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OLDHAM extended their lead at the top of the Lancashire GMC Super Eights Elite League table after a superb comeback win against St Helens. The hosts roared to a 7-3 victory...
Date Published 24/02/2015
MORTAL peril, the danger of warm beer and a precarious perch on a wet ladder. It’s all part of the job when broadcasting rugby league. Royton’s Jack Dearden and...
LIFELONG Latics fan Joseph Kershaw celebrates his 100th birthday today. The war veteran, of Stoneleigh House in Springhead, is having a special party to celebrate the milestone...
Table Tennis: ENGLAND international Amir Hussain is counting down for what could be a trophy-laden six weeks. The young table-tennis star is gunning for glory on...
FOOTBALL-MAD John Alder, one of two Newcastle United fans to die in the Malaysia Airlines tragedy, watched for the last time as his team played Oldham Athletic last July. And...
SPENDING more on youth services and gully cleaning — and cutting the number of councillors — are among the proposals in the alternative budget being put forward by...
ONE in three Oldham workers is paid less than the living wage - compared to one in five across the country. Oldham West and Royton MP Michael Meacher is supporting a fortnight...
A 30-year-old high-flying Grasscroft man has been given a one in a million chance to compete against some of the world’s toughest athletes. Richard Hill, a former RAF...
KIND-HEARTED Ysabella Strudwick said goodbye to her “magic hair” as it was cut off to donate to a charity which makes wigs for children with cancer. The nine year...
THE Lidl supermarket chain is to open a new branch in Royton centre. Oldham Council Cabinet last night agreed to sell council-owned land - currently King Street car park - for...
AN outraged motorist attacked a traffic warden who had given him a parking ticket in Oldham. Matthew Chamberlain (34) demanded the warden withdrew the notice, Manchester Crown...
A TEENAGER who attempted to acquire a biological toxin online pleaded not guilty to the charges at Tameside Magistrates Court yesterday. The 16 year old, from Mossley, was...
OLDHAM Council is holding a public consultation this week about the Oldham Mumps development that will be home to the new Marks & Spencer store. The exhibition calls for...
ATHLETIC director Barry Owen says he was left “ashamed to be British” over the failed attempt to sign convicted rapist Ched Evans. In an interview with Dublin-based...
CANNABIS plants worth £30,000 have been seized from a house in Royton. Officers from Oldham’s Organised Crime Unit raided the property in Rochdale Road at around...
ATHLETIC supporters told Barry Owen of their regret that the Ched Evans deal couldn’t be completed, the club director has claimed. The home match against Doncaster on...
firefighters across England go on a 24-hour walkout tomorrow over “unworkable” pension schemes. Fire crews will strike from 7am
THE family of teenager Rashid Hussain has visited his school to read moving tributes in a books of condolence. Books have been opened at Radclyffe School in Chadderton in...
DAVID Cookson and Oldham RL Club have parted company because the centre wants to commit himself to his full-time job. The 26-year-old centre, a first-team regular for three...
MANCHESTER City playmaker Samir Nasri feels it is about time he got the better of Barcelona. Nasri has had little joy in his previous encounters with Barca and wants to change...
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY will hope to maintain their push for an Evo-Stik League Division One North play-off place tonight with victory at home against Radcliffe Borough. The...
City’s roving reporter writes every week for Chron Sport THE Champions League is a truly unique competition, so I don’t think you can take too much notice of the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 5.15 Flamborough Breeze 5.45 Prussian Blue 6.15 Water...
A LOCAL animal rescue charity is facing an uphill battle to raise almost £70,000 to provide a better home for abandoned animals. Pennine Pen Animal Rescue, Honeywell...
A JEALOUS lover who battered his girlfriend to death then covered his crime for a month by sending texts from her phone has been jailed for life. Steven Dunks (45), of Milnrow...
Date Published 23/02/2015
A student nurse who pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving was told by magistrates no one could punish her more than she was punishing herself. Sophie Gorton (21),...
OLDHAM West and Royton MP Michael Meacher is demanding a cut in beer duty to retain jobs and keep local pubs open ahead of next month’s Budget. Mr Meacher said: “We...
A GOVERNMENT plan to cut thousands more police officer jobs across the country has been attacked by Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams. The Police Grant Report...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson is getting on with the task of trying to get the eight or nine wins he feels his side need to finish the season in the top six. After the blow of a...
UPDATED: And with more pictures. Leyton Orient 3, Athletic 0 LEGEND has it that American casinos of old used to employ unfortunate individuals known as 'coolers', people...
