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A COMMUNITY hopes its plan to build seven eco-homes in Diggle will soon become a reality as it looks for two more families to join the project. The deadline for purchase of the...
Date Published 25/11/2014
DARTS: OLDHAM’S town team won 6-4 at Burnley in the Lancashire GMC Super Eights Elite League. They lost the first leg, but David Rawstron, who won 4-2 with...
Oldham’s Co-operative Funeralcare service has pledged its support for the Oldham Foodbank. Staff at the John Street premises had the idea after relatives asked for...
AUSTERLANDS Cricket Club are celebrating a £10,000 grant for much-needed improvements to their Thorpe Lane ground. The five-figure sum has been signed off by the trustees...
Chadderton bus driver Clare Akehurst has won third prize in the Top National Driver category of the NAtional Bus Awards. Despite being a relative newcomer at First Bus,...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: OLDHAM Boro exited the Manchester Premier Cup competition at the quarter-final stage last night. They lost 1-0 at Radcliffe Borough, with...
PLAYERS past and present saluted Oldham RL stalwart Neil Roden at his testimonial dinner. Brothers Phil and Richard Joy represented the current squad, but it was mainly a night...
SUPER volunteer Mohammed Usmaan Mahood received an honorary award after chalking up 1,218 hours of community work. The 16 year old was among the 75 Hathershaw College pupils...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 4.15 Jebediah Shine 4.45 Archie’s Advice 5.15...
Oldham’s NHS Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group has won an Academy Award. Not Hollywood but healthcare: Oldham CCG, responsible for spending the borough’s...
A TALENTED local martial arts team fought their way to more than 100 medals at a world championship competition in Italy. The team of 16 from The DOJO Karate Centre flew home...
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has been honoured for her work in helping small businesses. The Labour MP picked up the first “Business Buddy” award...
FORMER North-West MEP Chris Davies, from Greenfield, has won a top environmental award for his work to reform the Common Fisheries Policy. The EU policy sets quotas to...
A woman is to be summonsed following a police chase which ended with a Mini crashing into two parked cars before flipping on to its roof on Friday. The driver suffered a broken...
A CANCER support group is on the verge of closing after almost 20 years of work. The Oldham Cancer Aid Network is appealing for sponsors and fundraisers to help the group to...
THE tantalising prospect of a dream Wembley final will be on Athletic players’ minds at SportsDirect.com Park tonight. Lee Johnson’s side welcomes Lancashire rival...
ADAM Clay says the new Kingstone Press League One season will bring out the best in the new Oldham squad. He has labelled the new, three-year deal for coach Scott Naylor as a...
ATHLETIC chairman Simon Corney has been surprised by news that sacked former winger Cristian Montano is to sue the club. Colombian Montano (22), was dismissed by Athletic last...
IT IS looking unlikely Conor Wilkinson will return this week for a second loan spell with Athletic. Teenager Wilkinson made a terrific impact during his month’s loan in...
MORE than 440 people across Oldham had their benefits stopped in one month — more than other areas of Greater Manchester. Oldham West and Royton MP Michael Meacher said...
FORMER Leeds, Everton and Leicester City striker Jermaine Beckford could be thrown in for his Preston debut at SportsDirect.com Park tonight. North End are currently flying...
MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini has played down concerns over the fitness of Sergio Aguero and Stevan Jovetic ahead of tonight’s crucial clash against Bayern...
OF course the odds are stacked against City as we prepare to take on Bayern Munich in the Champions League tonight. It’s a must-win game, as City sit at the bottom of the...
HOPE is rising from the rubble of the Shaw gas blast following a submission to build six new homes on the site. Six new houses are planned for Buckley Street, where an...
Date Published 24/11/2014
ATHLETIC’S fiendishly difficult run of away days could be giving a false reading in the Sky Bet League One table. That’s the argument hinted at by manager Lee...
A FABRICS firm has been fined £10,000 after an employee suffered severe chemical burns when he fell into a vat of bleach. Trafford Magistrates’ Court heard the...
DESPITE soaring expenditure on players, Oldham RL Club are selling 2015 season tickets at the best discounts in years. Compared with match-day prices, up by £1 for adults...
CANCER mortality rates for people in Oldham have fallen by 13 per cent in the past decade, but the borough is still the third highest in Greater Manchester, new figures...
Sheffield Utd 1, AThletic 1 JONATHAN Forte showed his old club how it is meant to be done. Decisive, canny and cool-headed perfectly described Forte's instant control of a...
LEE Johnson was left content with a point from an enthralling battle at Bramall Lane, gained thanks to a well-taken goal by Blades fan and ex-player Jonathan Forte. After a...
