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ATHLETIC face a reunion with former manager David Dunn at Ewood Park in the group stage of the revamped EFL Trophy. Dunn, who now works as assistant under-21s coach at...
Date Published 27/07/2016
OLDHAM RL will embark on an immediate revenge mission after being drawn to face Workington at home first-up in the Championship Shield. Scott Naylor's side – beaten 32-20 by...
Athletic 0, Wigan 1 A MICHAEL Jacobs free-kick condemned Athletic to their fourth pre-season defeat. Jacobs, one of a clutch of second-half substitutes for Wigan, broke the...
Date Published 26/07/2016
A 73-YEAR OLD sexual predator who preyed on two young girls has been told he could spend the remainder of his life behind bars. Kenneth Lea was convicted of nine separate sex...
A DRIVER may have fallen asleep at the wheel before a crash which killed two young men with bright futures. Best friends Tosief Ahmed (21), from Clarksfield, and Asad Majeed...
POLICE are appealing for help to find a 16-year-old boy with links to Oldham. Officers are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of David Mihai, last seen on Thursday,...
AN INSPIRATIONAL teacher who taught for half a century across three generations has retired. Mariel Sugden's teaching career spanned 50 years to the day, with the final 19...
THE family of a five-year-old girl hit by a car just yards from her grandmother's front door is calling for traffic-calming measures on their Limeside street. Marleigh ...
OLDHAM residents will reach new heights when the borough's first indoor trampoline park opens this year. Oldham Council has approved planning permission to allow the...
DO YOU want to help improve the standard and quality of education in our schools? If so, Oldham Council wants to hear from you - as the local authority is looking for people to...
A LAWYER is aiming to raise money for charity in a gruelling cycle race around the Olympic time trial route in London. Michael Pitt, partner at Oldham firm Pearson Solicitors...
OLDHAM Council authorised a three year contract for the ongoing supply of plastic waste containers. At a cabinet meeting yesterday evening councillors approved the proposal to...
A HOUSE fire in Shaw has caused 'severe damage' after the property was accidentally set alight. Firefighters from Chadderton and Oldham attended the incident in Chatsworth...
A MAN is "extremely lucky" to be alive after falling asleep with a lit cigarette this morning. Fire crews were called to an upstairs flat in Kenyon Lane where it is...
A CAR was forced off the road and masked men armed with hammers smashed its windows during a robbery in Middleton yesterday morning. At around 9.30am the 36-year-old victim was...
CO-FOUNDERS of ace Oldham rock n' roll outfit the Visitors - Charles Cotton and Jack Bottomley-Clift - are taking their talent and their tunes to London. Frontman Jack and...
THE Great Northern Ska Festival is almost here - and you could be there for free if you win our cracking Chronicle competition to bag a pair of tickets. Thanks to the promoters...
KALLUM Mantack has taken the eye of his new boss in pre-season with both his performances and a willingness to take on board advice. The 18-year-old from Wythenshawe featured...
RICHARD Lepori is Oldham's biggest injury concern ahead of the crucial Kingstone Press Championship Shield games, which start on Sunday week, August 7. The full-back, an...
WIGAN Athletic manager Gary Caldwell has issued a stark message for his misfiring players ahead of tonight's clash. The newly-promoted Championship side have not fared well in...
WATERHEAD Warriors sustained some serious second-half damage as they were seen off 56-24 by high-flying Woolston Rovers. The Peach Road outfit, coached by Dave Orwell, were...
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MANCHESTER United are heading home after their taxing pre-season trip to China came to a shambolic end. Bureaucracy, disorganisation and bad luck meant their money-spinning...
SAM Allardyce wasted no time making his first decisive act as England manager - but is ready to hold off on an even bigger call on Wayne Rooney. Allardyce had only just moved...
A CAMPAIGNING family are hoping an inventive chocolate-themed appeal will help them raise funds in their fight for answers into the tragic death of a new mum. Lisa Parkisson...
Date Published 25/07/2016
A 62-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested following the attempted robbery of the Halifax bank in Oldham town centre. A man passed a note to the cashier inside the Curzon Street...
LATICS legend Jimmy Frizzell played his final match on Friday ... in front of a full house. St Anne's Church, Royton, was packed for the funeral of the man who spent 22 years...
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NEWBRIDGE students looked stunning for their end of school prom. And what better place to stage the celebration than at the Hollinwood school itself. Teens arrived in an...
THE sun shone on the borough's annual graduation parade. More than 130 University Campus Oldham graduates were led through the town centre by the New Orleans-style street...
