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NEXT month’s local elections will see candidates battle to keep their council seat as Oldhamers go to the polls. Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Ateeque Ur-Rehman; deputy...
Date Published 08/04/2016
POLICE are appealing for help to identify nine men in connection with a violent disturbance at last month’s UEFA Europa League clash between Manchester United and Liverpool...
KING LEAR Royal Exchange, Manchester (to May 7) KING LEAR seems a fairly simple play on the surface — king gives away his kingdom, comes to regret it, much...
DELPH-BASED language services company Capita Translation and Interpreting has been shortlisted for a prestigious award only three years after allegations of poor...
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze at a house in Villa Road, Hathershaw, yesterday. Engines from Oldham and Hollins arrived in the early afternoon after fire damaged the...
TRAINING is lengthy and tough for a crew of fundraising firefighters - but then they do plan a 1,300-mile ride from Slovenia to Oldham later this year. The firefighters, of...
RETIRED musician John Loydon is taking to the stage for one night only in aid of a charity gig in Uppermill on Sunday, May 8. John, who will be joined by Mojo Rising for the...
ATHLETIC'S mean defence is sure to be tested tomorrow by a crack Walsall front line, but manager John Sheridan has every confidence in his players. In the last five outings,...
SCOTT Naylor has confirmed Danny Langtree, Adam Files and Danny Grimshaw are available for selection in his Oldham side to host the full-timers of Sheffield Eagles at Bower Fold...
DEAN Holden isn't expecting anything to come easy as he tries to get one over on his old club and keep Walsall's promotion bandwagon in top gear. Holden was shown the door at...
LIFTED by an easing injury situation, Oldham RL Club have had more good news ahead of Sunday’s intriguing clash with Sheffield Eagles at Bower Fold (3pm kick-off) An...
ANDER Herrera is confident Manchester United will avoid the ignominy of missing out on Champions League qualification. Life after Sir Alex Ferguson began with a bump as two...
KEVIN De Bruyne has made a blistering return to action for Manchester City in the last two games, but the Belgian star remains unsure whether he will be in the starting line-up...
Latics’ wing wizard writes every week for Chron Sport WALSALL is another huge game tomorrow, both both teams. They have enjoyed a really good season and the way the...
SNOOKER: MICHAEL Wild produced a brave effort, only to slip out of the World Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. Down 9-0 overnight, the Moorside ace threatened to make a...
Our selections for tomorrow’s meetings: LINGFIELD 2.00 Venus Grace 2.35 The Warrior 3.10 Silver Quay 3.45 Muatadel 4.15 Predilection 4.50...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY’S Peter Band has revealed he and fellow joint-manager Lloyd Morrison are already making plans for next season. The Lilywhites have five games...
Heyside 2, Golcar 1 JORDAN Hindley’s late, late strike earned Heyside a place in the semi-final of the Huddersfield FA Challenge Cup following a feisty encounter with...
JACK Abbott Premier Division leaders Limeside King George are through to the Oldham Sunday League President’s Trophy final. King George defeated Coppice United 5-2 to...
IN a clash featuring two unbeaten teams, Saddleworth Rangers go to Leigh East in the Kingstone Press National Conference League tomorrow. Tied on six points, Rangers are above...
HEYSIDE moved a point clear at the top of Huddersfield League Division One despite being held 1-1 at Holmbridge in midweek. Elsewhere in Division One action, Diggle secured an...
ANGLING: HEADING into the final round of the Shaw Angling Club Winter League campaign on Ram Mill Lodge, Bill Mayo, Dave White and Anthony Wood-Davis all fought for the...
AN Oldham schoolboy was subjected to a campaign of violence, abuse, intimidation and humiliation by five youths with whom he just wanted to be friends. A trial jury at...
Date Published 07/04/2016
POLICE are hunting a cowardly yob who attacked an 83-year-old with dementia and stole his beloved watch — which he has treasured since his days in the Special...
THE mother of a former Saddleworth School pupil who died after he was struck by a lorry has launched a road safety campaign. Jack Essex (18) suffered fatal head injuries when...
CROSSING the line in the Great Manchester Run on May 22 will mean more to Oldham-born “Heartbeat” actress Tricia Penrose than just chalking up a decent...
A PENSIONER faced having his council tax reduction and housing benefits cancelled in a mix-up over changes to his benefits. Brian McDermott (81), of St Paul’s Court,...
POLICE arrested a naked man at an Oldham town-centre pub after reports of a male exposing himself. On investigation, officers are understood to have found the man in question...
MORE than 1,700 homes in Saddleworth were left without electricity this morning following a power cut. Electricity North West confirmed that 1,732 homes in the OL3 postcode,...
