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OLDHAMERS joined a national tribute to those who lost their lives during the First World War last night. From 10-11pm, households and businesses were urged to switch off their...
Date Published 05/08/2014
A TOTAL of 2,181 council staff across the country — including nine in Oldham — earned more than £100,000 last year. The TaxPayers’ Alliance has released...
A 41-year-old man suffered serious injuries to his hand after an industrial accident at a Royton engineering firm. The incident, which took place on Thursday last week at...
GREATER Manchester Police Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy has spoken out about the effects of recent protests over Gaza in the city. The news comes in the wake of protesters...
AN Ethics Committee has been set up to raise policing standards across the region. The committee — the first of its type in the country — will advise Police and...
COMEDIAN Jason Manford will bring his “First World Problems” tour to Oldham Coliseum on Monday, September 22. Manford has become a household name through various TV appearances...
AFTER a long wait of more than 15 months, Liam Kelly is relishing ripping into the action again at Colchester. “It’s been a long time since I started a competitive...
IT may have been long considered a formality, but Oldham RL are now assured mathematically of a place in the Kingstone Press Championship One top-five play-offs. Their win at...
LEE JOHNSON is about to embark on his second full season of management with Athletic. In a morning meeting at SportsDirect.com Park, the Chronicle’s Athletic reporter...
MIKE Jones isn’t yet sure if the rage levels in the technical area will match up to his previous club. But he is certain he has made the right move in swapping Crawley...
A DOCTOR who works with a Saddleworth group supporting women in Gaza has been left devastated after nine members of her family were killed in the conflict in the region. The...
OLDHAM Evening Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are — BRIGHTON 2.20 L’Etacq 2.50 Crafty...
LEE Johnson believes he has assembled a squad capable of turning matches on their head. Athletic’s boss cut a frustrated figure in the final public pre-season run-out...
Date Published 04/08/2014
SCOTT Naylor saluted Mo Agoro’s third and decisive try in Oldham’s 38-28 win at London Skolars as “a 60-metre special that effectively won us the...
NICOLA White’s England missed out on golden glory at the Commonwealth Games in the most agonising of fashions. Having reached the final at the National Hockey Centre in...
LIGHTS will go out across the borough tonight as Oldham pays tribute to the fallen on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. Oldhamers are encouraged to...
Athletic 3, Huddersfield 1 JONSON Clarke-Harris’s world-class strike was the clear highlight as Athletic rounded off a promising pre-season programme, securing another...
A SINGLE candle burned brightly as Oldham remembers the fallen on the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. A moving service, at St John the Baptist Church in...
LONDON SKOLARS 28 OLDHAM 38 LONDON Skolars will be sick to the back teeth of Mo Agoro. In March, at the New River Stadium on White Hart Lane, it was the Oldham...
THE Clarksfield community turned out in force this weekend to urge people to boycott Tesco because it stocks Israeli goods. More than 40 people protested outside Tesco Express...
TANNER CUP “MAKE sure you return that trophy before you leave,” said a Saddleworth and District Cricket League official jokingly to a Heyside committee member....
A BRAVE mum battling against cancer took centre stage yesterday with a song in her heart . . . for Yorkshire. Nicola Jeffery-Sykes revealed she adapted her self-penned tune...
HUNGRY visitors to a traditional Saddleworth country fair tasted the flavour of Yorkshire thanks to Andrea Roebuck who designed a heavyweight pie which sold like hot cakes at the...
CLL CROMPTON are up to third place in the Lake Garage CLL Championship thanks to a potentially-precious reduced-overs victory against Ashton. Only four games out of eight...
DERKER residents turned out for a day of family fun at the Party in Stoneleigh Park on Saturday, despite the rain. Heavy showers could not dampen the spirits of visitors who...
NORDEN won the 2014 Lees Brewery Wood Cup yesterday as they beat Littleborough by just five runs at Werneth Cricket Club. In front of a disappointingly low crowd, the eventual...
SADDLEWORTH CRICKET LEAGUE LEADERS Glodwick hold a 29-point cushion over near rivals Saddleworth, who are next on the horizon for Nigel Stock’s men. The two sides meet...
NICK Hardman recorded superb figures of eight for 93 as Woodhouses beat Denton by 35 runs in the Greene King Lancashire County League yesterday. Team-mate Mike Cassidy earlier...
Non-league THERE were mixed fortunes for Chadderton and Oldham Boro on the opening day of the new North-West Counties League season. Chadderton got their First Division...
OLDHAM Evening Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are — CATTERICK 2.15 Berland 2.45 Lucky Mark 3.15 Special Fighter...
