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2015 CLL PREVIEW CROMPTON CROMPTON may have lost key swing bowler Carl Taylor to Royton, but they have a ready-made replacement in a veteran who can still show young...
Date Published 17/04/2015
KATE Cross is in line to make Lake Garage Central Lancashire League history on Sunday. The 23-year-old England international has been cleared by the CLL Management Committee to...
CRICKET: FIRST and second respectively in 2014, Glodwick and Saddleworth lock horns on the opening day of the SWB Commercials Saddleworth and District Cricket League season on...
FRIENDS of Dunwood Park’s annual general meeting is on Thursday, April 23, between 7 and 8pm at St James Church Hall, Salt Street. Email dunwoodparkfriends@gmail.com or...
SECTIONS of the M60 will be closed overnight for six nights this month as overhead gantries are demolished. The work is part if the conversion of sections of the M60 to...
MARTIAL ARTS: DAVE Terry and his students at the DEMAA Martial Arts Academy have enjoyed plenty of success in gradings and competitions. Oldham College student Amy...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s ‘A’ secured their third win of the season in Division Two of the North-West Men’s League with a hard-earned 26-22 triumph...
Oldham Planning Committee DEMOLITION of the former Grange School will start this summer ahead of construction of a new primary school. Full planning permission has been...
RUGBY: FRED Halliwell, Hollinwood ARFLC’s loyal secretary, is appealing to the community to get behind the club. Starting Saturday the Pennine League outfit is...
City’s roving reporter writes every week for Chron Sport OF course it turned out to be a hugely disappointing day for City in the Manchester derby, and that after such an...
TWO Oldhamers have completed the trek of their life after scaling Mount Kilimanjaro to raise thousands of pounds for the Mahdlo Youth Zone. Businessmen Frank Rothwell and Ben...
Football: OLDHAM-born attacking midfield starlet Ryan Kent has received a double boost as he continues his career with Merseyside giants Liverpool. The 18-year-old...
SNOOKER: THE destination of the Oldham Amateur Snooker League title will go right to the wire. Leaders North Chadd ‘A’ were beaten 4-2 by Stanley Road...
GOLF: TAMESIDE club Werneth Low are newcomers to the Oldham and District Golf League which tees-up for the 43rd season next week. The Hyde outfit will compete in...
SAY hello to the man who will be taking over this column when I retire later this week. Robbie MacDonald is the Chronicle's new business editor. He has held roles with...
GOLF: CHARLES Nicholson is keeping up the family tradition at Saddleworth. For the 51-year-old from Grasscroft is the third member of the Nicholson clan to captain the...
A SYSTEM that allows severely disabled people to use a computer with their eyes has won an Oldham company a prestigious award. Inclusive Technology won the British Educational...
Sport Betting: RONNIE O’Sullivan is the 5-2 favourite to win the World Professional Snooker Championship which gets under way at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre on...
FORMER Labour education secretary Baroness Estelle Morris will visit North Chadderton School, Chadderton Hall Road, on Monday, April 20. Oldham Youth People is encouraging...
FRIENDS and colleagues joined guests in a trip down memory lane as Chronicle Picture Editor Vincent Brown marked more than 40 years at the newspaper. His “42 Years at the...
First Choice Homes Oldham has been named one of the UK’s top companies to work for. The firm is in the top 100 not-for-profit companies in a list by Best Companies, which...
RUNNERS are being invited to take to the streets in a memorial race for Diggle PC Nicola Hughes. PC Hughes was lured to her death in a horrifying gun and grenade attack at the...
A FAILSWORTH UKIP candidate has come under fire for racist and offensive comments on his Facebook page. Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has complained officially about...
A TRIBUTE page to one of Oldham’s most well-known characters has been inundated with donations to buy a memorial bench and plaque in his honour. Geoffrey Clover (71), who...
DETECTIVES investigating the death of an elderly couple in Failsworth say they died in a freak tragic accident. The 67-year-old man and his 66-year-old partner, named locally...
A SADDLEWORTH parish councillor has appeared at crown court facing charges of making and possessing indecent images of children. Mike Buckley (67), from Dobcross, was subject...
CORONATION Street legend Anne Kirkbride will soon be laid to rest on the ITV soap. ITV bosses have been talking to the Oldham-born actress’s family to devise a fitting...
A MAN who bit a fellow care home resident - who later died from his injuries - was accepted at another residential home only a month later, and went on to bite someone else. A...
A WOMAN who was stabbed in the chest in Alt last month has died. The attack happened on March 17. Police were called to an address following reports a 49-year-old woman had...
TOP tuba player Tommy Tynan is pitting his musical talents alongside the best in the world. At 18 Tommy, from Springhead, is now the youngest member of the legendary...
