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OLDHAM RL are checking the fitness of several players ahead of Sunday’s Ladbrokes Challenge Cup fourth-round tie against Sheffield Eagles. The big decision concerns Danny...
Date Published 18/03/2015
MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini could be facing a day of reckoning. His side tonight bids to salvage its season with a dramatic Nou Camp rescue act. Pellegrini is...
A CHADDERTON racing driver is teaming up with a motorsport hero to take on the world’s longest - 25 hour - race. Paul Wighton, who owns Drury Lane Auto Services in...
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY are up to seventh place in the Evo-Stik League Division One North table, thanks to a 2-0 home win against play-off chasing rivals Spennymoor Town...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards WOLVERHAMPTON 2.10 Browberry 2.40 Quality Art 3.15 Kodiac Lady 3.50...
FRUSTRATED drivers are becoming stranded on Saddleworth’s narrow lanes because of satellite navigation system mistakes. Alan Belmore, a Greenfield accountant, is asking...
ATHLETIC 1 MK DONS 3 DEAN Holden experienced defeat in his first full game in charge of Athletic as promotion-chasing MK Dons asserted their credentials. First-half strikes...
Date Published 17/03/2015
BOXING: DELPH welterweight prospect Andy Kremner marched convincingly to his fourth straight professional victory on Saturday at Manchester's Victoria...
A FAIRTRADE stall at Trinity Methodist Church, Royton, raised £218.05 for Traidcraft, an organisation which works to provide fair pay and conditions for third world...
Non-league football: MOSSLEY suffered a potentially damaging Evo-Stik League Division One North defeat as their play-off hopes were hit at Brighouse Town. The...
FIREFIGHTERS say a man who was lucky to escape with his life has been left homeless after a chip-pan fire. A 66 year old was treated in hospital after he left the pan...
THE world’s first test-tube baby paid tribute to the pioneers who made her birth possible. A message from Louise Brown was read out at the unveiling of a blue plaque to...
TABLE TENNIS: FOR the first time in memory, the Division Five final of the Oldham Table Tennis League’s Handicap Cup will be contested by two junior teams. In...
CAN you sing, dance, do impressions or tell jokes? Showcase your skills at the Holy Family’s Got Talent contest this Saturday. The event starts at 7.30pm in the Lord...
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers are still looking for their first win after two games in this season’s Kingstone Press National Conference League Division One, following...
A GREAT-grandmother and former Oldham businesswoman, has died aged 101. Hilda Barrott was born in Royton in 1913 and lived with her parents and six other siblings. She married...
THE vast majority of local bus passengers are satisfied with the service says a new survey. The Passenger Focus Bus Passenger Survey revealed 84 per cent were...
PROPOSED increases to court fees of up to 622 per cent have been attacked by the President of the Oldham Law Association as “government profiteering”. Steve Durham...
TEACHERS may not get a pay rise this year - despite Government-accepted recommendations they should receive at least one per cent, according to a local union leader. Nigel Yeo,...
City’s roving reporter wrotes every week for Chron Sport IT goes without saying that every Manchester City player will need to step up to the plate tomorrow night if they...
Caretaker boss Dean Holden is to remain Athletic manager for the final 11 games of the season. Holden will be assisted by long-serving Academy manager Tony Philliskirk. Senior...
ATHLETIC’S injury curse has struck again — this time AFTER a game. Rhys Murphy became the eighth addition to a crippling injury list after he hurt a calf muscle...
OLDHAM Council has smashed its pledge to create 2,015 job opportunities by the end of 2015 — nine months ahead of schedule. The Get Oldham Working campaign has been such...
STAFF at Oldham’s Stop Smoking service could face a lengthy redundancy battle if an agreement over their future can’t be reached. The 25 employees who run the...
BUSINESSES in Failsworth are to be given a £100,000 boost to spruce up their premises. The Oldham Council money is in addition to the £1.2 million invested to help...
JODIE Broughton has revealed that Huddersfield Giants players are relishing their club’s partnership with Oldham. The ex-Salford winger scored two tries on his dual-reg...
PEPPER the ferret’s latest fashion accessory is not to be sneezed at. Owner Kath Meredith made him a cosy coat at the Quick Unpick taster sewing session at Greenacres...
CELEBRATING goals against former clubs appears to be in vogue at the moment. David Luiz’s joy was clearly expressed when he powered home a headed equaliser for Paris St...
THE fight to stamp out Child Sexual Exploitation in Greater Manchester continues with a week of targeted action. Health workers, council staff and police are to patrol and talk...
EXPERIENCED left-back Mat Sadler hopes the presence of loan men in the side can provide a shot in the arm for Athletic’s ailing campaign. The 30 year old shook off the...
