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MOSSLEY acting student Sofi-Jo Bennett has made the final of a prestigious Shakespearean-themed award. The 22 year old, currently in her final year at the Manchester School of...
Date Published 21/01/2014
THE PRIDE, Opera House, Manchester COMPARE and contrast: Alexi Kaye Campbell’s spirited, brutal and often brutally funny 2008 four-hander is uncompromisingly about gay...
WYNYARD Browne’s wonderfully uplifting Christmas drama is a heart-warming tale set around the Christmas Eve and Day of 1947. It follows the family of the elderly Rev...
PETERBOROUGH’S visit to Boundary Park kicks off a run of three consecutive matches against promotion contenders — and Athletic’s manager says there’s...
OLDHAM RL Club is stepping up efforts to add to a squad coach Scott Naylor believes is already stronger than the one that finished second in Championship One last season....
RUGBY: ENGLAND rookie George Ford’s dad kept quiet over his son’s recent call-up to the Six Nations squad — even though he knew about it two days earlier....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards KEMPTON 4.25 Seamster 4.55 Arabian Music 5.25 Sagesse 5.55...
POLICE have apologised to a young motorist who was left stranded at a busy roundabout after officers drove off with his car keys. Mohammed Hoque (20) was with friends in a...
Date Published 20/01/2014
WORKMEN have begun to connect up the tram lines that will bring Metrolink permanently into Oldham town centre. Friday night marked the end of an era, as the old track at Mumps...
A man who repeatedly stabbed a head teacher with a screwdriver in a frenzied attack has been cleared of attempted murder. Gillian Kay was attacked on the driveway of her home...
AN illegal immigrant has been jailed for trying to use a passport stolen with thousands of others in Oldham years ago. Muhammad Arshad (49), of Onchan Avenue, Oldham, admitted...
CAMPAIGNERS have blasted Oldham Council’s decision to buy land in Diggle on which to build a new Saddleworth School. The council is in final negotiations to acquire over...
Lee Johnson refuses to panic over Athletic’s league predicament - and believes his players are good enough to pull the club out of trouble. The manager told the...
ATHLETIC must find a new path to goal, assistant manager Paul Murray admitted following the team’s 10th blank sheet at Port Vale. A long post-match talk in the locked...
Port Vale 1, Athletic 0 EVEN a salesman flogging straws to clutch at would have left Vale Park with empty pockets. Athletic’s fans kept the faith, once again, only...
PAUL Murray pulled no punches in assessing this latest failure. Athletic's assistant manager faced the press at Vale Park because manager Lee Johnson was too upset to conduct...
PABLO Zabaleta feels ‘very lucky’ to be playing alongside his fellow Argentinian Sergio Aguero at Manchester City. Aguero has wasted little time getting back into...
DAVID Moyes still thinks he can lead Manchester United to the title - even though his team is now 14 points off the pace following a damaging 3–1 defeat at Chelsea....
Non-league football: MOSSLEY’S shocking run of form in the Evo-Stik Division One North continued with a 6-2 thumping at Salford City. The Lilywhites were in...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards SOUTHWELL 1.00 Frankthetank 1.30 Basingstoke 2.05 Ivy Port 2.40...
OLDHAM Council is urging local businesses to do their bit to employ local people in 2014. Local companies can find out how they can benefit from regeneration opportunities at...
Date Published 17/01/2014
THE problem of taxis operating in Oldham but carrying a license from Rossendale Council is set to continue - despite calls to stop the practice. The licensing team at...
SPORTS BETTING: ENGLAND’S cricketers were given little respite by Australia, despite a change of format on Sunday. After losing the Ashes Test series 5-0, England...
CRICKET: ROYTON Cricket Club has been stunned by the news that crackerjack batsman Ben Dunk will not be returning to the Paddock this summer. The Australian rising star,...
A QUINTET of talented brainboxes from Blue Coat School have been offered places to study at Oxbridge. Zac Keane, from Shaw, and Harvey Jones, from Moston, will both read...
CRAIG Thomas, Oldham RL Club’s new strength and conditioning guru, has promised Roughyeds will again be one of the fittest squads in Championship One next season. Thomas...
A LOCAL cricket club with a rich history is about to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Werneth CC, founded in 1864 and Central Lancashire League members since 1910, will be...
SHAW and Crompton District Executive Meeting and Community Forum will now be held at 6pm on Tuesday, January 28, at the Lifelong Learning Centre, High Street, Shaw. FRIENDS...
A post-Christmas Oldham clean-up produced 400 bin bags of rubbish weighing three tonnes. Oldham Council’s Environmental Services staff carried out the borough-wide...
THE hunt for James Tarkowski appears to have eased off. Athletic manager Lee Johnson says there have been no concrete offers made for the talented centre-back. Still, if...
