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BRADFORD 60, OLDHAM 6 Time was when a 60-6 defeat for Oldham at Odsal, as it was traditionally known, would have caused a right old rumpus back at base. Not now –...
Date Published 07/04/2014
ADAM Lockwood’s toughness of mind was a key feature of Athletic’s important victory at Valley Parade. The 32-year-old centre-back was a titanic figure for the...
IN Scott Naylor’s thinking, the score had no relevance: he was more concerned with how his part-timers tackled the Herculean task of squaring up to Super League opponents....
PABLO Zabaleta says winning is the only objective as Manchester City attempt to seize control of the title race. City underlined their status as favourites for the Barclays...
JUAN Mata has challenged Manchester United to reproduce their away form at Old Trafford to fuel a rousing finish to a difficult season. United surged to their 10th Barclays...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards CARLISLE 2.20 Supreme Asset 2.50 Moss Cloud 3.20 Dark Glacier 3.50 Ben...
OLDHAM Council is demanding action over the plague of fixed odds betting terminals which has seen local punters lose more than £5.5m in the last year. The council has...
Date Published 04/04/2014
CHARGING patients £10 a month to see a doctor would turn the NHS into a full-blown private health service, Oldham MP Michael Meacher has warned. The Oldham West and...
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has supported demands that more is done by the Government and other agencies to combat child sexual exploitation. The Labour MP...
RESTORED military drums and other instruments will be unveiled at Oldham Civic Centre next week. Members of Oldham’s 41st/47th Royal Tank Regiment Association raised...
A FORMER Oldham Athletic star was cleared yesterday of gang raping a young woman in his flat. Midfielder Cristian Montano (22), was said to have forced himself on the...
ANGLING: FORMER Oldham angler Pete Mottram collected first place in the latest Todmorden AS members’ match on Croft Fishery, where tip and bread accounted for a superb 50lb...
HOT-SHOT striker Jordan Bove will be given time to mature physically within Athletic’s first-team squad after being offered a professional deal. The 18-year-old from...
FOOTBALL: WESTWOOD FC are closing in on the Midas Plumbing and Heating Oldham Sunday League David Giblin Division One title after thumping Springhead Libs ‘A’ 6-1....
Failsworth Dynamos 3, Old Blackburnians 1 FOOTBALL: THE premier division title of the Lancashire Amateur League might be out of reach, but the drive to finish as runners-up...
DR Kershaw’s Hospice has been given planning permission to build a free-standing timber pergola in the garden. An application to alter the car park to create an...
THE majority of Oldham schools are ready for the introduction of free meals for all infant pupils later this year, say education chiefs. But there are still doubts over a lack...
POLICE raids in Oldham, Bolton, Salford and Wigan have uncovered drugs worth £300,000 and £70,000 in cash. Greater Manchester Police worked in partnership with...
A Failsworth man who threatened to ruin his girlfriend’s life after she dumped him was ordered by magistrates not to contact her for three years. The court warned...
A WOMAN charged in connection with a fatal arson attack in 1997 has had an appeal for dismissal rejected. Fiaz Munshi (38), of Manley Road, Oldham, is in custody and set to...
SNOOKER: WITH only three sets of fixtures remaining in the Oldham Amateur League, the race for the snooker title could hardly be closer. Only two points separate the North...
CRICKET: AFTER impressing in trials, Ishika Lamba is looking forward to a summer wearing the Red Rose of Lancashire. The young pace bowler from Diggle is in the Lancs...
KAREN Heywood has created a slice of local golf history after being appointed as the professional at Brookdale. Karen has become the first female professional at a Lancashire...
Entertaining Mr Sloane, Oldham COliseum, to Saturday LONDON Classic Theatre brought a rather good production of Pinter’s moody “Betrayal” to the Coliseum last...
JUSTIN Freeman, from the Master Locksmiths Association, will be guest speaker at Tuesday’s HomeWatch meeting at the Wellbeing Centre, Burnley Street (7.30pm). AN...
Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Exchange, to May 3 QUICK of wit and sharp of tongue, Beatrice (Ellie Pieacy) spars marvellously with Benedick (Paul Ready) in this Shakespeare play...
FIVE years ago Angie Brown opened her first hair salon with an ambition to eventually own a chain. And that dream comes a step closer on Saturday when the Mossley entrepreneur...
Chadderton wire and mesh fabrication specialist AMP Wire Ltd has celebrated its first 20 years in business by presenting local Olympian Nicola White with a new car. The...
A councillor hailed as a community champion is to stand down from the council. Barbara Beeley, Lib-Dem councillor for Saddleworth West and Lees and chairman of Saddleworth and...
A new theatre show will give Oldham’s Deaf Diversity Social Club a starring role. University student Emily Douglas came up with the idea of creating a show using deaf...