say students are forgoing opportunities later...
STEVE OLDHAM and Andrew Bottomley must go head-to-head in an 18 hole play-off to decide the Centenary Trophy at CROMPTON AND ROYTON. Oldham had a round of 75-10-65 and...
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Phil Woolas went to jail — but it wasn’t a stretch at Her Majesty’s pleasure. The Immigration Minister was instead visiting...
A VITAL support group which offers invaluable help and advice to cancer sufferers has relaunched at a new venue. Prostate Cancer Support, part of the National Prostate Cancer...
SHEILA WATERHOUSE revealed she was following captain’s orders by winning the ladies Chronicle Cup on her own course during the club’s centenary year. “We all...
A GROUP of Oldham teachers has been awarded a National Certificate of Continuing Professional Development in Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHEE), enabling them...
OLDHAM ‘A’ pulled off a fine 3-2 win over KO Cup-holders Dukinfield ‘A’ in the first round of this season’s competition. It was a last green...
Delph, the holders, were comfortable six-wickets winners at home to Marsden in their opening group game of this season’s Examiner Twenty20 Cup. Chasing 100 for victory,...
HATS off to construction workers who are building Oldham’s new £17 million radiotherapy centre. For brickies and joiners have joined forces with architects and...
A SPECIAL service to mark the 65th anniversary of the Normandy invasion will be held at the Normandy Stone at Oldham war memorial, Church Street, on Sunday at 12.30pm. The...
A TEAM of local walkers completed the gruelling Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for the spinal injuries charities, Aspire. The 12-strong group, led by...
IN the wake of last week’s emotional rollercoaster of semi-finals and the final of “Britain’s Got Talent”, reporter DAWN ECKERSLEY asked Oldhamers whether...
A NEW social club for deaf people got off to a great start when an open day attracted around 80 people. Anjum Raza, chairman of Oldham Deaf Diverse Community, said: “It...
