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ATHLETIC’S npower League One fixture at Swindon Town has been rescheduled. Athletic will now travel to Wiltshire 24 hours earlier than originally scheduled, on Good...
Date Published 08/03/2013
ATHLETIC midfielder James Wesolowski has given caretaker manager Tony Philliskirk his full backing as the battle for npower League One survival reaches a critical stage....
TONY Philliskirk is hoping his bit of inside knowledge will give Athletic an edge in tomorrow’s latest crunch npower League One clash at Tranmere. Former Athletic...
RUGBY LEAGUE THE line-up Scott Naylor believes will best serve Oldham against derby rivals Rochdale Hornets will comprise of 17 players who are committed to the Roughyeds for...
RUGBY LEAGUE TWO games in as many days is the scenario facing Waterhead this weekend. First-up are visitors Eccles for a National Conference League Division One fixture...
OLDHAM RU firsts have taken no prisoners in their last two North Lancashire Division One games. The Manor Park side have rattled up 118 points in total with victories over...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s NH cards are -
A FREE school for 60 pupils is set to open in September on prime development land worth £1.3 million which is owned by taxpayers. The Department for Education (DfE) has...
A HEADTEACHER who has served the same primary school for 40 years has bid “au revoir” — at the age of 80. Well-loved Maureen Barnett put the chalk down for...
FAILSWORTH School has been told it must do better . . . despite record results. Ofsted inspectors say that brighter pupils are not doing as well as they could because the...
POLICE chiefs have pledged their support to Oldham Home Watch, calling the volunteers their “eyes and ears” in the fight against crime. Greater Manchester Police...
AN Oldham who was caught with bags of drugs as he turned up for a music festival has been jailed after a judge rejected his claim that they were only to share with friends....
WE report on a growing row over a new "faith-sensitive" secondary school which is set to open in Chadderton on prime development land owned by taxpayers. click story for more ....
A MOTORIST killed on a notorious stretch of moorland road died as a result of “tragic coincidences”, a coroner found. Derek Yates (46), from Oldham, was struck by a car on the...
Date Published 07/03/2013
POLICE have released an e-fit of a man wanted in connection with five sexual assaults in Oldham. The first happened at 6.05pm on Tuesday, December 18, 2012, as a 15-year-old...
WATERHEAD Academy reopened today following safety work on the flagship £35.5 million school. Around 1,370 pupils were told to stay at home yesterday after a large metal...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information after three prostitutes were raped and another sexually assaulted in Manchester city centre on Tuesday night. The incidents...
STAFF at Oldham’s Dreams bed store are facing an uncertain future after the company was bought out of administration yesterday. More than 1,600 jobs at the beds giant...
AROUND 2,500 jobs are to be axed at holidays group Thomas Cook after it revealed plans to close 195 of its high street travel agencies, with jobs also at risk at sites in the...
Police killer Dale Cregan was known as a hard man who laughed and joked after allegedly killing a man in a gun and grenade attack. Cregan had been a villain all his life but...
ROBBIE Simpson insists confidence hasn’t been knocked by last weekend’s defeat against promotion-chasing Sheffield United — the first league reverse of caretaker...
SCOTT Naylor will have plenty of options and some tough decisions to make before naming his Oldham RL side for Sunday’s Northern Rail Cup derby clash with Rochdale Hornets...
ATHLETIC goalkeeper Alex Cisak has endured a frustrating season. The Krakow-born, Australia-raised stopper had a great last campaign after joining Oldham from Accrington...
FORMER Athletic boss Ronnie Moore insists his Tranmere side must bounce back from last weekend’s disappointing 1-0 defeat at play-off rivals Yeovil. Ed Upson’s...
OLDHAM taxi firm operators will be targeted by licensing chiefs in a move to improve vehicle safety after spot checks found just four out of 10 met the required standards. The...
Date Published 06/03/2013
PIONEERING moves by Oldham Council to bring in strict rules to discourage black cabs operating in neighbouring boroughs have been slated by taxi owners. Next Tuesday’s...
THE distressing sight of a dead horse greeted motorists heading over the Oldham border on Huddersfield Road yesterday morning. One alarmed Chronicle reader from Scouthead...
HUNDREDS of pupils were sent home from Waterhead Academy this morning after part of the new £35.5m flagship school fell off — just four months after it opened. The school was...
Dale Cregan put a hand grenade in the mouth of a man he held captive while on the run from police in Manchester, a court has heard. Jermaine Ward (24) claims Cregan and...
AN Oldham man who was involved in an illegal arms deal has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison. Robert Marshall (26), of Penwell Fold, Royton, pleaded...
