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A FATHER and son partnership has established a business offering home furnishings, kitchenware, cookware, furniture and home electronics. Zurleys.co.uk was set up just before...
Date Published 13/06/2014
BOXING: RONNIE Heffron will fight unbeaten Welsh hard-man Liam Williams for the vacant WBO European light-middleweight title at the Manchester Arena next month. Oldham star...
AMATEUR theatre fan Una Hopkinson celebrates her 100th birthday today. The Uppermill resident was heavily involved with Crompton Stage Society a a performer for over 20...
DIGGLE’S annual Blues Festival was hailed a hit by droves of fans - and organiser David Wood is already looking forward to a repeat next year. “The job of...
GOLF: WERNETH found Dunham Forest Trophy holders Leigh too hot to handle in round two of their 2014 defence. The local club lost the top four matches against an...
CHADDERTON Park FC has scored a £52,560 grant to upgrade its pitches in a £5.77m handout by the Premier League and FA Facilities Fund. The work will see...
THE UK’s first career college will open in Oldham in September. Following approval by the Career Colleges Trust, the new college centre will specialise in digital...
Chronicle Managing Editor David Whaley has been diagnosed with throat cancer and is sharing his experiences with readers. Part FIVE: First full week of treatment at Christie...
A MAN accused of armed robberies at two Saddleworth sub-post offices will face trial at crown court. Yan Tingle (35) of Denton allegedly raided Greenfield post office last...
THE woman police commander masterminding security at today’s massive Saddleworth Whit Friday celebrations will have a no-tolerance attitude to troublemakers. Thousands of...
DISMAYED residents are fuming that their popular local park has been left looking like a freshly-ploughed field. Liberal Democrat councillor Diane Williamson joined...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson is in talks with more prospective players — but don’t expect any imminent deals. The list of potential signings is being worked...
THIRTEEN is regarded as an unlucky number - but not by Oldhamer John Marwick. There’s no suspicion of triskaidekaphobia - - fear of the number - in his family life. He...
SCOTT Naylor expects Oldham’s players to repel the Welsh invasion at Whitebank on Sunday with all guns blazing. Naylor questioned his team’s attitude after their...
THE flag of St George will fly proudly over the Civic Centre on England’s matchdays as Oldham Council do their bit to boost World Cup spirit. Pubs have been given...
WHILE Scott Naylor will be looking for a massive improvement defensively, Oldham wingers Dale Bloomfield and Mo Agoro will have special reasons for wanting to score tries in...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards YORK 2.05 Pearl Castle 2.40 Fury 3.15 Lockwood 3.50 Charles Molson...
CRICKET: AFTER last weekend’s wash out, Delph face a tough Drakes Huddersfield League Premiership mission tomorrow (1.30pm) Grant Jones’ side, currently fourth...
SNIPING has broken out between rival Saddleworth councillor groups over the siting of a new £17 million school. Earlier this week the Education Funding Agency (EFA)...
A 93-YEAR-OLD Fitton Hill woman was conned by a thief who claimed to be checking her water supply. She let the caller into her home on Tuesday afternoon and went to the...
A man with learning difficulties was brutally robbed at knifepoint by two teenagers in Westwood. The 27-year-old victim got off a Metrolink tram on the afternoon of June 1 and...
ANGEL MEADOW, Ancoats, Manchester, to June 29 Ever had one of those shivery moments where some actor is encouraging you to get up and dance or something equally mortifying, you...
RUGBY: Oldham St Anne’s players will miss a toyal of 21 games after the rule book was chucked at the club in this week’s league disciplinary hearing. Sixteen of...
Date Published 12/06/2014
ANGLING: THE season opens on Monday - and I have a good feeling about it. There is a real buzz in the match-angling world, in that natural waters are becoming popular again....
BOWLS: FOUR more finals-night places are up for grabs in the second heats of the Green Final Bowling Handicap tonight. Among those in action in the Evening Chronicle-sponsored...
CRICKET: SADDLEWORTH threw open their doors to welcome Greenfield to Well-i-Hole today. Greenfield will reciprocate when Saddleworth visit Ladhill Lane tomorrow. As local...
CRICKET: IT may not be the 150th anniversary season they would have envisaged, but all is not yet lost for Werneth. Matt Taylor’s men go into what is now Sunday’s...
A grandmother has died a week after being knocked over by a cyclist in a freak accident. May Stockley (81) was unloading shopping from her car in Rochdale Road, Royton on May...
BRIAN Wilson feels his new club is capable of taking a leaf out of Leyton Orient’s book next season - and making a push towards promotion from Sky Bet League...
A bungling nurse left a premature baby covered in blood while she wandered off to look for equipment, a tribunal has been told. Hanadi Hamza allegedly failed to put a dressing...
