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RESIDENTS are opposing plans to open a betting shop just yards from an existing store. Ladbrokes has submitted a planning application to turn a unit next to the current Asda...
Date Published 24/06/2013
A LEADING Oldham businessman whose home was gutted by fire is facing financial catastrophe after a judge ruled his desperation for an insurance payout had driven him to lie in...
AN Oldham sex beast jailed for the rape of a young woman will remain in jail. Pub landlord Paul Garforth failed to convince top judges that fresh evidence meant his...
Moors Murderer Ian Brady is to speak publicly for the first time since he was jailed for life in 1966, as he bids to leave a mental hospital on Merseyside. The child–...
A MOTORCYCLIST is critical in hospital with a head injury after a smash in Shaw on Friday morning. The 51-year-old was riding his black Suzuki bike when he collided with a...
A PUB and nine homes were evacuated in Dobcross following a gas leak on Friday afternoon. Contractors installing a water main near The Navigation Inn, on Wool Road cut into a...
NO ATHLETIC player will be able to settle into a comfort zone next season. Manager Lee Johnson is determined every player will have competition. Johnson wants nobody to be...
PAUL Gerrard has left Athletic and is expected to link up with his former boss Paul Dickov at Doncaster. The goalkeeping coach (40) assisted as caretaker manager with Tony...
OLDHAM 26, HEMEL STAGS 18 A CLUE to the mental make-up of a tough Oldham side that climbed to second place in the division with a 26-18 win against Hemel Stags was the...
NEITHER Scott Naylor nor his No 2 Lee Spencer was surprised by Hemel Stags’ physical strength, speed and rugby know-how. They had prepared the team for another...
CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards BEVERLEY 2.30 Latenightrequest 3.00 Joyful Sound 3.30 Dairam 4.00...
RESIDENTS in Hollins Road are up in arms over plans to open a new betting shop just yards away from an existing store. click story for more
BASKETBALL: OLDHAM Titans players Adam Morris and Kameron Shorrocks are among the first students to join a new specialist basketball course at Myerscough College near Preston....
Date Published 21/06/2013
RUGBY: SADDLEWORTH Rangers under-15s were in terrific form as they marched to a 54-0 win at Chorley Panthers. Rangers took the initiative with a superb try by...
Cricket: OLDHAM under-15s have a battle on their hands if they are to progress into the Lancashire Schools’ Ainsworth Trophy competition, following indifferent results...
GOLF: BLACKLEY have hit double top at the half-way stage in the Oldham and District League as they lead in both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ West divisions. The...
GOLF: SADDLEWORTH’S David McNeill and Eddie Mills are heading to Mottram Hall for the next stage of the Lexus Challenge. McNeill won the medal competition with a...
POTTING sensation Aaron Davies has collected more silverware after being named England Junior Billiards champion. Already the England junior title-winner at pool, and a...
CRICKET: DELPH secured a thrilling victory at Golcar last night in the Drakes Huddersfield League All Rounder Twenty20 competition. Batting first in the group one fixture,...
Hay Fever, Oldham COliseum, to June 29. NOEL Coward’s comedy hasn’t often been seen in recent years, but what revivals there have been have tried different ways of...
COLISEUM artistic director Kevin Shaw recently welcomed Tariq Amin and his colleagues from the Asian business community to a networking evening at the Fairbottom Street theatre....
SPORTING stars from Chadderton Park FC were honoured at the club’s annual presentation day on Saturday. More than 1,500 people attended the event at the Queen...
MACMILLAN Cancer Support was the big winner as four members of Werneth Golf Club completed a 72-holes-in-a-day charity challenge. The fundraiser was spearheaded by Mike Cocker...
A FORMER Chronicle reporter killed over the English Channel in World War II is to be honoured with an RAF memorial. Spitfire pilot Sgt Alan Lever-Ridings — a trainee at...
GOVERNMENT cuts have forced Greater Manchester Police to close a traffic unit, leaving the hubs in Chadderton and Eccles to deal with all road incidents. Thirty jobs will go...
THREE schoolgirls were shocked when a man exposed himself to them in Chadderton. The incident happened in a wooded area near St Luke’s Primary School in Albion Street as...
A former Oldham soldier is accused of child sex charges dating back almost 30 years. Paul Lockwood was named a wanted man by police investigating the alleged rape of the...
A SENIOR councillor is asking for new Oldham roads to be named in honour of those who have died in the service of their country. John McCann, Oldham Council’s shadow...
MORE than 1,000 disabled workers made redundant by the Government’s decision to shut Remploy factories remain out of work, new figures show. Work and pensions minister...
CRICKET: WERNETH are hot on the heels of Royton in the race for the Championship title, but the Lees Bitter Twenty20 Competition will be occupying their thoughts on Saturday....
