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TWO men are still being questioned after shots were fired at a house in Failsworth. Police were called to Ashton Road East after a group of men tried to get into the house....
Date Published 17/04/2014
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards MUSSELBURGH 2.10 Mukhmal 2.40 Tangerine Trees 3.15 Moidore 3.50 Bow Creek...
Parishioners have flocked to the defence of a popular vicar who has been told he must quit his post when he turns 70 in June. A heartfelt appeal signed by more than 80 irked...
Date Published 16/04/2014
AN unlicensed driver who nearly hit a mother and child while fleeing police in a terrifying high-speed chase has been jailed. Mudassar Khan (22) of Chester Steet, Werneth...
NEW figures show an increase of more than 10 per cent in accidents on Oldham’s roads. But the number of road casualties across Greater Manchester has fallen...
OLDHAM Council is to lose another top officer - to the same London council. Borough treasurer Steven Mair, who transformed the council’s finances from dire to dazzling...
The Perfect Murder, Opera House, Manchester, to Saturday Of course if you’re a Les Dennis fan, you might find the prospect of seeing his stage wife (Claire Goose) and her...
CONNOR Brown’s impact in the five-match unbeaten run Athletic take with them to Colchester on Good Friday has been hailed by his manager. The right-back (21) has played...
Oldham RL Club’s young loose-forward Liam Thompson fears he could be sidelined for another two months following surgery on a fractured cheekbone. He has already been out...
SNOOKER: TARA Leisure-based Joe Swail has failed narrowly in his bid to earn a place in the World Championship finals, which get under way at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield on...
MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini has no regrets about playing captain Vincent Kompany in Sunday's damaging loss against Liverpool. Kompany was partly at fault for all...
HAVING already cemented second place in the Zen Superleague - which secured a semi-final play-off against Team Bath on Easter Monday - a relaxed Manchester Thunder outfit clinched...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards NEWMARKET 1.45 Lacing 2.20 Fallen In Line 2.55 Johann Strauss 3.30 Dinkum...
A pub landlady is to help safeguard local health in an emergency - by keeping a heart defibrillator in the bar! Christine Taylor plans to buy one of the life-saving machines...
Date Published 15/04/2014
A £230,000 town-centre scheme will make it easier for visitors to find their way round. The council is installing maps along the Metrolink route. Walkways at King Street...
CRICKET: Easter Sunday sees the start of the 2014 Lake Garage CLL cricket season, with matches in the Premier Division and Championship. This summer’s Premier action...
ROYTON Local History Society will be delving into 1,000 years of Knutsford history tonight at 7.30. The talk, at Downey House, is free for members and £1.50 for visitors...
Nearly one in 10 young people being treated for drug and alcohol problems in Oldham has revealed they have been sexually exploited. The figures for under 18s were released by...
SWIMMING: JESSICA Lloyd’s hopes of earning Team England selection for summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are still alive. But fellow Oldhamer Jessica...
SADDLEWORTH Male Voice Choir members have said a fond farewell to long-serving musical director Damian Cunningham. Mr Cunningham took up the role in 1997 and has enjoyed great...
DARTS: DAVE Airey won the crucial final match as Oldham’s darts team progressed to within a whisker of claiming the Lancashire GMC Elite Super Eights title, thanks to a...
Oldham RUFC 1sts 3, De La Salle 1sts 28 A GLANCE at the final score suggests this was a one-sided game: four tries to nil, lots of possession for the winning side and a...
Cricket: DELPH skipper Grant Jones feels this could be the year his team make a sustained push for the Drakes Huddersfield League Premiership title. The Huddersfield Road...
BOXING: ANTHONY Crolla insists he will keep up is 100-per-cent record in Manchester derbies when he clashes with John Murray at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester on Saturday....
MARTYN MEETS... Manchester City life president BERNARD HALFORD FEW people deserve the adjective “legend” in sporting terms. But one who certainly does is a...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s regained second place in Division Two of the National Conference League with a convincing 44-6 win against Castleford Panthers at Higginshaw...
RUGBY: A TERRIFIC first-half display saw Saddleworth Rangers blow away Dewsbury Celtic in Division One of the Kingstone Press National Conference League. The hosts scored...
SPEAKER Andy Mullington will be talking to Failsworth and Beyond Women’s Institute members about wine making tomorrow at the Middleton and Chadderton Sea Cadets, from 7pm....
OLDHAM’S Parkinson’s UK branch is celebrating 25 years of helping people with the condition. The branch began operating on April 16, 1989 following a public...
THE restored clock tower of St John’s Church in Failsworth has been unveiled after eight years of fundraising by parishioners to raise £135,000. Church warden Roy...
