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LOUIS van Gaal has made a breakthrough in his mission to reinforce Manchester United’s defence. A deal has been struck to bring Argentinian star Marcos Rojo to Old...
Date Published 20/08/2014
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY were beaten 1-0 at home by Northwich Victoria in the Evo-Stik League Division One North last night. Gary Burnett scored what turned out to be...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards YORK 1.55 Kool Kompany 2.30 Cursory Glance (nap) 3.05 Navajo Chief...
TAKE part in the last week of a summer multi-sports camp at Oldham Academy North. every weekday until Friday. Aimed at young people from eight to 16, the camp runs from 10am to...
Date Published 19/08/2014
DARREN Fletcher thinks Steve McManaman, who branded the current Manchester United side the worst he had seen in 20 years, will be eating humble pie by the end the...
KIDNEY care is now closer to home for Oldham patients. A plaque was unveiled at the official opening of the new dialysis unit by BBC Radio Manchester DJ Mike...
MANUEL Pellegrini is confident Manchester City will be stronger for the second weekend of the new Barclays Premier League season than they were for the first. The reigning...
CRICKET: DELPH secured a third straight Drakes Huddersfield League Premiership victory when they won by four wickets at Honley. Greg Buckley was in super form with the...
A CHILDREN’S playground in Greenacres has been targeted by arsonists for the second time in the space of weeks. Play equipment was set alight at Peanut Park, Wedhurst...
CRICKET: ROYTON plunged neighbours Werneth deep into Lake Garage CLL Premier Division relegation strife when they won a nailbiting clash at the Paddock by two...
A BURGLAR who carried out 140 raids and stole £250,000 in Cheshire has been jailed for 10 years. Daryl Kennedy, from Salford, stole from homes in Wilmslow, Hale Barns and...
MORE than 100 people were evacuated after a chemical spill at Saddleworth Business Centre. One person was taken to hospital with minor burns after 200 millilitres of...
CRICKET: Good things come in threes, so the saying goes. The same can be said of this year’s Saddleworth League title race. From being a two-horse affair just...
Non-league football: MOSSLEY started the new Evo-Stik League Division One North campaign with a big bang - though didn’t win at Harrogate Railway Athletic despite...
MORE than 200 people ran in the second annual Oldham Milltown 10k race yesterday. Runners of all abilities tackled the course, which started and finished in the town...
FOOTBALL: ALL three local FBT Manchester League Premier Division clubs opened their 2014-15 campaigns with draws. Avro and Springhead played one another, drawing an...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s saw their three-match winning streak come to an end with a defeat 22-18 by Division One bottom club Stanningley. Despite propping...
RUGBY: EVEN with two players sent off in the opening half-hour and two more sin-binned — twice leaving the side reduced to TEN men — Saddleworth Rangers won...
Residents with queries can put them to Failsworth West Councillor Sean Fielding tonight at the Church of the Holy Family in Lord Lane (6pm-7pm). Failsworth East councillors...
Proposals to transform hospitals in Greater Manchester have been clarified by managers. The proposals will see hospitals across Greater Manchester become general or specialist...
AN Oldham lawyer is to meet a police cold-case team today in a bid to reopen files on one of the country’s most baffling murder mysteries. John Ainley will talk to officers...
A FAMILY has been “too terrified” to use their bath after potentially dangerous electrical cables were exposed after a leak and ceiling collapse. Nick Tushingham...
Surgeries in Mossley and Greenfield are among the first in the UK to adopt a new clinical scheme from America. Pennine Medical Centre - with surgeries in Manchester Road,...
THE Oldham postcode is the fifth most expensive place to insure a car in Britain, according to the AA. The organisation says the average annual cost of a premium in Oldham is...
Dr Kershaws charity fundraiser Lisa Pearson has vowed that the hospice’s “Great Hang-Gliding Adventure” WILL go ahead. She is determined to reschedule the...
Vandals who set fire to play equipment twice in a month have done more than £50,000 worth of damage. Fire crews from Oldham station were called to Peanut Park in Wedhurst...
AN Oldham teenager charged with child destruction has been remanded in custody. Dusan Bako (18), of Copster Hill Road, appeared before Oldham magistrates yesterday to confirm...
Neighbours have proved community spirit is alive and well in Failsworth by transforming their alleyway from drab to dazzling. Dalton Street and Mather Street householders were...
VANDALS have desecrated Muslim graves in Chadderton Cemetery. Police were called by the distraught relative of a woman buried within the Muslim section of the cemetery in...
A MIRACLE teenager who spent 13 days in a coma after being hit by a lorry is celebrating her A-level results this week. Jesmin Begum’s family was told the former...