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Leigh Centurions 48, Oldham RL 18 OLDHAM scored three tries, but weren't able to prevent hosts Leigh Centurions from sweeping to a 48-18 victory in the Kingstone Press...
Date Published 14/02/2016
WIGAN 0, ATHLETIC 0 JOHN Sheridan's side earned a useful point in the battle against relegation. And it could have been even better against their promotion-chasing hosts,...
Date Published 13/02/2016
CONCERNS for local justice have been raised following the annoucnement that Oldham’s county and magistrates courts are to close. The courts are among 86 of 91 threatened...
Date Published 12/02/2016
OLDHAM residents are set to see their council tax bills rise by 3.6 per cent in April. The council is proposing to increase its element of the bill by 3.7 per cent — an...
POLICE have launched special night patrols after a spate of incidents in which businesses were targeted by thieves. A hair salon was raided last weekend, and several other...
LOCAL councils will be pushed to breaking point, said Oldham MP Jim McMahon yesterday in a Parliamentary debate on the latest local government financial settlement. The Oldham...
WHILE love is in the air for Valentine’s Day, this loveless lurcher isn’t having much luck. Two-year-old Jenas is hoping Cupid’s arrow will strike this year...
FORMER MP Tony Lloyd has announced he hopes to run as Labour candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester. Mr Lloyd is the police and crime commissioner, and was the choice of...
YOUNG Latics defender Jack Truelove helped to officially open the new sports lab at University Campus Oldham (UCO). The lab will help to ensure students on UCO’s new...
Delays in clearing away fly-tipped rubbish around the borough are the result of council cuts, claims councillor Warren Bates Councillor Bates told the council a large amount of...
THRILL-SEEKERS are ready for an adrenaline rush as the annual Blackpool Comes to Oldham theme park opens tonight. Organisers have been busy setting up the attractions on land...
A TRIO of talented Blue Coat School pupils could soon be swapping the Oldham secondary for Oxford University. Dan McLoughlin (left) and Aaron Hartnell-Booth have been offered...
KEEN readers frustrated at not being able to find their chosen book at the local library now have a wider book pool to swim in... Oldham and six other Greater Manchester...
AN information and support programme for carers of people in and around Uppermill who have had a diagnosis of dementia is on offer. It takes place every Tuesday for three...
ATHLETIC won’t lay down and submit to Wigan says bullish manager John Sheridan. A nine-match unbeaten run and goals galore have pushed Gary Caldwell’s hosts to...
AARON Holloway has boosted Athletic manager John Sheridan’s striker options by signing a deal that runs up to the end of the season. The Cardiff-born player (23) has...
OLDHAM RL coach Scott Naylor expects Leigh Centurions to be “absolutely on the ball” for Sunday’s Kingstone Press Championship clash. While Roughyeds were...
MATCHES are exactly what Jonathan Forte feels he needs — and that’s just what he should get as Athletic enter a frantic portion of an increasingly-disrupted...
OLDHAM are bracing themselves for a Leigh backlash after the Centurions’ shock defeat at Batley Bulldogs last weekend. The loss was their fourth in a row, including the...
MANCHESTER United striker Anthony Martial is desperate to continue Manchester United’s mini revival in the Barclays Premier League. United will tomorrow go to a...
RAVAGED by injuries to key players, Manchester City need star striker Sergio Aguero more than ever. And given their opponents at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, the omens look...
Non-league football: THERE will be no hint of complacency in the Mossley camp tomorrow as they travel to Evo-Stik League Division One North basement strugglers New...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s cards
Athletic’s wing wizard writes every week for Chron Sport TOMORROW’S game is only five minutes down the road from Orrell, where I am from. As a fan of Wigan...
Avro 1, AFC Monton 1 AVRO picked up a point against high-flying AFC Monton in the Premier Division of the FBT Manchester League on a wind-affected afternoon at Ten Acre Lane,...
A QUICK glance at the Huddersfield League Division One table might suggest that Diggle — currently second-from-bottom — are a club in crisis. But the wet weather...
OLDHAM Sunday League Premier Division kings Rifle took little pity on Division Two side Oddies 14 when the sides met in the Challenge Cup. Paddy McGurk’s men stormed to a...
Angling: KEN Power is enjoying a purple patch on commercial fisheries, with two wins in the space of a week at Field Farm. The Tri-Cast Highfield rod kicked off with victory in...
OLDHAM is set for a housing boost as plans for 86 new homes were approved at a planning meeting last night — with another 38 set to follow. Application approvals were...
Date Published 11/02/2016
DISAPPOINTED residents cried “shame” at Saddleworth Parish Council planning committee last night after the £19.2 million secondary school at Diggle was...
