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CHRONICLE business correspondent Martyn Torr reports on a visit to Bangladesh - part of which involves an arduous charity cycle ride AFTER a fanfare and chaotic press...
Date Published 18/02/2014
CRICKET: FORMER Royton professional Ben Dunk will play in the forthcoming Pepsi Indian Premier League after being snapped up by the Mumbai Indians in the player auction....
OLDHAM Library is joining forces with the Coliseum theatre for a whirlwind programme of drama, comedy and dance. Live@thelibrary will offer four shows between now and May, all...
Lads can take credit despite agonising loss — Lockwood MUD, sweat and cheers are the order of the moment for Athletic’s robust veteran defender Adam Lockwood....
MARTYN METS... Tim Mitchell, chief executive of Positive Steps TRYING to pin down Tim Mitchell is akin to chasing shadows or capturing smoke... he’s such a busy bloke....
A LEADING charity is inviting families and carers of stroke survivors to attend a new weekly support group which launches tomorrow. Six sessions will provide practical advice...
OLDHAM is set to fill the skills gap by training the next generation of engineers. Education and business leaders have spoken about the borough’s new £9 million...
A PROJECT to install a new roof at Oldham Boxing Club has received a funding boost from a waste-management firm’s trust. The Veolia Environmental Trust has awarded the...
CONNOR Brown is set to reclaim a starting place for Athletic when a busy period of nine matches in 36 days begins with Gillingham’s visit to Boundary Park this weekend....
TOM Whitehead has big shoes to fill as Oldham RL's No 1 in the fast-approaching Kingstone Press Championship One season. In recent years, some of the Roughyeds' most exciting...
MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini is convinced he has the firepower to combat Barcelona. Pellegrini accepts his side face a tough task in their Champions League...
The City kit boss and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport LIONEL Messi was absolutely brilliant as Barcelona thrashed Rayo Vallecano at the weekend. I...
Water polo: ROYTON’S Ella Chadderton is trying to stay positive after UK Sport decided to withdraw funding for the Great Britain’s women’s water polo team....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 5.25 Roy’s Legacy 5.55 Top Diktat 6.25...
Best mate jailed for stealing Norma’s savings A DEVASTATED 76-year-old woman died just days after her best friend was arrested for stealing nearly half her life savings....
AN Oldham lorry driver has appeared in court charged with the murder of a motorist in Cheshire. Mark Slater (46) of Hillside Avenue, was charged after 56-year-old grandfather...
A POLICE probe into the death of 15-year-old Leon Cudworth will continue for some weeks as tests take place. But police are not treating the incident as suspicious. Leon was...
WORRIED cabbies are “taking a big risk going to work” after a string of violent attacks. Drivers are beginning to fear for their own safety and are considering...
A 28-year-old man has been jailed after heroin with a street value of almost £9,000 was found in a raid. Toseef Ahmed, of Bath Street, Werneth, had pleaded guilty to...
Moon Tiger, Lowry, Salford, to Saturday Moon Tigers, for those who haven’t read Penelope Lively’s 1987 Booker prize-winning bestseller, are green, coiled tapers burned...
WORRIED villagers are being urged to have their say tonight on a vital review that could change the face of the community. Oldham Council has been accused of treating...
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a 15-year-old boy found dead in an Oldham alleyway on Saturday morning. The family of Leon Cudworth spoke today of their shock as a postmortem...
Date Published 17/02/2014
THE boss of a £3million gang who hijacked the corporate identities of Greggs, McDonald’s and others has been forced to sell two Oldham homes. Kevin Pomeroy (48) of Stamford...
GENSERIC Kusunga was branded a “dope” by manager Lee Johnson after his red card helped Athletic to an added-time defeat at MK Dons. Kusunga (25) was dismissed in...
THE father of murdered soldier Lee Rigby says Oldhamers did his son proud at a fundraiser held in his memory. Phil McClure helped to organise a memorial music gig at concert...
BRIGHT new lights have been installed at the crossing where 12-year-old Annalise Holt was killed in Shaw. Protesters campaigned for change at the Milnrow Road zebra after the...
AN Oldham drug dealer has been jailed for 28 months. Daniel Browne (26), from the St Mary’s area, pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court on Friday to being involved in...
MK Dons 2, Athletic 1 As he entered the field for the start of the second half on Saturday, a simple instruction from his manager Lee Johnson will no doubt have been ringing in...
WHAT was all the fuss about? Alex Bidolak has proved building Metrolink in Oldham is easy. The 29 year old from Firwood Park, Chadderton, has built his own tram... using...
ATHLETIC boss Lee Johnson felt the pain as his side slipped to a last-gasp defeat at MK Dons. After taking the lead through an Adam Lockwood header, the visitors to Stadium MK...
