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OVER 540 troubled Oldham families in Oldham have turned their lives round, according to new figures. The Government’s Troubled Families programme has helped change the...
Date Published 06/01/2015
Non-league football: MOSSLEY maintained their impressive run of form in the Evo-Stik League Division One North with a goalless draw at leaders Northwich Victoria. In...
POLICE are urging drivers not to leave unattended cars with engines running while de-icing them, after several thefts of cars over the Christmas period. Hadrian’s Wall...
FRIDAY night is all right for Saddleworth Rangers. The Shaw Hall Bank Road club is in the process of switching some fixtures to an evening kick-off in an attempt to boost...
OLDHAM-BASED Wiggett Construction is to develop the former Kirklees College campus in Huddersfield. The Chadderton firm confirmed the deal to buy the 6.1 acre New North Road...
A SECOND planning application for the development of up to 51 houses on the site of the old Failsworth Mill has been submitted to Oldham Council. An initial application was...
Manchester City’s roving reporter writes every week for Chron Sport CLASS told in the end as Manchester City eventually saw off brave Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup at...
ECONOMISTS predict Greater Manchester will gain 110,000 new jobs over the next decade. Academics from Oxford Economics have revised their forecast following a “slightly...
Overnight closures will occur on sections of the M60 from Monday for work to turn it into a “smart” motorway. The Highways Agency has pledged to keep all lanes open...
CROSSLEY Estate residents have been pushed to breaking point by BT — which has failed to provide phone lines for almost 11 months. The connection delay could even run to...
LATICS fans are still no closer to knowing if their club will give convicted rapist Ched Evans a route back into football. Chief executive Neil Joy said last night Latics would...
AN Oldham campaigner has helped to amend a parliamentary bill to make it more difficult for perpetrators to get away with chid abuse. Solicitor Steven Walker, from Shaw, has...
MICHAEL Kitson (36), of Hillside Avenue, Grotton, will appear at Manchester Crown Court on January 23 to face charges of burglary and arson with intent to endanger life. Kitson...
DANIEL Johnson isn’t expected back at Athletic following the end of his loan period. The Aston Villa player’s agent says his client is hoping to move up the league...
A CRACKDOWN on organised crime networks on the streets of Oldham continued to yield results in 2014. Operation Oldham Challenger saw 235 arrests, 221 warrants executed,...
AN Oldham-based nurse is back home after spending Christmas fighting Ebola in West Africa. Cath Nixon, a health visitor for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, was one of 30 NHS...
OLDHAM RL Club has secured the long-term future of its senior coaching team by re-signing assistant boss Lee Spencer for three more years. He will continue to work alongside...
Denshaw residents are invited to study a copy of a proposed new estate lay-out for 21 new homes tonight. The houses would be built in a field off Rochdale Road (A640), just...
JAMES Milner hopes champions Manchester City can now seize the initiative in the title race. City are joint top of the league with Chelsea after hitting a rich spell of form....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 4.35 Fire King 5.10 Hollie Point 5.40 History Book 6.10...
NEIL Adams has parted company with Norwich City as manager. The 49 year old, a key member of the Athletic team which made it to the final of the League Cup in 1990, had been in...
Date Published 05/01/2015
CONTROVERSIAL striker Ched Evans could become Athletic’s first signing of the transfer window. A controversial move for the ex-Sheffield United star may be on the cards...
Boxing: HAVE-a-go hero Anthony Crolla has vowed to return to professional boxing bigger and better than ever before. “Million Dollar” Crolla (28) suffered concussion and a...
MANCHESTER United manager Louis van Gaal declared himself happy with the festive period after surviving a tricky FA Cup test at Yeovil. Yeovil are bottom of League One, but...
MANUEL Pellegrini spoke of his desire to keep James Milner at the Etihad Stadium after watching the midfielder save Manchester City’s blushes in their narrow FA Cup victory over...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards SOUTHWELL 12.50 Hussar Ballad 1.20 Enzaal 1.50 Toofeeg 2.20 Kung Hei Fat...
OLDHAM Athletic’s controversial signing of convicted rapist Ched Evans was hanging in the balance as the Chronicle went to press. Talks with the 26-year-old former Sheffield...
SPECULATION over the arrival of convicted rapist Ched Evans at SportsDirect.Com Park marks a dramatic U-turn following the club’s denial last month. Rumours circulated...
IF Ched Evans does end up signing for Latics, it wouldn’t be the first time the club has courted controversy. In August 2007, Latics signed Lee Hughes on a two-year...
Evans was found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman in 2011. Though sentenced to five years in jail, he was released after two and a half years in October 2014. Fellow...
