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INSPIRATIONAL teenager Asim Mahmood has been named as Oldham’s Student of the Year. The 18-year-old from Coppice has been honoured by the Rotary Club of Oldham for his...
Date Published 12/05/2009
BEN SERU is on the comeback trail for Oldham. The 31-year-old winger has been absent through injury for a year since being forced under the knife for a full knee...
Shaw and Crompton Parish Council annual meeting AN inspirational teacher has become the new chairman of Shaw and Crompton Parish Council. Councillor Mari Wiswell taught...
DISGRUNTLED swimmers say they are fed up with playing the generation game at a showpiece pool and leisure centre in Uppermill. Early evening swim sessions have attracted both...
Sour end to season so full of promise HOW did a season that kicked off with such promise end up going so horribly and spectacularly pear-shaped? That is the question on...
A veteran councillor who has been rejected by the Royton South ward to fight in next year’s council elections is stepping down as deputy Labour group leader. Serving...
A LEADING racing organisation is driving home the sun safety message by proudly displaying the logo of a local skin cancer charity on its race cars. British Formula Ford...
A ONE-MATCH ban denied Mark Allott the distinction of being Athletic’s only ever-present player during the 2008/09 season. The reliable midfield man was ruled out of the...
CELEBRATION was the order of the day for members of the Chadderton and Oldham Committee of Cancer Research UK, who celebrated its 40th anniversary. Members enjoyed a...
Manchester Phoenix have signed Greg Wood from Coventry. The 22-year-old has nearly four years experience in ice hockey's top flight with the Midlanders and Basingstoke, but...
Two-time world champion Mark Williams is to play in a charity exhibition event at the Oldham Snooker Academy in Chadderton on Monday next week. An open competition, with free...
OLDHAM Athletic players are backing a Foster Care Fortnight recruitment campaign to encourage more people to think about fostering. Oldham Fostering Service and Oldham...
A SECURE home and stable upbringing is something most people take for granted. It is seen as key to successful personal development and as the best start in life. But...
IN THE spirit of the times, and after much soul-searching, I have recently taken the decision to ban all forms of takeaway curry from my dinner plate. On more than one...
So far we have managed to spend a lot of money. This was meant to be a step into self-sufficiency. Actually not just a step but a great big leap into it. So I’m...
Twisted Wheel, Manchester Academy, Saturday. The Saddleworth trio is high on the release of the self-titled debut album, launched at HMV’s Oldham store with a live...
Here are Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards:
Castle’s coup as top DJ checks in JUAN Kidd is not a name most of us are familiar with — but all that is set to change. The DJ is fast becoming a global...
TONIGHT - Cage the Elephant — Academy 2; Retribution Gospel Choir — Deaf Institute; Dan Auerbach — Club Academy TOMORROW - Vital Remains — Music Box;...
NEW Athletic manager Dave Penney has been given the all clear to raid former side Darlington for players. Administrators at the crisis League Two club have informed the...
Date Published 11/05/2009
ROUGHYEDS chairman Bill Quinn was involved in an amazing on-field bust-up with skipper Robert Roberts in the aftermath of the 34-16 Challenge Cup defeat to Gateshead Thunder....
A NIGHTMARE opening to the second half saw the Roughyeds blow their chances of making it into the last eight of the Carnegie Challenge Cup. Entering the changing rooms 6-4 up...
Town centre hopes grind to a halt LINGERING hopes that Oldham might still get Metrolink trams in the town centre have finally been dashed. Greater Manchester’s...
MANCHESTER United successfully negotiated potentially the most awkward obstacle to a third successive Premier League title. The results of local derbies can be notoriously...
Tenants to pay extra £4 a week NEARLY 7,000 social housing tenants in Oldham have been hit by a 5.5 per cent rent hike — for having the wrong type of landlord....
Phil Woolas, one of the Government ministers at the centre of a storm over MPs’ expenses, today offered a robust defence of his actions. Speaking exclusively to the...
A thousand pupils had to be evacuated from the Radclyffe Upper School after firebugs set a toilet alight on Friday. Pupils and teachers at the Hunt Lane site made a hasty exit...
THE steel city was gleaming with Oldham pride after Thomas Stubbs and Ronnie Heffron were crowned ABA champions at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. On a terrific...
WERNETH are joint top of the Lake Garage CLL after their comfortable six-wickets victory over derby rivals Oldham at the Coppice yesterday. The result was rarely in doubt as...
The waiting was finally over for early bird shoppers eager to check out the new Tesco Extra store in Huddersfield Road this morning. The monster store — the biggest in the...
