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CRICKET: FRESH from their winning start to the Lake Garage CLL Championship season, Werneth go to Crompton on Sunday for what promises to be a revealing derby match. After...
Date Published 19/04/2013
EMMANUEL Adebayor has cranked up the temperature ahead of Sunday's clash with Manchester City by claiming Roberto Mancini's multi–million pound stars will start fighting...
UPPERMILL Band is looking for players to join for the Whit Friday contests on May 24. Info from John Ward at band@uppermill.co.uk. DELPH Methodist Church is holding its...
THE FRIDAY THING: WE have rather got into the habit of blaming the failings of the legal system- especially the European courts, for protecting perpetrators rather than victims....
AN Oldham TV soap star with a real-life passion for fast cars and racing has taken to the wheel for an afternoon of motorsport. Kelvin Fletcher, who plays farmer Andy Sugden...
A DAD is hoping to make his daughter’s dream come true — by holding a fundraising football and funday. Ellen Godfrey (12), who has cerebral palsy, dreams of being...
TAMESIDE is the UK’s “heart disease capital” — and Oldham doesn’t fare much better. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) said people who live in...
We have a duty to protect them — councillor A CAMPAIGN to save Oldham’s pubs from decline has been launched by councillors. Liberal-Democrat councillor John...
SNOOKER: FOLLOWING a break of 75 the previous week in the Oldham Amateur League, Reece Kershaw was again among the balls for Blue Club ‘A’. He recorded breaks...
SNOOKER: HOT-SHOT Mick Dickenson has entered the Saw-Tech Shaw League record books. The Moss Inn ace became the first player to register a century break in the competition...
GOLF: THE invitation day sequence for the five local clubs got off to a spectacular start at Werneth when Saddleworth captain Gary Simpson and Oldham past captain Barry Lees...
GOLF: MARK Smith, of Stamford, produced a superb display to win the Manchester Alliance Professional Matchplay title at Ashton on Mersey. He faced Steve Parry (Hart...
BLONDE BOMBSHELLS OF 1943, Coliseum, Oldham THE world is a slightly sadder place without Alan Plater in it. The late playwright entertained us for years with gentle, humorous,...
AN Oldham company has won the UK and Ireland franchise to sell treadmill desks, currently a hot item in America. Gymworld Ltd in Plane Street is the sole UK supplier of...
CRICKET: AFTER weeks of snow and ice, the Versasteel Saddleworth and District Cricket League is set to get under way on time. At 1.45pm on Sunday, the new season will...
Fifth-generation family firm Platt and Hill Ltd has been making luxury mattresses in the heart of Oldham since 1889. And now the company is launching its first new business in...
The City kit boss and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport AN excellent team effort secured safe passage to the FA Cup final as Manchester City got the better...
OLDHAM is the fourth-worst local authority in the country for council tax benefit change effects. Professors from Sheffield Hallam university examined the impact of welfare...
A housing firm is up for a clutch of top awards for its work on a new £15 million Oldham housing development. Contour Homes has been shortlisted in the Housing...
Owner to shut up his shop after fending off latest raiders TWO shop owners were viciously attacked within days of each other by robbers brandishing knives and hammers....
A MAN accused of helping his friend kill her uncle at a Sholver house in November 2012 has been cleared. John Connolly (39) was accused of taking part in the attack in which...
CONTRACTORS shortlisted to develop the Old Town Hall are to be invited to learn more about the historic building. Oldham Council has received bids to refurbish the building...
JOSE Baxter could step back into Athletic’s starting XI tomorrow as the club aims to make its position in the league safe One point at home against Crawley at Boundary...
ROBBIE Simpson has become a real midfield general for Athletic. The new skipper has quickly settled into the role given him bymanager Lee Johnson, who calls him “the...
FOOTBALL: IT’S crunch time for Mossley tomorrow when they face one of their main rivals in the race for the Evo-Stik League Division One North play-offs. It’s fourth versus...
CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
LEE Croft is keeping his options open about next season. The winger is enjoying his best spell in an Athletic shirt in 2012-13 and delivered a hard-working show in the...
Date Published 18/04/2013
Young entrepreneurs get chance to shine YOUNG entrepreneurs are hoping to attract shoppers to Oldham with the launch of the first Oldham student market. The market opens on...
LIAM Gilchrist is expected to be back in the running for an Oldham RL recall for the clash with Tony Benson’s Oxford at Whitebank. One of five specialist props in Scott...
OLDHAM Athletic’s youth team boss Tony Philliskirk has revealed which of the club’s junior players will be given pro terms for 2013-14 - which will start for Atletic...
