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CONTROVERSIAL Failsworth councillor Warren Bates has been suspended by UKIP over his public criticism of the party but he says he is being made a “scapegoat” for poor election...
Date Published 12/05/2016
OLDHAM Council’s Bookmark Festival is back – and this year it has something to suit all tastes. The festival – a week-long celebration of all things literary...
THESE stunning images of the rare Mercury transit of the sun were taken from a garden in Springhead. John Green snapped the spectacle on from his back garden early Monday...
A DEDICATED support scheme based at a Chadderton health facility is set to help people affected by dementia and their families. Staff at Butler Green intermediate care...
A HOLOCAUST survivor who cheated death in eight Nazi concentration camps visited an Oldham school this week. On Monday, 93-year-old Holocaust survivor, Chaim Ferster, spoke to...
YOUNG business brains from Oldham Academy North won the best customer service award at the Young Enterprise Greater Manchester Final. Eleven teams of 15 to 19-year-olds who...
STUDENTS will perform their production of Bedbug at The Lowry Theatre on Friday. The move to the theatre in Salford Quays comes following the success the Blue Coat Senior Drama...
DON’T hang about if you are planning to make a night of it at this ultimate party show in the company of its wildly enthusiastic audiences and masterful pop songs. Mamma...
ATHLETIC are set for crunch contract talks with a host of first-team regulars, amid renewed speculation over the future of manager John Sheridan. Mike Jones and Joseph Mills...
REFRESHED after having Tuesday off, Oldham RL players report back for training tonight to prepare for a crack at Championship leaders Leigh Centurions. Arguably the best team...
THERE were more firings than in a typical episode of ‘The Apprentice’ and every bit as much bluster. Athletic could have done with Sir Alan Sugar’s famed...
BEST GOAL Mike Jones against Chesterfield. It wasn’t quite as pretty as the same player’s curling effort at Swindon, nor as powerful as Aaron Amadi-Holloway’s...
LIAM Kelly is the Chronicle’s Star Man for 2015-16. Athletic’s captain (pictured) claimed seven individual man-of-the-match nominations across the course of a...
THE ‘Know the Score’ campaign, run in conjunction with Trust Oldham, is now £8,000 away from reaching the initial target to get a scoreboard installed for next...
MICHAEL Carrick has cut a frustrated figure after Manchester United let slip the chance to usurp rivals Manchester City in the top-four. United now need to beat Bournemouth on...
HOPWOOD Hall’s Rugby Academy team secured the National Colleges Cup in dramatic fashion when they beat Wigan and Leigh at Rochdale Hornets’ Spotland Stadium. With...
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A HEARTBROKEN family have paid tribute to their “courageous and determined” 18-year-old son who died at the weekend. Hasan Umar died at his home in Coppice in the...
Date Published 11/05/2016
CROWDS flocked to SportsDirect.com Park last night as as a team of Latics legends took on an All Stars XI featuring Paul Scholes in support of a teenage talent left paralysed by a...
A ROAD in Chadderton has caved in leaving a four-foot-wide sink hole. One resident says children were playing on the ground and just ten minutes later the road caved in leaving...
A TRUSTED manager at the Royal Oldham Hospital stole from his employers by doctoring purchase orders, a court has been told. John White (45) altered documentation to include...
GREATER Manchester Police have apologised for racial stereotyping after a mock terror attack featured a bomber shouting “Allahu Akbar” The exercise - criticised...
A NURSE who forcibly restrained an elderly dementia sufferer and told him “no-one likes you” faces being struck off. Cheryl Johnson told the man “do that...
THE dedication and care of more than 1,300 nurses, midwives and healthcare support workers at The Royal Oldham Hospital will be celebrated as part of National Nurses’ Day...
OLDHAM Carnival comperes Raz and Martin have gone back to their “rootZ” as this year’s extravaganza marks a decade. Martin Turner and Anjum “Raz”...
STARS of TV and stage, as well as football legends will take to the hallowed turf at Boundary Park this week in a charity football match. Tomorrow, Oldham Athletic’s...
STAFF at Royal Oldham Hospital are appealing for relatives or information for two people who have died. Anyone related to Carole Thompson (48), of Oldham, who died June 17,...
YOUNG stars shone at Mahdlo, as their achievements were recognised in a glitzy award ceremony. From over 4,500 members, 50 nominees were shortlisted at the annual Stars Awards...
EXCITEMENT is mounting as the final preparations get under way for the 2016 Oldham Business Awards on Friday night. This year’s awards are bigger than ever with over 500 guests...
MIKE Jones is leaving Athletic, after the club chose not to take up the option on him for an extra year. The Chronicle understands that the 28-year-old, who was the...
