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FAR-RIGHT demonstrators descended on Oldham town centre on Saturday in protest against child grooming cases with Oldham links. Our readers took to social media after we broke...
Date Published 17/02/2015
AN Oldham building firm has been fined £50,000 following a man’s plunge from the second-floor of a partially-built house The 53 year old Oldham friend of a workman...
A LOVED-UP pair are hoping to win the wedding of their dreams — by raising as much money as possible for a children’s charity. Oldham Council’s sports...
UPPERMILL mod/indie rockers the Velocetas are another band hoping to make significant waves in 2015. The laidback foursome — lead guitar and vocalist Harry Lavin (17), drummer...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 5.40 Pearl Noir 6.10 Topamichi (nb) 6.40 Par Three 7.10 Strategic...
FOOTBALL-MAD youngster Jack Hurst’s heart condition stops him playing his favourite sport. But when his school team made him kit man he took to the role like a pro - and...
ATHLETIC are reeling at news that Conor Wilkinson could miss the next month of action as the club heads towards a critical point of the season. The loaned Bolton striker pulled...
Date Published 16/02/2015
LEE Johnson admitted he felt responsible for the team not performing to anywhere near their best in front a crowd swelled by the inducement of £5 entry. “I...
CHEEKY Charlotte Roberts wants to be able to walk, dance and have fun with her friends at school — just like any other little girl. But the smiling six-year-old’s...
Athletic 0, Colchester 1 IT WAS a script as familiar and formulaic as any Hollywood summer blockbuster – minus the explosions, eye candy and happy ending. Athletic...
FAR-RIGHT demonstrators from across the country marched through Oldham town centre on Saturday in protest against child grooming cases. At least four arrests were made as...
OLDHAM returned from Cumbria licking their wounds after losing to Barrow Raiders in their final pre-season warm-up game. The match began brightly for Roughyeds, who stormed...
A sluggish start cost Athletic dear as they fell to a fourth home league defeat of the season. Teenager Sammie Szmodics won the game for Colchester with the only goal after...
AN Oldhamer is one of three men jailed for six years for raping a woman in Lincoln who admitted she was so drunk she didn’t remember consenting. Oldhamer Michael Armitage...
MANCHESTER United boss Louis van Gaal will make signing a creative midfielder his top priority this summer. Van Gaal, preparing his team for tonight’s FA Cup tie at...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards WOLVERHAMPTON 2.00 Telegraph 2.30 Prime Exhibit 3.00 Well Owd...
Oldham schools are to get £15.4million to help overcome a shortage of school places over the next three years. Greater Manchester will receive more than £138m to...
FAILURE of a spring on an engine valve has been blamed for the crash of a light plane owned by a Diggle company near Warrington last September. The crash into a field wrecked...
AN insulation firm has been fined £500,000 after a pensioner from Middleton died from carbon monoxide poisoning hours after the flue of her gas boiler was blocked by cavity...
Follow this link to see the updated match Report with more pictures: http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/10/oldham-athletic-news/90331/u-blew-it-latics ATHLETIC 0...
Date Published 14/02/2015
ANGLING: THE most recent TH open match was fished on an ice-covered length of the Rochdale canal behind Morrisons in Chadderton. The fishing wasn’t great and once again...
Date Published 13/02/2015
FOOTBALL: A WELCOME thaw brought relief to harassed Lancashire and Cheshire League fixturesecretaries with virtually a full programme of league and cup action. In the Premier...
FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Sunday League big guns Limeside King George and Rifle ‘A’ clashed in the Manchester County FA Shield semi-final, and the latter prevailed 5-1...
RUGBY UNION: OLDHAM travel to Southport for a Lancashire Plate quarter-final on Saturday. Even though it is Valentine’s Day, there will be no love lost between the two...
Royton Town 2, Prestwich Heys 1 KARL Valentine netted twice – one of them a contender for goal of the season – to revive Royton Town’s title aspirations in...
MOSSLEY joint-boss Peter Band has challenged his players to bounce back - from a 4-0 victory! The Lilywhites eased into the Manchester Premier Cup final — where they will...
POLICE and Oldham Council have joined forces to fund a £30,000 investment in community projects in Werneth. Last year anyone who lives in the area was asked to submit...
TWO Second World War soldiers from Oldham could have been part of a group of five who captured the architect of the Holocaust, Heinrich Himmler. Amateur researcher Chris...
A MAN suffered a fractured cheek bone and eye socket after he was punched in an unprovoked attack in a Shaw pub. The 43-year-old man was attacked in the Pineapple Inn in...
A NEW park and ride site for Shaw and Crompton’s Metrolink stop has been given the go-ahead. Transport for Greater Manchester has received approval to turn the...
