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A RARE and intimate gig by music star Lee Southall of The Coral and rising talent Molly Jones will take place in Oldham next week. The pair will be performing together at The...
Date Published 04/03/2013
Oldham Council’s Integrated Youth Services and Girlguiding North-West have linked up to promote volunteering opportunities for people who are interested in working with...
DAVE Morris is hoping to whistle up a star part in a new blockbuster film. Dave, the world‘s champion whistler from Dobcross, has followed in the steps of musical greats...
PIGEONS got themselves into a flap when they became trapped in a shopping arcade. The alarm was raised after a mother and daughter spotted that one of the feathered friends...
OLDHAM Cricket Club is firmly on the up after being rescued from the threat of extinction. Prospects at the Pollards looked bleak in November when, after years of struggles on...
ROYTON fast bowler Matthew Hodson will miss a huge chunk of the Lake Garage CLL season after swearing at an umpire at the end of the last campaign. Hodson, who pleaded guilty...
DENNY Hulme will be the captain of Royton CC for the 2013 Lake Garage CLL season. He follows in the bootprints of Alan Durose, who has had to give up the post because of work...
A MUM-of-two who turned to baking to help cope with her battle against cancer, has transformed her feel-good hobby into a business. Jessica Lewis, of Chadderton, opens her new...
BRIDE-to-be Sandra Langley believes her late mother Mary provided the luck she needed to win the Chronicle’s wedding competition. Sandra (31) and her fiance Scott...
OLDHAM can’t have a positive future unless we acknowledge where we have come from according to council leader Jim McMahon, who faced a series of tough questions on BBC Radio...
CHRONICLE photographer Chris Sunderland got a bird’s eye view of the ongoing Metrolink works when he took to the sky with his camera. Chris won the hour-long flight on...
POLICE have praised the people of Greater Manchester after a demonstration in the city centre led to just 15 arrests. Five people have been charged following the organised...
A ROYTON receptionist is to have her long locks chopped off to boost the coffers of charities close to her heart. Sian Welsh (23), who works at The Co-operative Academy in...
TONY Philliskirk will carry on doing the day-to-day duties as Athletic’s caretaker manager — if the board want him to stay on. The excellent run of three...
A BITTERLY disappointed Scott Naylor labelled some of his side’s defensive work in a heavy 48-12 opening-day defeat by North Wales Crusaders as “totally...
Athletic 0, Sheff United 2 ONE experienced Athletic player said he had never seen a performance as bad in his entire career. The Main Stand at Boundary Park, not...
TONY Philliskirk was philosophical after suffering a first defeat of his current stay as Athletic’s caretaker manager. Second-half goals from Michael Doyle and Dave...
MOSSLEY failed to find the net for the third game on the spin on Saturday at Lancaster City, but they did secure a welcome point in a goalless Evo-Stik Division One North clash at...
Crusaders 48, Oldham 12 WELL, that was a wake-up call if ever there was one. Few saw it coming after Roughyeds victories in each of their two warm-up games, yet they fell...
FAILSWORTH football starlet Katie Zelem was jetting off to La Manga in Spain today to represent England under-19s in a tournament which also featured Italy, Holland and Scotland....
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are EXETER 2.30 Fairey Delta 3.00 Presenting Arms (n.b.) 3.30 Musical...
NETBALL: OLDHAM Netball Club are seven points clear at the top of Premier League One after a superb 52-40 victory at nearest rivals Academy. The local outfit also have a game...
Date Published 01/03/2013
SPORTS BETTING: RONNIE O’Sullivan’s decision to go back on his decision to miss the entire snooker season and therefore not defend his World Championship title has...
NETBALL: THUNDER hit back from defeat against Team Bath to sweep aside Loughborough Lightning 72-40 at home in the Fiat Superleague. Janelle Lawson made her presence felt in...
OLDHAM RL have added to their backroom staff with the appointment of local man Mark Davenport as under-20s coach Phil Costin’s assistant. Davenport (33), the former...
AN innovative architect is looking for recruits for an eco-friendly housing development in Saddleworth. Deramore Hutchcroft wants to create 10 homes on farmland in Delph,...
CHILDREN aged 0-5 can join in with a free fun play session on Thursday, March 28, between 1 and 2.30pm at Christ Church Parish Rooms, in Block Lane. EACH month at the...
HAVING spent an evening with Professor Brian Cox - okay there were 188 other people in the room, but let’s not split particles - I am... absolutely no wiser about the laws...
MAYOR of Oldham Councillor Olwen Chadderton got to grips with DIY when she used a saw to cut a ribbon and officially open Oldham’s new Screwfix store. The Mayor visited...
Oldham Council is looking for someone to take on the pitch and putt course at Bishop Park, Grains Bar. The council is inviting offers for a 25-year lease on the course,...
