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Matthew Chambers at Athletic’s training camp in Portugal IF anything, the heat is slowly moving up the gears at Athletic’s training camp. Just when you think...
Date Published 18/07/2012
A MAN who allowed his dog to starve to death will never be able to keep pets again. Jason Victory (43), of Tate Street, Oldham, appeared for sentence at Oldham magistrates...
BOXING: OLDHAM’S Ronnie Heffron will take on Liam Smith in a title fight in September after comfortably seeing off Peter McDonald in London. Razor Ronnie’s...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards HAMILTON 2.00 Ginger Goose (nap) 2.30 Colonel Mak 3.00 Sir Quintin...
Hundreds of cannabis plants worth £15,000 were dumped in Moston Road, Chadderton, yesterday. Chadderton police were tipped off by a member of the public who spotted the plants...
but only if staff ‘press the wrong button’ A LANDLORD who illegally showed live Sky football matches in his pub has blamed the mistake on someone “pushing...
The jury in the trial of an Oldham woman accused of four terrorism charges has retired to consider its verdict. Shasta Khan (38) pleads not guilty at Manchester Crown Court to...
A WHOLE host of activities are available for the children of Limeside during the summer holidays. With a range of different sports taking place most weekdays, your youngsters...
Date Published 17/07/2012
MANCHESTER City’s Etihad Stadium was awash with the glamour of Oldham Academy North’s prom night. Students dazzled at the farewell bash in Eastlands as they said...
RUGBY: IT was a clean sweep for local sides in the Oldham Chronicle Youth Cup finals at Waterhead ARLFC. A healthy turnout of supporters watched events unfold on a dry and...
QUESTIONS surrounding the site of Castleshaw’s Roman fort are now a step closer to answers. Friends of Castleshaw Roman Forts have revealed proposals for a community...
BRAVE Helaina Stone had a day to remember as she celebrated the birthday her family thought she would never see. The teenager, who has battled a lifetime of illness and...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s succumbed 40-10 to Thatto Heath Crusaders in the National Conference Challenge Cup. The hosts, mid-table in the NCL Premier Division, were...
MUSIC fan 14-year-old Kieran McMahon has single-handedly organised a Saddleworth folk festival The teenager staged the “Three Days of Folk” festival at...
BOWLS: MALCOLM Percival (Dunwood) won the Chadderton League’s President’s Handicap with a nailbiting 21-20 final victory over Charlie Roberts (Waterloo and...
THE Oldham Distress Fund has so far given out £60,000 to victims of the Shaw gas blast, says one of the trustees. Councillor Howard Sykes says getting the money to...
Matthew Chambers - on tour with Latics in Portugal “DID you see their Bobby Charlton shirts?” chuckled Youssouf Mchangama after an odd postponement of the first...
THE fight against criminal activity has been given a helping paw — thanks to a specially-trained sniffer dog. The crime-fighting canine has been helping the...
FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY entertain Halifax Town tonight in a pre-season friendly. The action gets under way at 7.45pm at Seel Park. Steve Halford’s side have so far lost...
Oldham’s “Billy Elliot” star Rhys Yeomans has won a national artistry award at the age of 14. The entertainer, who played Billy in the London production of...
OLDHAM RL Club is planning an amateur club for boys and girls aged six-11 inclusive, as well as adults keen to help. An open meeting will be held at the Whitebank social club...
SKIPPER Grant Jones guided Delph to the Romida Sykes Cup final before declaring: "We’re back." After bowling out opponents Hoylandswaine for 135, hosts Delph...
STUDENTS said a fond farewell to their time at Hulme Grammar with a lavish party in Manchester. Teenagers donned their finest clobber for a meal and a disco at the Midland...
CRICKET: FROM top-five hopefuls to serious title challengers; Hollinwood are up to second place behind Uppermill in the Saddleworth and District Cricket League after sweeping...
MISS Piggy and Kermit the Frog joined nuns and superheroes in Shaw on Saturday. There was plenty of fancy dress fun as people took part in the annual Shaw Beer Walk. It...
A play based on the lives of children living on an Oldham estate is part of this year’s Manchester 24:7 Theatre festival. “Goldfish”, by Chadderton writer...
PHOENIX Free School said it has been rejected because it planned to employ non-qualified teachers. The school was the idea of educational publisher Tom Burkard, a US Navy...
CONSTRUCTION of Oldham’s new £44 million women and children’s supercentre at the Royal Oldham Hospital is on the verge of completion. Contractors Vinci...
CRICKET - TANNER CUP: ON Saturday Heyside were shot out for just 80 in a nine-wicket defeat by Bamford Fieldhouse in the Versasteel Saddleworth and District Cricket League....
CRICKET: CONFIDENCE is such a huge factor in sport – just ask Royton's cricketers. Having started the Lake Garage CLL season so brightly, they suffered a series of...
