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GREATER Manchester fire crews will strike for four days in the run up to Bonfire Night. Officers will walk out at 6pm on Friday and return at 6pm on November 4, as the...
Date Published 28/10/2014
The suggested HS3 train project could signal the end of local services from Oldham’s only rail station, a transport campaigner has warned. Saddleworth Parish Councillor...
ATHLETIC will embark on a revenge mission in the first round of the FA Cup as the club play host to Leyton Orient — the only team to leave SportsDirect.com Park with three...
OLDHAM RL have raided their reserve squad to pluck out teenage half-back Jake Hughes for senior recognition. Hughes (18), originally from Wigan amateur side Hindley, has signed...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson has already cast his net for a replacement for first-team coach Paul Murray, confirming that talks have taken place with one possible...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards NOTTINGHAM 1.30 Scoreline 2.00 Indian Tinker 2.30 Double K 3.00 Storm...
JABO Ibehre paid tribute to Athletic’s fans after playing a starring role in the Bradford win - and warned opposing defences: his best is yet to come. The loaned...
Date Published 27/10/2014
A WELDER was killed in a horrific accident after a colleague pressed the wrong button on a remote control for an overhead crane, a court was told. Michael Wickstead (63) was...
Athletic 2, Bradford City 1 TABLES were turned as Athletic made it into the top six of Sky Bet League One for the first time this season. Bradford arrived with a reputation...
A man alleged to have “mercilessly” beaten his estranged girlfriend while high on drink and drugs has been cleared of all charges following a trial. A jury of eight...
LEE Johnson was relieved to get through a testing second half, squeezing out three points against a rugged Bradford side Athletic had at one stage threatened to blow out of the...
OLDHAM Rugby League Club’s squad-building job for 2015 is expected to gather momentum with more signings this week. Ins and outs so far are: OUT: Mo Agoro (to...
OLDHAM has been crowned Best City at the North-West in Bloom Awards - for the fifth year in a row. Fitton Hill won the Urban Community category and Oldham scooped the coveted...
MANCHESTER United striker Robin van Persie was labelled “stupid” by his manager Louis van Gaal after taking off his shirt while celebrating his last–gasp...
POLICE are hunting machete-wielding thugs who threatened staff and robbed a shop. The two men walked into the Co-op in Middleton Road, Chadderton at around 9.25pm on Thursday....
MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini insists his side can handle the pressure of trying to sustain a successful defence of league crown. City slipped to third after...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards CATTERICK 12.50 Field Game 1.20 Full Moon Fever 1.50 Royal...
LYN Morgan, former Oldham Rugby League forward and Oldham Rugby Union Club coach and club official, has died after a long illness, aged 74. He and his wife lived in Moorside...
Angling: KEN Power had a profitable weekend with a win double. The Tri-Cast Highfield rod demolished the opposition on the West Sooty Lake at Old Hough Farm Fishery by catching...
Date Published 24/10/2014
DIGGLE secured a 3-3 draw at Berry Brow in the First Division of the Huddersfield League. Chris Woods scored seven times and Adam Fitzgerald his three as Uppermill’s...
FOOTBALL: THERE were hat-tricks galore for local players as a clutch of Midas Plumbing and Heating Oldham Sunday League sides competed in the County Cup. Niall Sultan bagged...
IT seems like abandoned matches are becoming something of the norm these days. The latest victim was the Manchester Cup second round tie between Heyside and Failsworth...
Non-league football: MOSSLEY joint-boss Peter Band has ordered his players to keep up the good work in tomorrow’s crunch Evo-Stik League Division One North trip to Salford...
FRANK Lampard could be set to extend his stay at Manchester City further into next year, provided the midfield veteran’s parent club New York City FC holds a pre-season...
TWO of Europe’s most celebrated coaches are set to lock horns at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon. Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho have deep mutual respect, but both...
Athletic’s goalkeeer writes every week for Chron Sport I HAVE been lucky enough to swap shirts after a Champions’ League game. It was a few years ago, when I...
Oldham College is to axe 24 jobs — but 16 new ones are being created. All the posts affected are non-teaching staff, but the college wouldn’t what types of posts...
OLDHAM’S GCSE results are among the worst in Greater Manchester following major changes to the exams and school league tables. Fewer teenagers in the borough achieved at...
The impact of bedroom tax has been devastating for many families across Oldham, according to Councillor Abdul Jabbar. Initially, 2,334 households were affected but the figure...
SNOOKER: OLDHAM Snooker Academy youngster Josh Cooper has qualified for the last 16 of the English Amateur 6 Reds competition. He was one of the qualifiers from the...
