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Santos 2, Milton 4 FOOTBALL: A WIND-affected game at the Oldham Academy North 3G pitch saw Santos succumb to a disappointing defeat at the hands of Milton in Division One of...
Date Published 07/02/2014
Non-league FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY joint-boss Peter Band is targeting a return to the top half of the Evo-Stik Division One North table. It’s been a roller-coaster first...
The Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport SIX points out of a possible nine from our last three league fixtures is a fantastic return considering the calibre of our...
MANCHESTER United captain Nemanja Vidic has confirmed he will leave the club at the end of the season. The Serbian’s contract expires in the summer and, while manager...
THE FRIDAY THING: VALENTINE’S Day is, like Christmas and birthdays, a tortuous time for we male shoppers, forced to dive into a world that is nothing short of a total...
BUDDING authors can join Oldham writing cafe tomorrow for a publishing workshop at Lees Library, 10.30am-12.30pm. Ideas from the event will be the discussed the following...
A SINGER-songwriter is using his talent to remember his father - and raise money for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice. Steve Eyre is releasing a compilation of songs dedicated to...
A £10 MILLION project to restore miles of historic dry stone walls throughout Oldham has been nominated for a building industry “Oscar”. The programme...
CAMPAIGNERS have succeeded in their battle for safety improvements at a Royton zebra crossing. State of the art LED halos and better road markings will be applied to the...
A MAN charged with burgling an Oldham charity shop which helps youngsters with learning difficulties will face trial this summer. Mark Kershaw (22) is charged with two...
AN investigation is underway to find the cause of a fire at a derelict Oldham hotel that led to the resuce of an elderly woman. Three fire engines from Oldham, Hollins and...
“FLAREPATH” will ignite the imagination of audiences at Playhouse 2, Shaw, from February 15-22. Set in a 1941 hotel lobby where RAF pilots hang out before and after raids, it...
A family has launched an appeal to find Eddie the heavyweight eagle. The hand-carved bird, linked to Saddleworth Summer Show, has vanished from the garden of the Sharples...
COMMUNITY stalwart Roger Tanner MBE has become the latest recipient of Oldham Council’s Civic Appreciation Award for his tireless work in the borough. Mr Tanner (92) was...
Oldham Council has declared a commitment to reduce smoking in the community. Councillor Susan Dearden’s move set out the effects of smoking - particularly on the young....
AN online petition has been launched BACKING the building of Saddleworth’s new £17million secondary school in Diggle. The campaign, by the Save Saddleworth School...
Cricket: IT’S been a winter of changes among the playing squad at Huddersfield League Premiership outfit Delph. Delph has lost popular Zimbabwean star Kevin Hook and...
MOTORCYCLE RACING: ROUND one of this year’s National Superstock 1,000 Championship may be 10 weeks away, but for Ashley Beech the season got under way right after the final...
NETBALL: SECOND-placed Oldham travelled to rock-bottom Thoroughbreds in National Premier League One and recorded a convincing 69-44 win. The long journey to Norwich was...
NOMINATIONS for the sixth One Oldham Business Awards were nearing 100 when the deadline approached - and the organisers have agreed to extend the catchment for another week to...
AN Oldham business has linked with one of the world’s leading manufacturing and technology businesses. Safeguard Group in Arkwright Street, Chadderton, has formed a...
GRAHAM Radcliffe, co-ordinator of the Oldham South Street Pastors, will be the guest speaker at this month’s Chadderton Home Watch meeting. It takes place at Chadderton...
A new support group will help people living with a brain injury. Headsmatter, launched at the Mahdlo centre in Oldham, was set up by mums Theresa Travis and Debbie Troops,...
OLDHAM College has formally opened a pioneering new academy to boost fashion and textile manufacturing. Guests were invited to an opening tour of the academy, which is now...
The upturn in the economy has seen the number of Oldham apprentice vacancies more than double in the past year. The quarterly apprenticeship index - an official register of...
JONSON Clarke-Harris has signed an 18-month extension to his contract. Manager Lee Johnson revealed the 19-year-old striker’s improvement this season had led to talks...
SIR Alex Ferguson’s words of wisdom haunt Athletic manager Lee Johnson, he admits. The former Manchester United boss wrote in his recent autobiography that young managers tend...
FORWARDS Liam Thompson, Michael Ward and Danny Whitmore have given Oldham RL a triple tonic ahead of Sunday afternoon’s derby clash with Swinton Lions at Whitebank....
FORMER Bristol City player Lee Johnson believes a big clue to the puzzle of the club’s under-achievement lies in poor recruitment. Tomorrow’s visitors to Boundary...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards LINGFIELD 1.30 Lisahane Bog 2.00 Taquka 2.35 Gregori 3.10 Indian...
