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MAKE new friends at the Royton and Crompton Over 60s group which meets today and every Thursday, 1 to 3pm, at Dovetails Christian Centre, Kingsmill Industrial Estate, off Shaw...
Date Published 25/02/2016
THREE WINS in five outings may have given Athletic a new lease of life but there is still room for improvement says manager John Sheridan. A third straight win at Scunthorpe on...
PROP Phil Joy, who hurt his thigh in the 38-16 win against Dewsbury Rams, will be assessed tonight ahead of Oldham RL Club’s game at Featherstone Rovers on Sunday...
SCUNTHORPE are back on an even keel after falling precariously close to the Sky Bet League One drop zone - a situation that cost Oldham-born boss Mark Robins his job five weeks...
CURTIS Main became the 38th player to represent Athletic this season when he came off the bench at Blackpool last week. The on-loan Doncaster striker — 12th loan signing...
MANUEL Pellegrini claimed vindication for his controversial FA Cup selection as Manchester City put their first foot in the Champions League quarter finals. City produced one...
LOUIS van Gaal has called for Manchester United’s players to be hungry for success in what could be a defining night in his Old Trafford career. As embarrassing as last...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s cards
TIMOTHEE Dieng gets badgered in training daily - but the scoring hero of Gillingham has revealed he doesn't mind that a bit. The 23-year-old centre back is now in his second...
HOLLINWOOD again struggled to raise a full team as they succumbed 64-0 at home to Rochdale Mayfield in the first round of the Standard Cup. The visitors were soon on the...
A gala dinner in support of former Oldham RL forward Tony Barrow, who is fighting a brain tumour, will be held in April. Now 44, Tony signed for the old club at Watersheddings...
A JU-JITSU teacher was attacked with bottles by thugs who gatecrashed his daughter’s party Mark Coope (54) was at a friend’s birthday party with his wife and...
Date Published 24/02/2016
THE Prime Minister has been asked to review the law allowing a convicted sex offender to remain in public office. The move comes in the bitter aftermath of discredited Mike...
A national advisory body says elements of sports facilities at the proposed new Saddleworth School in DIggle are “not fit for purpose”. The news comes in a...
A TALENTED young butcher’s brilliant bangers have scooped top prize in a “Tastiest Sausage” competition. Tom Wood (16), of Farmer’s Choice butchers in...
POLICE are appealing for the public’s help to trace a missing Oldham family. Sarah Jane Joyce (26) and Michael Gavin (25) were last seen last Wednesday at Manchester...
Anne Crompton (72), from Royton, has more reason than most to mourn the closure of Billingtons. Not only did she meet her husband Neil there on a Christmas Eve night out in...
AN online campaign to raise investment for the UK’s first indoor BMX and mountain bike park has smashed its £300,000 target in half the expected time. Now the...
Husbands and Sons, Royal Exchage, Manchester, to March 19 TYPICAL: you wait for years for one D H Lawrence play to come along then you get three at once, and all...
MOSSLEY Hollins High School has been singled out for praise in a hard-hitting letter criticising school standards in Greater Manchester. Christopher Russell, Ofsted’s...
A SHAW theatre is taking centre stage after Oldham Council put it in a cash spotlight. Shaw’s Playhouse 2 has had a show-stopping exterior makeover thanks to a business...
BRITAIN’S biggest fencing centre is now up and running in Chadderton — and is already leaving its mark on the sport. Only four months after the opening of the...
THE Get Oldham Working campaign holds a job club at Chadderton Library, Burnley Street, on Wednesdays, 12.30-3pm. For more information contact 07890-501 961. TICKETS are on...
CONSTRUCTION and fit-out contractor Medlock FRB has secured £1.25m worth of contracts in northern England as it expands its presence in the leisure sector. Oldham-based...
AWARD-winning estate agent Ryder & Dutton has been appointed by Linden Homes North-West to sell its St Augustine’s development in Oldham. The development will be on...
ATHLETIC manager John Sheridan felt his side fully deserved the 2-1 victory at Peterborough that lifted the club to within a point of escaping the league relegation...
Roughyeds new boy Craig Briscoe won’t play again this season. Injured against his former club Barrow Raiders in a pre-season warm up, the back-row forward needs surgery...
Peterborough 1, Athletic 2 THE KNOTS in the rope have merely been loosened. Athletic are still in trouble, entwined inside the relegation zone, still with fewer goals than...
Former Manchester United midfielder David Beckham has backed under–fire manager Louis van Gaal. The ex–England captain says critics of the Dutchman should listen to...
MANCHESTER City defender Pablo Zabaleta claims the future is not on players' minds as they prepare to resume their Champions League challenge. A number of City's squad are...
