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HOUSEHOLD waste from Oldham and the rest of Greater Manchester is now being turned into electricity and heat at a Merseyside plant. In Runcorn the Viridor plant turns 275,000...
Date Published 21/03/2014
TWO Oldham Guides have earned the organisation’s highest accolade. Katie Robinson (20) and Rebecca Harnett (21) have been awarded the Queen’s Guide Award after completing a...
TWINGATES AC held their latest pensioners’ match on the club water and found it in good form, with Mick Diskin grabbing first place with 12lb of ide, skimmers and roach....
RUGBY: DEFENDING a three-game unbeaten record, Saddleworth Rangers tomorrow take on a team who have yet to pick up a point in the Kingstone Press National Conference League....
FOOTBALL: THERE was drama in FBT Manchester League Division One clash between Heywood St James’ and Hollinwood. The match was abandoned by the referee in the second half...
Nominations are now wanted for the 2014 onefuture Oldham Sports Awards. Always a huge night on the Oldham sporting calendar, the awards evening will be on July 11 at the Queen...
Rifle Range ‘A’ 6, Springhead Libs ‘A’ 2 FOOTBALL: RIFLE Range ‘A’ have five prizes in their sights following victory over Springhead Libs...
Non-league football: MOSSLEY’S joint-manager pairing of Peter Band and Lloyd Morrison have already started planning for the 2014-15 season. This season has been one of...
The Latics striker writes every week for Chron Sport SHOCKED, stunned, devastated and deflated: the only words to describe how Athletic’s players were feeling at Gresty...
Manchester City playmaker David Silva is wary of arch–rivals Manchester United and accepts there is little room for error in the Premier League title race. City...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson has a simple solution to Simon Corney’s renewed threat to resign if the club is relegated — don’t get relegated. Crawley Town...
ADAM Files is Oldham Rugby Club’s latest injury victim. The young hooker hurt a knee in training on Tuesday and is ruled out of Sunday’s trip to take on London...
MANCHESTER United have been pitted against holders Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea take on Paris St Germain in the...
IT IS a little over a year since Lee Johnson’s reign as manager began with a Boundary Park thumping of Hartlepool. Packed into the 12 months that precede...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s National Hunt cards are —
DISTRAUGHT family members saw justice yesterday as the man who killed his wife in a frenzied attack was jailed for 22 years. Farkhanda Younis’s devastated relatives watched as...
THE 90-year-old woman who grabbed a burglar round the waist and clung on as her shrugged her off has spoken of her ordeal. Eda Marron of Cumberland Drive, Royton, hung on and...
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to look into the treatment of a man in custody who was later admitted to hospital. Greater Manchester Police arrested a man in...
A VETERAN councillor facing re-election in May has apologised - and is asking Labour to lift his nine-month suspension. Hugh McDonald (72) was suspended by the party last year...
Date Published 20/03/2014
THE jury in the trial of a man who killed his wife in Chadderton last year is set to retire to consider its verdict today. Jahingir Nazar stabbed Farkhanda Younis, known as...
Loanee is replica of fans’ former favourite ATHLETIC’S newest defensive signing will give fans a reminder of what they had in James Tarkowski, says manager Lee Johnson....
A GUTSY 90-year-old woman confronted a thief in her home — but was left on her knees when he shrugged off her tackle and ran off with her handbag. The woman was at home...
THE number of people out of work in Oldham has fallen — reversing the rise recorded last month when workers came to the end of temporary Christmas contracts. It is the...
TOM Whitehead, who has been battling a leg injury, will be checked in training tonight as Oldham RL club prepares for Sunday’s trip to London Skolars. The full-back...
OLDHAM Foodbank has started to distribute soap, toothpaste and other hygiene products to the needy, as well as food. The move was revealed by Oldham East and Saddleworth MP...
ATHLETIC has reversed a decision to close the large section of the Verlin Stand for Saturday’s home match against Crawley. But the club still wants as many fans as...
DAVID Moyes is confident the knee injury suffered by Robin van Persie in last night’s epic comeback against Olympiacos isn’t serious. Van Persie scored a stunning...
THE MID-SEASON winter break has long been pinpointed as an antidote to overexertion among players. Crawley Town, by accident rather than design, are currently testing out the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s National Hunt cards are — LINGFIELD 2.00 Kuanyao 2.30 Precariously Good...
POLITICIANS and policy makers from America have come to Oldham to learn about a project helping poorer Oldham teenagers to get ahead. A US Congress delegation visited two...
Date Published 19/03/2014
