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A PERMIT scheme to allow mobility scooter users to travel by tram has been made permanent. During a trial of the scheme, which started in March, more than 80 permits were...
Date Published 05/12/2014
SPORTS BETTING: THE feelgood factor has certainly returned to Oldham Athletic. Football’s landscape has changed dramatically since the glory days of Joe Royle...
IF you wear knickers down to your knees, you might live to be 100! That’s Doris Casey’s theory - and she reached the milestone birthday today. The...
OLDHAM’s roller derby team has chalked up two victories at a top European tournament. Hundreds of people attended the event in Malmo, Sweden, which was also streamed live...
HISTORIC buildings along Oldham’s Metrolink route are to be bathed in light as part of the drive to regenerate the town centre. The frontages of the Lyceum and the former...
A MASSIVE darts fan from Oldham proved he had the power when he took on the game’s best-ever player. When Scott Needham (26), who has Down’s Syndrome, attended An...
OLDHAM Rugby League Club has joined forces with neighbours Whitebank Cafe to back Key 103’s Mission Christmas toy appeal. The cafe, at the Whitebank ground entrance,...
POLITICIANS have urged Oldhamers to support local traders during Small Business Saturday tomorrow. Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams popped in to Swirly Twirly...
THE FRIDAY THING: I WOULD never suggest that I was particularly religious but I couldn’t help feeling a degree of horror at the bizarre paradox that pitted the punching,...
GET in the mood for the festive season by visiting a Christmas fair which takes place at Springhead Congregational Church, Radcliffe Street, tomorrow from 11am to...
POLICE will be at Asda, Greenfield Lane, on Saturday between 4pm and 7.30pm to offer advice on crime prevention ahead of the festive season. ENJOY festive songs, make holly...
A frustrated villager has claimed Oldham Council has “steamrollered through” new Saddleworth car parking restrictions. Changes to the maximum stay and non-return...
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams is on a mission to tackle “hated” cash retentions that can ruin small businesses. Mrs Abrahams has moved an amendment...
A PENSIONER wants to find the Good Samaritan who sat with her for an hour after she fell and broke her hip. Norah Whiteside (76) from Holts fell and broke her hip after...
EIGHTY-ONE people have been dealt with by police in Oldham as part of a three-month Christmas crackdown on crime. Operation Snowboard involves police and Oldham Council joining...
A GREENFIELD farm owner hopes his caravan site plight will soon be over. Nigel Hadfield of the Well-i-Hole farm caravan site, has been battling for permission to set up 11...
BRITISH Gas has reassured customers their personal details haven’t been hacked, following concerns raised by a Saddleworth doctor. Dr Andrew Taylor, chairman of the Greenfield...
PADDY Kenny is delighted to be embarking on a new chapter in his career. The 36-year-old goalkeeper’s arrival on an emergency loan late last week came as a surprise to...
WHILE Oldham await their fate in tonight’s draw for the first round of the new League One Cup, coach Scott Naylor has been banging the drum about the merits of rugby...
FAILSWORTH School has made an official complaint after inspectors found it is failing to give pupils an acceptable standard of education. Head teacher John Meagher says staff...
Latics’ goalkeeper writes every week for Chron Sport IT IS only natural as a player to be frustrated when you are dropped from the team. That is the feeling I...
MAJOR proposals that could save Oldham Council £35 million next year will be considered on Monday — at a cost of up to 122 jobs. Oldham Council must save a further...
The talented girls have qualified for the British Colleges Netball National finals after being crowned North-West champions. They carried all before them in the NW event in...
ADAPTABILITY is the name of the game for Timothee Dieng, whose settling-in period with Athletic is expiring quickly. In the last month the versatile Frenchman has shown for his...
DANNY Philliskirk says similarities in style have helped form the understanding which saw him and team-mate Daniel Johnson combine to great effect at Rochdale. Both of...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards WOLVERHAMPTON 6.15 Gambino 6.45 Portamento 7.15 Cilento 7.45...
THE father of murdered police officer Nicola Hughes has given up his job to help children who have lost family members to violent crime. Bryn Hughes (51) lost his daughter in...
Date Published 04/12/2014
A PERVERT who was jailed for five years after subjecting a 12-year-old girl to a brutal sex attack has had his appeal rejected. Khawaja Iqbal (42) drove the vulnerable...
THE two Islamic fanatics found guilty of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby have had appeals rejected. Michael Adebolajo’s application for permission to appeal against his...
ATHLETIC go back to where it started this season against Doncaster, armed with a full complement of loan players for the SportsDirect.com Park test — but with a warning from...
