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RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s must lick their wounds and forget about the bitter disappointment of last weekend’s defeat if they are to spring a surprise tomorrow....
Date Published 13/07/2012
Theatre-goers will see Alexandra park in a new light from this weekend — as Oldham Coliseum’s latest “stage”. Anjli Mohindra and Adam Barlow play the...
CRICKET: BEN Holt smashed 14 sixes and professional Gerrie Snyman 16 maximums as Heyside thumped visitors Austerlands by 149 runs in the last-eight of the Saddleworth and...
CRICKET: DELPH captain Grant Jones has set his eyes on Sykes Cup glory as he gears up for Sunday’s semi-final at home to Hoylandswaine. Should the team lift the cup...
OLDHAM savers who ploughed money into failed Christmas savings club Farepak are to receive 50p of every £1 they had lodged with the company. Farepak collapsed owing...
ATHLETIC flew out to Faro airport this morning ahead of a six-day training camp in Portugal which will also feature two matches. After spending the first day getting used to...
RESERVE-team stars Chris Murphy and Tommy Connick have been added to the Oldham RL squad for Sunday’s Championship One clash with London Skolars at Whitebank (3pm kick-off)....
A SPURNED man who viciously attacked a woman in an obsessive rage has been jailed for almost 10 years. Conrad O’Donnell (29), who carried out internet searches for “how to gag...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards CHESTER 2.15 Boom and Bloom 2.50 Corporal Maddox 3.25 Our Jonathan...
THE taxi rank at Mumps station is to be moved following complaints from fed-up drivers and passengers. Currently all traffic leaving the station has to turn left on to Oldham...
THE licensee of an Oldham pub has been fined more than £3,500 after illegally showing Sky Sports football matches. Stephen Moss, of The Highfield public house, has been...
POLICE have made three more arrests following a series of dramatic raids across Oldham. Officers swooped on homes and businesses as part of Operation Caminada, which...
SHOPPERS and commuters are walking a path of fear to get to and from their new Metrolink stop. Safety concerns have been raised over a dimly-lit footpath near Oldham Mumps...
Date Published 12/07/2012
A PENSIONER whose house was destroyed in the Shaw explosion has been reunited with the pets she thought were dead. Audrey Cleaver (68) was left heartbroken after her house was...
MARIO Balotelli and company are set to grace Boundary Park later this month in a game full of intrigue and prestige. A friendly has been fixed between Premier League champions...
COUNCILLORS have defended the Oldham Distress Fund amid claims donations are going into council coffers. They insist around a quarter of the £250,000 raised for the fund...
YOUSSOUF Mchangama was the star turn as Athletic ran out comfortable 3-0 victors in the first friendly of pre-season against Mossley last night. If there was an element of...
OLDHAM RL Club’s injury jinx has struck again. Hooker Danny Whitmore has fractured a hand in training and may be out for at least a month. He was injured in a...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards CHESTER 6.00 St Oswald 6.30 Rockme Cockney 7.05 Jwala 7.40 Ask The...
SAFETY concerns have been raised following a spate of robberies around the Mumps Metrolink stop. Meanwhile, the Council has defended its handling of the Shaw Distress...
Teen’s tribunal claims dismissed Allegations of sexual harrassment against RSPCA Oldham staff have been dismissed following a failed tribunal case. A former RSPCA Oldham...
Date Published 11/07/2012
Oldham’s Remploy factory is being axed with the loss of more than 100 jobs, the Government has confirmed. The plant in Ashton Road, Bardsley, is one 27 Remploy factories...
RESIDENTS are hoping to make waves over controversial moves to close Shaw Baths. A 2,000-signature petition against the closure was handed to Oldham Council by local Lib-Dem...
JONATHAN Grounds will get his first taste of life as an Athletic defender at Mossley tonight (7pm). The left-back signed from Middlesbrough on a two-year contract — the...
JAMIE Dallimore still reckons Oldham can win promotion from Championship One as he prepares for his first senior game at Whitebank in eight weeks. Due to a ban, his last...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards DONCASTER 2.05 Jamarjo 2.40 A Certain Romance 3.15 Macchiara 3.45...
TONIGHT we report on the outcome of an employment tribunal at which there were allegations of sexual harassment at an Oldham RSPCA centre. And police are stepping up their...
A FORMER RSPCA worker has accused ex-colleagues of sexual harassment. Matthew Lingard (18) left the Oldham branch of the animal charity in March 2011, believing he had been...
Date Published 10/07/2012
PENNINE Acute Hospitals NHS Trust spent more than half a billion pounds on healthcare last year at its four hospitals — one of them the Royal Oldham. The trust paid for...
Caring pupils in charity bonanza GENEROUS pupils at Crompton House School have raised a whopping £15,000 for charity this year. Students collected the money through a...
