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OLDHAM MP Michael Meacher will tomorrow demand action to stop what he described as the “sheer injustice” of benefit claimants having payments stopped. The Oldham...
Date Published 02/04/2014
OLDHAM’s Carrion Crow pub has been named Pub of the Year by the local branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The accolade puts the pub in top spot among over 580...
A new scheme to give residents and community associations opportunities to turn growing fruit and vegetables into a business launches on Friday. The theme of the day, at the...
ATHLETIC’S players could be invited to SLEEP on the job if their manager gets his way. Lee Johnson’s dream for a revamped Boundary Park includes a hotel, which...
Baby of the Oldham dressing room Edwin Okanga-Ajwang has what it takes to make a name for himself in senior rugby league says Roughyeds boss Scott Naylor. The coach has lauded...
MANCHESTER United kept alive their hopes of reaching the Champions League semi-finals with a battling 1-1 against Bayern Munich at Old Trafford last night. David Moyes’...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent Keith McHugh’s tips for tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 1.50 Black Vale 2.20 Shama 2.55 Rose Of Kiev 3.30 Sir Guy...
DESPITE a creditable 1-1 home draw against mighty Bayern Munich last night, Manchester United have drifted for Champions League glory. The Reds are out to 40-1 to win the...
TABLE TENNIS: WHILE title-winners Glodwick ‘A’ swept aside Honeywell ‘A’ 9-1, the two teams duelling for runners-up spot in Division One of the Oldham...
Date Published 01/04/2014
RUGBY: ADAM Walker saw red as Saddleworth Rangers were beaten 40-24 at Rochdale Mayfield in NCL Division One. The loose forward was sent off for an alleged head-butt after...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s were again formidable as they swept aside hosts Stanley Rangers 36-20 in Division Two of the Kingstone Press National Conference League. The...
The City kit boss and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport IT’S looking more and more like it could be between City and Liverpool for the Premier League...
What made Manchester and how did it become the cotton capital of the world? These are the questions that will be answered in tomorrow’s meeting of the Failsworth...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: WAYNE Welbeck’s goal wasn’t enough for Mossley last night as they fell to a 2-1 Evo-Stik League Division One North defeat at New Mills....
MARTYN MEETS... Dave Moutrey - the Geordie who made Mossley his home and will now run Manchester's latest arts complex. MANCHESTER's Cornerhouse - the city's international...
Cricket: SADDLEWORTH and Whalley Range have withdrawn their applications to join the Lake Garage Central Lancashire League. This leaves Heyside as the only club from the...
LABOUR councillor Nigel Newton has announced he will stand down from his St James’ ward post for personal reasons. Elected in May 2011, Councillor Newton has attended...
OLDHAM businessman Norman Stoller will fund the construction of a new concert hall in Manchester. Mr Stoller, who founded Seton — the company which created the Tubigrip...
Oldham East and Saddleworth has some of the lowest pay levels in the region, the TUC says today. Merseyside’s Sefton Central is the worst low-pay blackspot, with 40 per...
A parish councillor has hit a setback in his bid to stop the construction of the new Saddleworth School in Diggle Mike Buckley failed to get Saddleworth Parish Council to ask...
A GROUP of dads has led a series of protests around Oldham town centre to highlight “unfair” family laws and the legal costs of gaining access to their own children....
RESIDENTS are being urged to have their say on plans to redesign the Shaw pedestrian crossing on which 11-year-old Annalise Holt died before Christmas. The four redesign...
A-PLANT, one of the UK’s leading equipment hire companies, has become Oldham Rugby League Club's main shirt sponsor for a third year. The new deal was signed at the...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: JOHN Bennett’s wonder strike earned gutsy Mossley a 2-2 draw against Evo-Stik League Division One North high-fliers Warrington Town. The...
SNOOKER: MOORSIDE potting machine Michael Wild reached the semi-finals of the Manchester Snooker Open in stunning fashion. Wild had a competition-best break of 132 as well...
Boxing: MANCHESTER’s John Murray say beating Chadderton-based Anthony Crolla will finally earn him the respect he believes his career deserves. The friends are...
THE prospect of facing Arjen Robben, one of the best wingers on the planet, doesn’t faze Manchester United left–back Alex Buttner one bit. Robben won...
RSPCA shelter to be rehomed AFTER spending years finding new homes for cats and dogs, the RSPCA is getting ready to be re-homed itself after agreeing to the sale of its current...
A young mum died after contracting swine flu months before she was due to marry. Joanne Oliver (31), of McKie Close, Oldham, died in Manchester Royal Infirmary in January 2011...
THE former Grange School site — currently being used by Oldham College — will become a new primary school in council plans to cope with Oldham’s increasing population. There...
