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POLICE who innocently wanted to spell a man’s name searched his wallet for ID and found cannabis. Gediminas Karpavicius (21) of Chester Street, Werneth, was being...
Date Published 20/11/2012
A MAN who died after being stabbed during an alleged row in a house in Sholver has been named as Pete Watt. Emergency services were called to a property in Coleridge Road...
TWO lifelong learning centres are set to shut in July, 2013, as part of a programme of cost-cutting building closures. Saddleworth Lifelong Learning Centre, Uppermill, will...
A thug left his calling card after a botched attempt to rob a woman on her own doorstep — his DNA. The sample was taken from the woman’s jewellery and is now being...
PLANS to make Oldham schools pay for their own lollipop men and women have been described as dangerous penny pinching. And Tony Harrison, secretary of Oldham National Union of...
PAUL Dickov is targeting nothing less than SIX points from the next two matches as he battles to save his skin at Athletic. The fixture at basement club Hartlepool tonight and...
OLDHAM RL Club coach Scott Naylor has warned that a revamped Championship One, including new clubs Oxford, Gloucester and Hemel Stags, will be tougher and more competitive than...
ATHLETIC must be stout in battling against North Sea wind, rain and a team determined to prove its worth tonight, says Athletic’s assistant manager Gerry Taggart. While...
RETURNING captain Dean Furman didn’t travel to Bournemouth — but he knows the score. The midfield general will play tonight at Hartlepool after serving his...
Chronicle Racing Correspondent has the following selections for tomorrow’s National Hunt meetings. HEXHAM 12.40 Fine Kingdom 1.10 Milano Magic 1.40 Flicka...
A MAN who handed cocaine to trick-or-treat youngsters in Royton has been dealt with by Oldham magistrates. click story for details
A guide to home Christmas gift giving
Date Published 19/11/2012
THESE are the plans for a new Oldham Coliseum and heritage centre linking the town centre’s cultural jewels. They show the former Oldham Library and Art Gallery in Union...
A MURDER investigation has been launched after a man was found stabbed in a house in Sholver today. The body of the 48-year-old was discovered by officers after a call was...
A BUMPER 10,000 crowd packed into Oldham town centre last night for a spectacular Christmas lights switch on. Oldham’s Olympic hockey bronze medallist Nicola White...
Greater Manchester’s first Police and Crime Commissioner wasted no time is making his feelings known about the election process that put him in place. Former Labour MP...
PEOPLE went potty for Pudsey with a range of wacky events for Children in Need. Nurseries, schools, companies, organisations and individuals across the borough did their bit...
EMBARRASSED and under fire, Paul Dickov is under no illusions as to how big tomorrow night’s trip to rock-bottom Hartlepool is. “It is a massive game,” said...
A WOMAN left with more than a dozen broken bones after colliding with a car is backing a campaign for lower speeds on the road. Bernadette Tivey, now 22, is urging drivers to...
Bournemouth 4, Athletic 1 ABJECT Athletic fell into the relegation zone due to the least spirited half of football produced all season. At the interval, having kept...
FORMER Oldham RL forward Jamie Acton, now at Workington, will miss his new club’s first four games of 2013 after a bizarre sequence of events involving Roughyeds and the...
PAUL Dickov tore into his squad after a second-half shambles resulted in a crushing defeat at in-form Bournemouth. Lewis Grabban’s hat-trick and a Charlie Daniels header...
Non-league by CHRIS LYNHAM MOSSLEY maintained their eight-point lead at the summit of Evo-Stik League Division One North after demolishing basement boys Garforth Town 7-0....
THE Greater Manchester County Bowling Association has been saved. A notice of dissolution at the annual meeting at Cheetham Hill Cricket Club was defeated after it became...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are FAKENHAM 1.00 Tower 1.30 Roc De Guye 2.00 Brady 2.30...
A CHARITY dedicated to raising awareness of killer carbon monoxide could fold as it battles a chronic lack of funds. Carbon Monoxide Awareness will cease to exist at the end...
Date Published 16/11/2012
OLDHAMERS struggling to find a job will soon be digging themselves out of unemployment — by unearthing part of the borough’s history. A community activity day...
A ROYTON Royalist who sent a poem to the Queen was stunned to receive a reply from her favourite monarch. Lilian Day penned a celebratory rhyme alongside a series of...
Angling by JAN VERBRUGGEN SWIMFEEDER, maggot and corn worked the oracle for Nick Andrews in the Socials AC match on Tyle Lodge. He weighed in 24lb 1oz of carp, chub,...
LANCASHIRE AMATEUR LEAGUE OLDHAM Hulmeians reserves maintained their push for promotion from Division Three with a 3-1 win over Bacup United. Danny Proffitt got two of the...
