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A POLICE probe is underway after a terrified cabbie was subjected to a violent attack - one of three incidents since December. Racist motives have not been ruled out and...
Date Published 07/02/2014
A WOMAN appeared at Cambridge Crown Court yesterday charged in connection with a fatal arson attack in Oxford in 1997. Fiaz Munshi (38), of Manley Road, Oldham, was arrested...
POLICE have seized over £30,000 in cash following raids at three homes in Oldham. Warrants were executed at houses in the Werneth area where officers discovered a total...
Coronation Street star William Roache has been cleared of sexually abusing five youngsters. Roache was found not guilty by a jury of two counts of rape and four counts of...
Date Published 06/02/2014
A DETERMINED son has won a long legal battle to reclaim more than £50,000, stolen from his father by his own grandson. John Bowden spent months trying to get the cash...
A SHAW teacher who had almost 1,500 indecent images of children on his computer has been jailed for 10 months. Grant James (53), of Rochdale Road worked at St Thomas’...
OLDHAM’S residential roads could soon have a default 20mph limit. Odham Council last night unanimously voted to investigate the feasibility of the change. Liberal...
OLDHAM’S director of public health has reacted to a damming report claiming Oldham as the fattest borough in Greater Manchester. Alan Higgins confirmed...
COUNCILLORS have agreed to fight to protect college education funding in Oldham. In December the Education Funding Agency announced a reduction of 17.5 per cent in funding...
THE JOY of playing the game, an appetite for goals and a frustrating stint on the Huddersfield bench are the motivating factors for Athletic’s loan striker Jon Stead. The...
CHAIRMAN Chris Hamilton represented Oldham today at a crucial pre-season meeting of rugby’s non super league clubs. The 23 clubs met at Featherstone for a summit...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson has described the club’s work in the player market up to the transfer deadline as “fantastic”. James Tarkowski left Boundary...
A BIG job rests on the small frame of John Paul Kissock if he is to break into Athletic’s regular match-day squad. With James Tarkowski expected to be confirmed back at...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
JAMES Tarkowski says stories linking him to top Premier League clubs are the stuff of fantasy. But as he sat down to discuss a loan move back to Boundary Park the centre-back...
Date Published 05/02/2014
Oldham RL Club’s latest recruit Alex Davidson is lined up to make his Whitebank debut against an experienced Swinton Lions side in Sunday’s pre-season clash. The...
CRICKET: HE may be in his 81st year, but Cec Wright’s love of playing cricket shows no sign of diminishing. Donning a cream sweater and baggy grey tracksuit bottoms, Cec...
CRICKET: CROMPTON’S team building for the 2014 Lake Garage CLL season has received a triple boost. Three high-profile signings to go with the recruitment of Josh Tolley...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards WOLVERHAMPTON 5.00 Delightful Sleep 5.30 Lean On Pete 6.00 Boogangoo...
Nearly 70 per cent of Oldhamers overweight OLDHAM is officially the fattest borough in Greater Manchester - and there’s no quick cure. A report by Public Health...
A MUM accused of murdering her seven-week-old son will stand trial at Preston Crown Court in July. Katarzyna Gacek (24), of Roundthorn Road, Clarksfield, is charged with the...
SHOCK new figures reveal deaths from cancer are higher in Greater Manchester than the rest of Britain. Cancer Research UK said 18 Greater Manchester residents die from cancer...
PUBLIC sector workers nationwide are campaigning for an increase to their wages. Unions Unite, Unison and GMB all protested for a pay rise yesterday while in Oldham, Unison...
BEDROOM FARCE, Oldham Coliseum YOU might rush to the idea that a play with this title has people slamming doors, running around with their pants round their ankles and indulging...
IF you’re after a healthier lifestyle, try The Wellness Club UK classes held every Tuesday from 7pm at the Oasis Academy. For more information, contact Nayereh Kelly on...
Date Published 04/02/2014
OLDHAM’s World War One soldiers who died from battlefield injuries after returning home are to be remembered in a new project. Age UK Oldham has received almost...
AN OLDHAM man was among five men jailed for drug offences in North Manchester. Imran Sabhane (28) of Windsor Road, Oldham, was sentenced to two years and eight months in...
OLDHAM College has submitted plans for the final part of its £25million redevelopment plans, a three-storey teaching block on the former Walton Tower site near Rochdale...
A promise by the Labour Party to restore the 50p top rate tax for high earners must be permanent to tackle inequality — and possibly could go higher, says Oldham MP Michael...
BOXING: ASHLEY Mayall has been promised a tilt at the Central Area light-welterweight title — as long as he beats tough opponent ‘Dirty’ Dan Carr at the Oldham Sports Centre on...
