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INVESTIGATIONS continue into the cause of a fire in an antiques warehouse that left a 69-year-old man in hospital. Fire crews from Hollins, Chadderton and Oldham attended the...
Date Published 14/03/2014
OLDHAM Council has joined 21 other local councils across the region to encourage people to adopt during the first North-West Adoption Week. A TV, radio and online advertising...
NEW Fitton Hill Bulldogs head coach Mick Martindale is hoping to draw on local community spirit as he bids to turn the club into a force once again. Former Oldham St...
THE main door at Boundary Park could probably do with some fresh oil, given that a dozen players have made first-team appearances this season before leaving for other clubs....
SHAW and Crompton Community Forum takes place at Crompton Library, Farrow Street East, Shaw, on Tuesday, March 18, from 6pm. GET together with other parents and carers of...
Oldham Council Planning Committee CONCERNED residents lost their battle to halt plans for a scrap yard next door to a housing estate last night. A site at the Old Saw...
Oldham Council Planning Committee THE final phase of Oldham College’s £25million regeneration masterplan - a new three-storey extension - was approved by councillors...
CRICKET: CROMPTON and Royton’s new captain Steve Costigan has made rapid strides since joining his club four years ago. He currently boasts a useful handicap of 12...
SPORTS BETTING: THE new Formula One season gets under way in Australia this weekend and, if you believe what rivals team bosses are saying, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and...
JOSHUA Cooper kept the home flag flying in a top junior event at Oldham Snooker Academy. The tournament attracted 20 entrants from as far afield as Newcastle, Hartlepool,...
ROWING: SHAW starlet Hannah Lowe has been crowned the English indoor rowing champion after winning the women’s junior 13 age group title at the Manchester Velodrome....
NETBALL: REIGNING Premier League One champions Oldham took a massive step to retaining their crown by defeating nearest rivals The Downs 54-41 at Hathershaw Sports Centre....
NETBALL: MANCHESTER Thunder made it six wins on the bounce in the Zeo Superleague with a clinical 65-35 victory at home to Team Northumbria. Great shooting from Krista...
ACT fast to get a ticket for a Swing Spring Ball, featuring David James and the Big Shot Orchestra, on March 22, at the Civic Hall, Uppermill (7pm). Ballroom tickets are...
THE FRIDAY THING: EDUCATION, or maybe the lack of it, is on the agenda as a team of 60 teachers from China head to the UK to teach our youngsters how to do their sums....
OLDHAM’S Liberal Democrat leader has demanded an urgent review into signs promoting free weekend town-centre car parking. Howard Sykes says he has had complaints from...
Michael Meacher has accused the Government of “fiddling” unemployment figures. The Oldham West and Royton MP said the recent fall had left people questioning the numbers,...
A POWER to allow senior police or council officers to temporarily close premises where they suspect children are being sexually exploited is to become law. The measure is a...
A BRAVE teenager who battled a brain tumour that stopped her growing has been given a perfect pick-me-up: a meeting with skating legends Torvill and Dean. Inspirational Emma...
A FURIOUS mum has blasted the health service after she was told her four-year-old is heading for obesity — even though he has serious dietary problems. Kirsty...
A woman who claims she was raped by a former Oldham Athletic star and his two mates told her best friend how the men had “taken turns” with her, a court heard....
THE late Nigel Marland will be at the heart of everything his beloved Oldham Rugby League Club achieves in the 2014 season. Roughyeds lost one of the club’s stalwarts...
TOMORROW represents the final game of Lee Johnson’s first 12 months in charge — and Athletic’s manager is approaching it with the same enthusiasm he did his...
KOREY Smith has called for unity as Athletic attempt to get out of trouble. Crewe promises to be a different challenge to that presented in the last two fixtures, when Preston...
OLDHAM RL are ready to take on the whole of West Cumbria when they face Egremont Rangers away tomorrow in the third round of the Tetley’s Challenge Cup. As Workington,...
FOOTBALL: HEYSIDE edged into the quarter-finals of the Huddersfield League Barlow Cup following a thrilling penalty shoot-out victory against Division One side Hepworth United....
CHADDERTON have been rocked by the departure of 21-goal leading scorer Matty Russell. The North-West Counties League First Division side wass handed seven days’ notice...
MOSSLEY face one of their toughest Evo-Stik Division One North tasks of the season tomorrow when they travel to Merseyside to take on Cammell Laird. Though this isn’t a...
CARRY on the good work. That is the message from Saddleworth Rangers coach Shane Tupaea as prepares his side for tomorrow’s clash at home to Shaw Cross Sharks (2.30pm)....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s National Hunt cards are — SELECTIONS: FONTWELL: 1.55 Shuil Gealach...
