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BOWLS: WHEN you come from a bowling family and send your first bowl at the age of two, there is every chance you are destined for great things in the sport. And...
Date Published 24/12/2013
Boxing: OLDHAM Rugby League players swapped the training pitch for the boxing ring as part of their preparations for the new season. Under the eye of staff at Eric...
Non-league football: DEPLETED Mossley fell to a comprehensive 3-0 defeat at Evo-Stik Division One North high-fliers Farsley. It was the suspension and injury-hit...
Messiah, Uppermill Civic Hall Fine choral singing, the fresh vocal sound of young soloists and sensitive orchestral playing were all expertly drawn together under the...
Halle Orchestra Bridgewater Hall, Manchester WELL over 250 voices joined with more than 70 musicians in a fabulous festive foray which explored not only well-loved Christmas...
Roy Chubby Brown Manchester Apollo “I HONESTLY don’t know how I keep getting away with this.” Even Royston Vasey himself knows his controversial act sails perilously close...
FUMING residents say they are having to find thousands of pounds after Christmas following a move by First Choice Homes to upgrade boilers without sufficient consultation. The...
CHRISTMAS has come early thanks to a £324,000 grant for an inspirational organisation that boosts the prospects of Oldhamers from poor backgrounds. Cartwheel Arts, which also...
STAFF and traders at Tommyfield Market have helped two families who faced a bleak Christmas after burglars stole presents from their homes. Security guards, stall holders and...
Petrasso stays - and boss singles him out MIKE Petrasso is the shining example his Athletic team-mates have been challenged to follow in the Boxing Day clash at Sheffield...
A KIND-HEARTED 10-year-old girl has made the Christmas wishes of an elderly man come true - after starting a Facebook appeal in his honour. Little Danni Maguire set up the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from the Boxing Day cards
JOHN Pritchard’s strike on Saturday almost gave him a spectacular debut goal against Colchester. But the teenager still joined the rest of his youth-team colleagues afterwards...
SACKED star Cristian Montano is still causing Athletic a problem - by appearing on the club’s 2014 calendar. The winger had his contract terminated last week after an...
JAMES Tarkowski has played as many games this season as Arsenal’s centre-back pairing Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker had prior to kick-off against Chelsea last night . . ....
CARNATIONS, placards and the sound of car horns signalled a protest calling for changes to a zebra crossing where schoolgirl Annalise Holt died last week. Children, parents,...
Date Published 23/12/2013
POLICE launched a manhunt last night after a farmer used his shotgun to foil a break-in attempt. The farmer shouted before firing two shots into the air, sending the three...
OLDHAM-born music teacher Rebecca Lewis has been named Classic FM’s Secondary School Music Teacher of the Year. She received the accolade at the Royal Albert Hall during...
A MAN who stole almost £4,000 from Oldham Athletic Community Trust (OACT) was given a conditional 12-month community sentence at Oldham Magistrates’ Court on Friday. Mathew...
A SADDLEWORTH man has been jailed for failing to pay almost £75,000 in tax. Peter Bell (66) of Dalefields, Delph, pleaded guilty to evasion of income tax, concealing...
Class snobbery by police against young girls from council estates allowed the Asian sex grooming gangs to flourish, the local MP has said. Simon Danczuk, Labour MP for...
Johnson tells players ‘shape-up or move on’ EXASPERATED Lee Johnson admitted he came close to taking the extraordinary step of making all THREE of his...
A national newspaper says Liverpool are prepared to offer around £2m and a player to get their hands on star Latics defender James Tarkowski. The Chronicle reported on...
Athletic 0, Colchester 2 ‘TIS the season of rubbish presents and this was certainly one of those for expectant Athletic fans. Their team went down with barely a...
ATHLETIC boss Lee Johnson admitted Ellis Plummer crumbled under pressure in Saturday’s Colchester game. The on-loan Manchester City left-back put through his own goal...
DAVID Moyes is happy to use tough love on Adnan Januzaj to ensure the Manchester United youngster fulfils his massive potential. Januzaj has been one of the enduring lights in...
JAMES Milner praised Manchester City’s character after they fought off a Fulham fightback to stay firmly on Liverpool’s heels ahead of the Boxing Day showdown at the...
THE FRIDAY THING: WHAT is happening to Great Britain? We have migrants flooding our towns and cities and bringing with them a tsunami of crime; and we have those who would...
Date Published 20/12/2013
Angling: A SWITCH to Tri-Cast Rochdale has brought a new focus to my fishing. Looking ahead, the Nationals take place on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in and around Wigan next...
Non-league football: SUSPENSIONS and injuries are piling up for Mossley as they gear up for a hectic spell of Evo-Stik Division One North fixtures. Starting with...
