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PUPILS at a Chadderton primary school have won a £5,000 grant to help install a wheelchair lift. Corpus Christi beat more than 150 schools, community groups and other...
Date Published 01/12/2014
ATHLETIC have quashed rumours that the club is primed to sign convicted rapist Ched Evans. A national newspaper report yesterday said the club had held talks last week with the...
LOUIS van Gaal accepts that Christmas with the family is something he will have to sacrifice as boss of Manchester United. The Dutchman is sad he won’t see his loved ones...
MANCHESTER City captain Vincent Kompany was set to find out today if the hamstring problem he suffered against Southampton has more serious consequences. Belgium...
HIGHLY-RATED second-row pair Josh Crowley and Danny Langtree swept the board at Oldham Rugby League Club’s 2014 season awards night. Coach Scott Naylor said he...
LOCAL Christmas spirit spread over the weekend as villages and districts switched on their annual festive lights. Families enjoyed the big moment when the switch was flipped...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards WOLVERHAMPTON 2.10 Starfield 2.40 Red Perdita 3.10 Kaufman 3.40...
ROCHDALE 0, OLDHAM ATHLETIC 3 ATHLETIC kept their charge for the Sky Bet League One play-offs firmly on track thanks to a well-deserved derby victory at Rochdale. Lee...
Date Published 29/11/2014
Struggling Oldham businesses with potential are benefiting from a fresh approach to delivering specialist investment. Grasscroft finance expert Paul Reeves is at the heart of...
Date Published 28/11/2014
THE doors have opened at Ian McConnell Veterinary Practice’s new premises in the former Mossley library. With the old library looking a little tired but the building...
Pelican Communications has been named best small agency at the Northern Marketing Awards. More than 400 creative, digital and communications professionals from across the...
PUPILS at Burnley Brow Primary School, Victoria Street, raised £345 for research into genetic disorders when they took part in Jeans for Genes day. A CHARITY exercise...
SPORTS BETTING: SINCE his return from a self-imposed snooker exile almost three years ago, Ronnie O’Sullivan has been very much the man to beat. When he is on...
JOHN Murray made a fine break of 44 to win his frame for Springbank in their Oldham Amateur Snooker League fixture against Nimble Nook. Springbank looked like inflicting a...
The latest of Chronicle managing editor David Whaley’s series following his diagnosis and treatment for throat cancer. “I’m sorry, David, but despite our best...
HOCKEY: OLDHAM firsts produced an accomplished performance to beat third-placed Crewe Vagrants 2-0 in Division Two South-West of the North Hockey Manchester League. A...
HALF of the staff at the Royal Oldham Hospital wouldn’t recommend the hospital to their family and friends. The new statistics show the Royal Oldham had one of the lowest...
MOTOR RACING: TOM Brown is looking forward to 2015 after impressing in a chance drive at Silverstone. The Chadderton 17 year old made the most of his opportunity in...
MP Debbie Abrahams has helped to launch a new campaign to beat occupational cancers. The House of Commons event organised by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health...
HEALTH and safety regulations have forced Chadderton’s annual festive celebrations to be split over two days, and the traditional parade has had to be cancelled. In...
TICKETS are still available for Oldham Rugby League Club’s annual dinner and 2014 awards night at Whitebank on Saturday. Players, including new signings headed by George...
A SHAW man has avoided prison after a “stupid frolic” in his father’s car. Spencer Morris (24), of Sumner Street, pleaded guilty at Oldham Magistrates Court...
A MAN who was “down in the dumps” falsely told police he had a shotgun and was going to shoot people. Richard Holden, of Gilderdale Close in Shaw, pleaded guilty at...
REGULARS at Wetherspoons pubs in Oldham are spending a penny in award-winning toilets. The Squire Knott in Yorkshire Street and the Shay Wake in Shaw have been given platinum...
SHAW and Crompton’s Christmas lights switch-on takes place tomorrow, with “Frozen” stars Anna and Elsa from 6.30pm in the town centre. There will be mulled...
A CHADDERTON bodybuilder has stormed to victory in his first British championships. Matthew Bowd (28) made his bodybuilding debut in front of a home crowd at the Middleton...
Peter Townsend of Saddleworth Rangers has been named secretary of the year by the National Conference League. Rangers chairman Shane Wilson and treasurer Karen Thompson picked...
THE funeral of a former Pride in Oldham winner and swimming coach who taught generations to swim was being held today. Norman Carter died on November 15, aged 93. His...
RUGBY: HOLLINWOOD’S hopes of building on their superb defeat of East Leeds appeared over before they had started as only 11 players turned up for the trip to...
Boxing: DELPH prospect Andy Kremner takes another small step on the ladder of success tomorrow night with his third pro bout against Bulgarian Nikolai Nikolov in...
