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Complaints against Greater Manchester Police rose by 28 per cent last year. The number rose to 1,536 in 2013/14 says the Independent Police Complaints Commission. The rise...
Date Published 03/02/2015
A community group has been forced to close after only two new people turned up to a crisis meeting Officials decided to close Lees Community Association at an extraordinary...
A LUCKY Oldham bus driver is certain a shiny penny led to his cool £1.8million win. Sean Lloyd (48) had just finished a shift when he popped into the shop - Oldham News...
CAMPAIGNERS opposed to building the new school in Diggle today urged all Saddleworth residents to demand a public referendum. Keith Lucas, spokesman for Save Diggle Action...
A GOVERNMENT agency’s decision to nominate a site in Diggle as its preferred option for the new Saddleworth School was based on its value for money. The decision is...
Few retired dogs have a book written about them - but Buster is no ordinary dog The hero hound’s five military tours of duty with Shaw-born handler Michael Barrow (48)...
AN Oldham-based company was today left counting the cost of what the country’s top divorce judge branded its “lamentable failures”. Capita Translation and...
AN Oldham policeman has been cleared of being a voyeur in changing rooms for the second time in his career. PC David McManus (43) was arrested on suspicion of voyeurism last...
A would-be robber complained about having four kids to feed as he threatened to stab two pensioners walking their dogs. The man approached the 64 and 71-year-old women in...
The much-loved documentary about Oldham soap star Anne Kirkbride’s 40th year in Coronation Street airs again tonight on ITV (7.30pm). The screening of “Deirdre and Me” is a...
CONOR Wilkinson handed Athletic a major deadline-day boost as the club’s hierarchy managed to resist bids for key performers. The 20-year-old Bolton striker, who enjoyed a...
ATHLETIC are braced for a tough test at Oakwell tonight as they bid to move into a season-high placing of fifth in Sky Bet League One. A Barnsley side buoyed by recent arrivals...
OLDHAM RL new boys Adam Neal, Jarrod Ward and Jack Holmes have all been singled out as potential stars of 2015 by head coach Scott Naylor. The trio was on from the start in...
JACOB Mellis has praised the professionalism at Athletic as he bids to make up for time lost in pre-season at chaos club Blackpool. The 24-year-old former Chelsea starlet was...
LUKE Shaw says Manchester United has made the FA Cup its priority in a desperate attempt to end the season with some silverware. After the shock elimination of Chelsea and...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 2.05 Fleeting Indian 2.35 Vied 3.10 Middle East Pearl 3.45...
BARNSLEY rode their luck at times against Port Vale, but a third straight victory at home represents a record to be respected by Athletic tonight. Visiting manager Rob Page...
A CRAFT fair selling a range of handmade gifts, items for the home and toiletries will take place at the Duke of York, Heyside, from 11am on Saturday. Stall proceeds will go to Dr...
Date Published 02/02/2015
LABOUR must make the economy its battleground in the election fight - and not let Tories claim pride in their record since 2010, Oldham MP Michael Meacher warns. Labour needs...
OLDHAM MP Debbie Abrahams is fighting company bullying as part of the Be Fair — Pay on Time campaign. The Oldham East and Saddleworth MP has joined forces with the...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson expects to keep star defender James Wilson beyond tonight’s 11pm deadline, while holding some hope of bringing in two new faces to the...
BAD-BOY striker Nile Ranger will not be signing for Athletic, the Chronicle understands. A national newspaper said Lee Johnson had talked with Blackpool man Ranger (23) at a...
YOUNG mum-of-two Danielle Somerset was left unconscious as her son was saved from a house fire in Derker. Mechanic Rob Day was fixing a car nearby and heard two-year-old Tye...
CORONATION Street star Kym Marsh has led tributes to a former Saddleworth School pupil who died in an accident with a lorry. The actress, who plays barmaid Michelle Connor, is...
THE words of a grieving widow were read out in court on Friday after a student nurse admitted careless driving the night she fatally knocked a man off his motorbike in...
AN OLDHAM mum-of-three stars in a new Cancer Research UK awareness campaign, launched today. Cancer sufferer Kelly Griffin (33) will front the month-long campaign, which...
LEE Johnson described the performance of goalkeeper Jake Kean as “outstanding” as the new signing kept a clean sheet on his Athletic debut. The loaned Blackburn...
LATICS fans dashed to answer a call for volunteers to clear the snow from the ground. Supporters and staff grabbed their shovels on Friday and got stuck in - joined by Chronicle...
Swinton 26, Oldham 24 OLDHAM RL head coach Scott Naylor declared himself happy despite seeing his team edged out in their first warm-up fixture of 2015 at Swinton...
LOUIS van Gaal has warned Manchester United they still have a lot of work to do before they win Champions League qualification. United returned to winning ways with a 3-1...
