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NINE new members have signed up to a new “Men in Sheds” initiative based at the Satellite centre, Wellington Road, Greenfield. Running on Thursdays and Fridays, the...
Date Published 04/10/2013
HOLIDAY time is over and having recently returned from a two-week break, all that remains is to count the cost. Not so, however, for our Romanian friends - who will soon be...
RUGBY: FRESH from winning the North-West Men’s League Division Three title, Oldham St Anne’s ‘A’ are on course to win the play-offs. Paul...
CRICKET: CHAMPIONS Heyside will lead the Saddleworth and District Cricket League’s pursuit of the LCB Cup next season. Runners-up Glodwick, Saddleworth, Uppermill...
CRICKET: AFTER helping Lancashire back to Division One of the LV= County Championship, Kyle Hogg has had two more reasons to celebrate. The 30-year-old seamer, who spent...
JONATHAN Grounds doesn’t mind where he fits in across the Athletic back line on a match-day – so long as he is in the team. Thornaby-born Grounds (25) has been one...
ST JAMES’S Church is organising a children’s choir contest drawing from primary schools in Shaw, on Friday, October 18. They will be playing for the Ian Walker...
COUNCIL chiefs are taking “firm action” against those who think they can leave their rubbish in the street. Council officers recently served four £60...
A team of parishioners has been building walls between the church and surrounding residents - and the local vicar couldn’t be more pleased. St Anne’s Church,...
A SERIAL burglar was praised by a judge for confessing to more crimes to wipe the slate clean — before being handed an extra stretch in prison. Gareth Robinson (23),...
Oldham bus users can take a bus trip down memory lane: local operator First has painted eight of its distinctive lilac and white vehicles in the colours of former bus companies....
TWO conmen behind a Greater Manchester cash-machine scam have been jailed — one of them for further offences committed in Oldham. Marinel Codreanu (33) committed a...
GOLF: BROOKDALE claimed the Brian Atack team trophy for the second time in three years at the Oldham and District Golf League end-of-season tournament. They pipped host...
FOOTBALL: OLDHAM under-15s are through to the second round of the ESFA Inter-Association Trophy following a thumping 7-1 victory against Warrington. The local lads won the...
NETBALL: Oldham 66, Hucclecote 33 OLDHAM’S latest National Premier League Division One fixture saw the local girls produce a terrific performance against Gloucester...
ALL MY SONS Paul Genty Royal Exchange, Manchester ARTHUR Miller’s play went out of fashion and lay unregarded for some years following its post-war premiere....
TWO entrepreneurs have teamed up to support the all-round development of babies and children. Karen Murray from Chadderton and Jan Wallis from Holmfirth, have set up...
AN Oldham company founded as the first overseas office of what has become a global business is celebrating 40 years in the borough. Pepperl and Fuchs GB is a leading developer...
PEOPLE with dementia can attend the new Cafe Club at Chadderton Wellbeing Centre, Burnley Street, while their carers enjoy a break. It is open from 11.30am to 3pm on...
SCORES of residents visited an exhibition staged by United Utilities to show the extent of the sewer project at Church Road, Uppermill and the surrounding area. Project...
OLDHAM patients have the chance to help to decide how a £600,000 health innovation fund should be spent. The Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group is inviting the public...
WRITE Athletic off at your peril says skipper Korey Smith ahead of tomorrow’s mouth-watering home clash against league leaders Leyton Orient. The O’s have won...
LEE Johnson might be about to fail in the points tally target he set his Athletic squad after 10 Sky Bet League One games — but he is determined to stick to his guns....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards REDCAR 1.40 Erroneous 2.15 Surround Sound 2.50 Taayel 3.30...
ATHLETIC are determined to slay the dragon that is Leyton Orient at Boundary Park tomorrow. Russell Slade’s side has been terrific all season and remain unbeaten. A...
Benefit reforms could mean big changes A THIRD of Oldhamers claiming Disability Living Allowance may lose out when the Government’s controversial new Personal...
AN Oldham man who torched his flat in a suicide bid after breaking up with his girlfriend has had his jail term cut on appeal. Colin Graham Miller (31), of Rembrandt Walk, was...
A COUPLE appeared before Oldham magistrates yesterday after a drugs factory was found in a residential garage in Oldham. Carl Badby (34), of South Croft, Oldham, is charged...
ROBBERS viciously assaulted two men for a mobile phone — then went back to demand the victim unlock it. The two victims, aged 19 and 21, were walking from Butler Street,...
THREE local cricket stars are to swap their bats and pads for sleeping bags and blankets tonight. Former Royton professional Luke Procter, ex-Greenfield player Kyle Hogg and...
