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MOSSLEY should have nothing to fear tomorrow despite welcoming Evo-Stik League Division One North’s second-placed side Warrington Town. Warrington had been going...
Date Published 28/03/2014
ATHLETIC chairman Simon Corney has revealed that a major factor in both star departures this season was agents heavily encouraging moves to rival clubs. James Tarkowski...
Date Published 27/03/2014
OLDHAM will square up to Super League outfit Bradford Bulls in their first home game since new owner Marc Green took charge. Bulls have won twice this season, but having been...
OLDHAM Council is set to open a high street shop selling furniture and white goods on low-interest credit. The move is a radical attempt to provide an alternative to loan...
EDIN Dzeko thinks the derby demolition at Old Trafford proves City are kings of Manchester. Dzeko scored two goals — the first after only 43 seconds — and Yaya...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s National Hunt cards are — LINGFIELD 2.00 Daring Indian 2.30 Wishformore...
Angry dad asks: how could police let her give them the slip? A CONCERNED father is outraged that his runaway teenage daughter was able to escape a second time after being found...
A SHOCKED sub-postmaster spoke today of the terrifying few seconds a gun was held to his head by armed robbers. The Chronicle reported yesterday how Paul Borg (35) was alone...
TWO of the accomplices of murderer Dale Cregan have seen a challenge to their sentences thrown out by the Court of Appeal. Anthony Wilkinson (34) and Jermaine Anton Ward (25),...
OLDHAM teachers were among the hundreds who took part in strike action yesterday. Schools closed as teachers attended a protest march in Manchester. The National Union of...
POLICE have launched a big manhunt to catch armed raiders who held a terrified sub-postmaster at gunpoint yesterday. Paul Borg was alone in the shop in Huddersfield Road,...
Date Published 26/03/2014
A 70-year-old man charged with sex-abuse offences against a schoolboy appeared at Oldham Magistrates Court yesterday and also faces similar charges in a crown court case....
A SHOPKEEPER sold counterfeit and illegally-packaged cigarettes and tobacco because he felt under threat by suppliers and rivals, Oldham Magistrates heard yesterday. Rana...
THE head of one of Oldham’s top secondary schools is stepping down. Sarah Calvert, who has been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, will leave Crompton House school...
SCORES of schools across Oldham closed today as members of the National Union of Teachers held a one-day strike over workloads, performance-related pay and pensions. ::ST Anne’s...
KINDERTRANSPORT, Opera House, Manchester (to Saturday) This revival tour started last year to mark the 75th anniversary of the transport of 10,000 Jewish children from Germany...
DELIGHT at landing a late equaliser at Leyton Orient was tempered with regret for Athletic manager Lee Johnson, who wants his strikers to hit their straps sooner rather than...
OLDHAM RL club’s young hooker Adam Files has been told he may need surgery on the knee he damaged in training last week. He has had a scan and he now awaits further...
Leyton Orient 1, Athletic 1 LAST time Latics skipper Korey Smith scored in the league, he was playing for Norwich - on April 13, 2010. One hundred and thirty three games...
MANCHESTER City defender Pablo Zabaleta thinks he was fortunate to come away from Old Trafford without a broken leg following what he thought was a “very dangerous”...
FORMER Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes believes manager David Moyes deserves the club’s backing - despite the Reds’ 3-0 thrashing by rivals City last night....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s National Hunt cards are — KEMPTON 5.35 Wannabe Your Man 6.05 Liberty Red...
OLDHAM Council has been allocated £811,773 of government funds to help repair the borough’s highways following the wettest winter on record. Councillor Dave...
Date Published 25/03/2014
Non-league football: WAYNE Welbeck bagged a second-half double to help Mossley to a 2-0 home victory against Harrogate Railway Athletic. Welbeck – older brother of...
DEFENDER Pablo Zabaleta claims Manchester City can have no excuse if they do not reclaim the Barclays Premier League crown. Manuel Pellegrini’s men climbed to third in...
MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes has been impressed by Wayne Rooney’s leadership during the team’s turbulent season. The 28 year old appeared keen to leave...
AN Easter bring-and-buy sale will take place at Dr Kershaw’s Hospice on Saturday. Visitors are asked to bring gifts for use at future tombolas and raffles for the hospice as well...
A FORMER Failsworth councillor was found dead at home by his distraught sisters. Andrew Lyon, who represented Failsworth West from 1995-2003, died suddenly at his Greystoke...
TRIBUTES have been paid to a leading figure in Oldham’s Indian Association, who has died aged 85. Vasumati Kunverba Sisodia, who lived in Royton and then Shaw, suffered a...
FROM volleyball to skipathons and penalty shoot outs to photoshoots — Oldhamers came out in force to do their bit for Sport Relief. At Hathershaw School, staff rowed 10k...
