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Oldham West and Royton MP Michael Meacher claimed £151,226 in expenses in 2012-13. Much of Mr Meacher’s overall claim was for permanent staffing costs totalling...
Date Published 19/09/2013
TWO dedicated drinkers will bite the bullet at the weekend and host a charity fund-raising beer festival. Jon Frankell and Peter Archer, with the support of Uppermill...
Oldham Council chief executive Charlie Parker is leaving Oldham Council after five years to take one of the top jobs in local government. The 52-year-old head of Oldham...
FROM boosting residents’ satisfaction rate three-fold to securing the £83million arrival of Metrolink, it’s safe to say Charlie Parker has made an impact in...
SADDLEWORTH’s largest community sports field will reopen with a sports festival on Saturday after 18 months of work to overcome flooding problems. Organised by the...
CHICAGO, OLDHAM COLISEUM THERE has been a sense of anticipation about this opening show of the 2013-14 season for some time — not least because the Coliseum has...
OLDHAM RL chairman Chris Hamilton has held talks with prospective new owner Dr Marwan Koukash. The horse racing magnate and owner of Salford Red Devils boldly announced his...
With a full season’s work riding on the outcome of Sunday’s big game at Whitebank, Oldham’s assistant coach Lee Spencer has appealed to fans to turn up in...
SIX stringed serenades are off the agenda for now — but Athletic manager Lee Johnson knows this week that team fans are singing from the same songsheet. After a long...
FORMER Oldham and Royton all-rounder Luke Procter hit his maiden first-class century as Lancashire fought back strongly on the second day of the LV=County Championship match with...
Bowls: ANDREW Buckley completed a great sporting journey by winning the Waterloo Bowling Handicap in Blackpool. The 44-year-old Nimble Nook and Springbank star succeeded where...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards AYR 1.20 Lincoln 1.50 No Leaf Clover 2.20 Aetna 2.50 Fast Track...
DIGGLE could have a memorial linked to murdered PC Nicola Hughes, Greater Manchester’s top police officer has revealed. The news comes exactly 12 months after PC Hughes, a...
Date Published 18/09/2013
OLDHAM connections to the murders of PCs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone aren’t evidence of a specific problem with organised crime in the borough, says Chief Constable Sir...
TWO MEN have been found guilty of subjecting a terrified woman to a horrendous sex ordeal while holding her captive in a squalid Oldham flat. A two-week trial heard the men,...
MICHAEL Meacher has accused the Government of taking a sledgehammer to employment rights in a step back to the employment conditions of the 1920s. The Oldham West and Royton...
OLDHAM East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams claimed £74,615 in expenses last year - one of the highest amounts among MPs. But Mrs Abrahams’ claim with staffing costs...
WICKED, Palace, Manchester, to November 16 WHOA! Since when do we leave the theatre rooting for the bad girl? That’s just one of the several askew elements of a show...
GENSERIC Kusunga was left shell-shocked after being thrown into the mix at Rotherham, Athletic manager Lee Johnson has revealed. With James Tarkowski injured and Cliff Byrne...
BACK from his Italian job, Richard Lepori is determined to make up for lost time by helping Oldham RL to conquer London Skolars in Sunday’s big game at Whitebank. He...
ALBERT Rusnak has been sent back to Manchester City after refusing to play for Latics reserves yesterday. In his three weeks at Boundary Park, Rusnak (19) started only one...
MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes believes striker Wayne Rooney is ‘in a good place’ after a tumultuous summer. Barely a month ago it appeared the England...
MANCHESTER City got their latest Champions League challenge off to a winning start with a convincing 3–0 win over Czech minnows Viktoria Plzen. Edin Dzeko, Yaya Toure...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
BOWLS: NIMBLE Nook duo Andrew Buckley and Jimmy Derby were today on course for a Waterloo Handicap semi-final showdown. The Nook pair reached finals’ day in Blackpool with...
Non-league football: MOSSLEY finally bagged their first victory of the season last night as they edged Padiham 4-3 in the Doodson Cup preliminary round at Seel Park. But even...
Wheelchair Basketball: Oldham Owls wheelchair basketball teams enjoyed title-winning success last season. All three of the teams who compete in the GB Leagues – the GB...
Date Published 17/09/2013
BOWLS: SPRINGBANK had three representatives in the last 32 of the Waterloo Bowling Handicap today. Andrew Buckley, who also plays for Nimble Nook, Paul Heap and Matt...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: STUTTERING Mossley slumped to second-from-bottom in the Evo-Stik Division One North table after a crushing 4-0 defeat by new club 1883 Darlington on Saturday....
WERNETH have been crowned kings of the Lake Garage CLL Championship after a dismally wet weekend washed out the final 2013 fixtures. Werneth, who led second-placed, fellow...
