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A whistleblower claims she was paid-off after she exposed an affair between a married £175,000-a-year NHS boss and one of his colleagues. John Archer, the former chief...
Date Published 05/11/2013
CHAT with your local councillors and officers at the Royton District Executive meeting and community forum this evening. Taking place at Royton Youth Centre, Chapel Street,...
FROM licensing London’s famous black cabs to booking doctors appointments in Devon, winning contracts across the country is bringing jobs to Oldham. Oldham...
CHRIS Taylor has backed Athletic to finish nearer the top than the bottom of the league this season. The Blackburn Rovers winger watched his home-town club in the recent 1-1...
JOE Hart is likely to remain on the bench as Manchester City look to take another stride towards the Champions League last 16 this week. The England goalkeeper lost his place...
DO you recognise yourself on this picture of Oldham College students protesting about the price of food in the canteen back in 1974? Then Oldham College is looking to hear...
MANCHESTER United boss David Moyes has spoken of his pride at the way Wayne Rooney has transformed from the boy he knew at Everton into a leader at Old Trafford. Few could have...
OLDHAM’S three MPs have all had the cost of energy bills for heating second homes paid for by the taxpayer. An investigation carried out by the Sunday Mirror claims they...
THE sudden death of 17-year-old Alex Carter united a community in grief. And two years down the line his memory is still bringing people together. More than 75 people...
How David, the unruliest kid in school, turned his life round SUSPENDED from school six times and in trouble with the law, David Platt admits he used to be the most unruly kid...
AN Oldham grandfather has gone on trial charged with more than 20 offences of sexually molesting young girls. Pensioner Colin Bland (71) pleads not guilty to indecently...
A campaigning councillor is seeking an urgent meeting with a Government agency over issues surrounding the proposed site of the new £15 million Saddeworth School. The...
A FORMER senior partner in an Oldham law firm has been struck off for breaching codes of conduct. Alan Cockburn (54), of Megsons LLP, Church Lane — which closed in May...
OLDHAM scientist Brian Cox has been voted as one the country’s most intelligent celebrities. Professor Cox, a former Hulme Grammar School pupil, placed second behind...
We beat Liverpool, so we can beat Wolves — Weso ATHLETIC’S status as underdogs on Saturday isn’t of any concern to one of last year’s FA Cup heroes, James Wesolowski. The...
CRISTIAN Montano missed out last night as Manchester United striker Robin van Persie pipped the Athletic winger to the Goal of the Year prize at the North-West Football Awards....
MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes the club are close to taking a significant step forward in their bid to join Europe’s footballing elite. City have won...
DAVID Moyes and David de Gea are in total agreement: Manchester United can’t afford to take Real Sociedad lightly in the Champions League tonight. United go into the...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: JOINT-managers Peter Band and Lloyd Morrison have promised to take stern action if Mossley’s awful disciplinary record doesn’t improve....
The City kit boss and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport HEADING into this season we already knew David Silva was a fantastic footballer, but now he has...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards WARWICK 12.50 Keel Haul 1.20 Forest Walker (nap) 1.50 Herod The Great...
A FORMER teenage tearaway, who has turned his life around, is in line for a Prince's Trust award for educational achievement. click story for more
TEARS and cheers, laughter, smiles and joy - the 2013 Pride in Oldham awards had it all. Now in its 12th year, Pride in Oldham never fails to offer a well-deserved stage to an...
Date Published 04/11/2013
JONSON Clarke-Harris has been told to cut out the theatrics by his manager. The ban came after a direct display of powerful running at Bristol City gave another indication of...
A SWITCH of wings paid dividends on Saturday for Athletic wide man James Dayton, who fired home his second goal of the season to earn Athletic valuable point. Dayton cut in...
THE Friends of Susan May are to hold a memorial service following her death from cancer — only weeks before a decision on an appeal against her murder conviction. Ms May...
MEMBERS of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) staged another strike this morning. The action, from 6am-8am, followed Friday’s four and a half hour stoppage when senior FBU...
A 24-YEAR-OLD man was lucky to escape with minor injuries after he was shot in the temple with an air rifle in Failsworth. The victim, who was a passenger in a van, was hit by...
Bristol City 1, Athletic 1 THE POST-MATCH showers at Ashton Gate ran cold, but at least Athletic avoided the stink of losing twice in five days against the bottom-ranked club...
DOCTOR Who time-travelled by Tardis into Oldham on Saturday - to wage war on a band of intergalactic baddies. The chilling threats of the Daleks floated out over the crowds,...
