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AN Oldham drugs courier has been jailed for his part in the supply of Class A drugs from Manchester to the North East. Carl Knox (pictured), of Ripponden Road, was jailed for...
Date Published 19/12/2014
CONCERNS have been raised after it was revealed a further £28m will be axed from the police budget next year. The devastating cuts mean Greater Manchester Police has to...
DEVASTATED staff and students at Hathershaw College have paid tribute to one of their learning support assistants after she was knocked down and killed on Wednesday. Mara...
OLDHAM has been hit harder than most other boroughs in Greater Manchester by Government spending cuts. It will lose £10.4 million spending power next year through a...
POLICE are appealing for information after a cannabis farm with £15,000 of the drug was discovered in Heyside. Oldham’s Organised Crime Unit executed a warrant yesterday...
AMBULANCE chiefs are urging party-goers to drink responsibly whilst enjoying themselves and to think before they dial 999, only calling on the ambulance service for life...
POLICE have arrested 117 people during the first fortnight of a crackdown on drink and drug drivers. Between December 1 and 16, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers...
FIVE people have been arrested as part of an operation to tackle organised crime in Oldham. Officers from the Oldham Divisional Organised Crime Unit used search warrants during...
MICHAEL Tidser will leave Athletic early next month — but Lee Johnson believes that recent poor performances might have actually done the club a favour by putting buyers off...
ATHLETIC’S plans to rearrange a game to fall on Saturday, January 3, have been scuppered. Rochdale’s progress to the third round of the FA Cup via a replay this...
ATHLETIC head into the land of the concrete cows tomorrow with manager Lee Johnson hoping his beef with the players will prove to be a one-off. Johnson proclaimed himself...
PHIL Jones hopes he will finally be able to rid himself of the “injury–prone” tag that has dogged him throughout his career. As the Barclays Premier League...
MANCHESTER City are in a rich vein of form going into tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League lunchtime fixture against Crystal Palace. Safely through to the last 16 of the...
ROCHDALE may have hit their halfway target with three games to spare – but Keith Hill will ensure there is no resting on laurels at Spotland. The Dale chief and his...
THE GLOVES ARE OFF EMBARRASSING is an appropriate word to use to describe last weekend’s 4-0 defeat to Yeovil. On a personal level, having watched it back on video as...
AS Mossley gear up for a hectic Christmas spell in the Evo-Stik League Division One North, joint-manager Peter Band is pleased with the progress his side have made so far this...
MOSSLEY have decided to rescind a club appeal against striker Mitchell Bryant’s lengthy suspension. The Football Association banned Bryant from all football until July,...
A 17-YEAR-OLD male has been arrested on suspicion of assault after Chadderton boxer Anthony Crolla suffered a fractured skull when a burglar allegedly hit him with a concrete...
CHRONICLE racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are - LINGFIELD 12.25 Little 12.55 Prince Of Paris 1.25 Ingleby...
High-fliers have every reason to dream of promotion KARL Robinson’s passionate antics may get some backs up, but there’s no question he’s walking the walk every bit as well as he...
Date Published 18/12/2014
KINDHEARTED council staff have done their bit to make Christmas a bit more merry for struggling Oldham families. For the third year in a row, employees have collected hundreds...
MILLS HILL rail station has been awarded part of a £60million jackpot fund to improve access for passengers. This comes as part of a package shared among 26 stations...
THE final steel beam has been put in place on Oldham’s £15 million sports centre. A ceremonial event was held to mark the key construction milestone with...
AN Oldham organisation has been awarded nearly £50,000 to explore a teenage-eye view of the borough going back decades. The Heritage Lottery Fund has given arts charity...
OLDHAMERS needing a friendly ear throughout the festive period can rely on the Samaritans to provide support around the clock. The Samaritans, which received around 244,000...
MORE than 9,000 homes in Failsworth have received advice and information about the dangers of binge drinking ahead of the festive season. Dr Andrew Vance, head of the Drink...
THE long-term effects of investment from the Oldham Enterprise Fund are being felt by the scores of successful companies which have received financial support — with web, design...
AN elderly woman died in a flat fire in Werneth shortly before 1am this morning. At 12.40am crews from Oldham, Hollins and Chadderton attended Summervale House, off Manchester...
‘I shall never forget . . . the Germans and ourselves declared peace for a few days’ OLDHAMERS are being urged to turn detective to find out more about a local...
A KEEN pair of four-legged crime fighters sniffed out Oldham Trading Standards team’s biggest seizure of illegal tobacco. Detection dogs Bradley and Buster helped to...
