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OLDHAM Council is asking for residents’ opinions on the council tax reduction scheme for 2015/16. In April 2013 the council introduced a local scheme on a reduced budget...
Date Published 29/08/2014
YOUNG forward George Tyson is doubtful for Oldham RL's big game at Gateshead on Sunday. The 20-year-old back-row man is thought to have hurt a knee while training with his...
ATHLETIC aren’t banking on Adam Lockwood to be back in the team for another six weeks, as the club bid to avoid the fate that befell Andy Carroll. The club captain (32)...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards CHESTER 2.20 B Fifty Two (nap) 2.55 Foxtrot Romeo 3.30 Whiplash...
An eight-year-old Hathershaw boy died when the ambulance service failed to classify him as a priority case. Clayton Barker died of an asthma attack - but his life might have...
Date Published 28/08/2014
A LANDLORD was outraged when a local letting agent stopped paying her rental money she was owed — leaving her more than £10,000 out of pocket. Joanne Moran hired Cousins & Co...
BURGLARS sprayed ammonia into a dog’s face as they ransacked its owners’ home in Shaw, police revealed today. The offenders broke in to the property, in Thornham...
THANK you very much... Royton rocker Chris Connor has topped a global poll to find the world’s best Elvis impersonator. Chris (35) received his award — voted by...
ATHLETIC forward Danny Philliskirk doesn’t hold on to any bitterness over his failed move to Doncaster, but admits that Saturday would be a great time to break his scoring...
FORTRESS Whitebank will be Oldham’s biggest ally in the push for promotion via the play-offs, says Roughyeds’ forward Josh Crowley. Only Oldham have won this season...
RICHIE Wellens could make an appearance this weekend when Athletic travel to Doncaster. The cultured midfield man (34) came out of exile to feature on the substitutes’...
ATHLETIC are at the work-in-progress stage once again. And manager Lee Johnson reckons it is the THIRD time he has been tasked with imposing his structures on a squad virtually...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
ATHLETIC director Barry Owen has assured fans the club’s hierarchy will back the manager over new signings. Lee Johnson explained yesterday the difficulties faced in...
Date Published 27/08/2014
OLDHAM will be at full strength when they go to Gateshead Thunder on Sunday for one of their most important games of the season. A win on Tyneside will put them within touching...
OLDHAM council leaders have blasted the Government for withdrawing money to help young people find a job. The decision to end a commitment to fund the Oldham Council...
Hockey: OLDHAM ace Nicola White already has an eye on the 2016 Olympic Games. White (26) won a bronze medal as a member of Team GB at London 2012, and following silver...
A MOSSLEY pensioner has been jailed for nine months after defrauding her employer out of almost £110,000. Irene White of Regent Drive pleaded guilty to fraud at an...
LOUIS van Gaal told Manchester United fans to their keep faith in him despite last night’s humiliating 4–0 defeat by MK Dons. United, Champions League finalists...
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY’S Seel Park stadium is one of the eight selected to play host to a pioneering new Northern Premier League Football Academy course. The Evo-Stik Northern...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards HAMILTON 4.45 Hard N Sharp 5.20 White Flag 5.50 Paddy’s...
TRAM passengers were surprised when a Nissan Micra pulled up at an Oldham town centre stop. A motorists mounted the track and drove up to the King Street Metrolink stop late on...
Seventy four years after she lived there as an evacuee, Patricia Gorringe made a 400-mile round trip to Diggle from her home in Brighton. Patricia was eight when she and two...
Date Published 26/08/2014
BABIES aren’t sufficiently protected from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), according to safer baby sleep charity the Lullaby Trust. Figures from the Office of...
TERRIFIED Chadderton family members were forced to book an emergency flight home only 24 hours into their holiday after being spat on, pushed and abused by Russian...
HELP raise money for Dr Kershaw’s on Sunday by supporting a Lifenotes Concert at the Old Grey Mare, Oldham Road, Royton, 1-11pm. Bands and live artists will take to...
A dazzling line-up of top local talent will be the star attraction at a giant music festival this weekend. Festival organiser, Dave MacDougall, said: “We are planning a...
OLDHAM Coliseum’s new season opens early next month with a classic Seventies comedy musical from Liverpool playwright Willy Russell. “Our Day Out: The...
OLDHAM Liberal Democrat leader Howard Sykes has welcomed a report on proposed changes to the benefits system. Councillor Sykes had expressed concerns over the benefits sanction...
Christmas wishes will be granted for several talented young dancers in Oldham - with a chance to appear in this year’s Coliseum pantomime, “Aladdin”. The...
