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JUAN Mata rued a missed opportunity as Manchester United let victory slip at Chelsea. The former Chelsea playmaker praised United’s attacking intent, but was frustrated...
Date Published 09/02/2016
MANCHESTER United’s share price dipped to its lowest level in over three years yesterday after Louis van Gaal’s team slipped further behind their rivals in the hunt...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s cards SOUTHWELL 1.10 Sir Geoffrey 1.40 Pass The Time (nap) 2.10 Daisy...
NETBALL: MANCHESTER Thunder made hard work of their 72-52 victory over Welsh opponents Celtic Dragons in netball’s Superleague. In their first home game of the season,...
City’s roving reporter writes every week for Chron Sport WE could be set for a massive weekend in the race for the Premier League title. With the top four teams all...
WILL it ever stop raining is the question on the lips of Saddleworth Cricket Club officials as they continue to count the cost of the Boxing Day floods. Six weeks later, the...
OLDHAM were punished for another hefty penalty count, but a team containing eight players of 21 years and under pushed the North Lancashire and Cumbria League promotion hopefuls...
MORE than 150 households were left without power yesterday after an underground electrical fire cut supplies and sparked flames as “high as houses”. Residents in...
Date Published 08/02/2016
WITNESSES are being sought after a car carrying three men overturned and slid into the path of another car. The trio, from Shaw, escaped injury following the accident on...
AN Oldham firm is blaming an error by one of its accountants after it was named and shamed for being one of 92 companies that failed to pay employees the national minimum...
OLDHAM radio star Clint Boon got an insight into life as a homeless person when he set up stall outside Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre. The Inspiral Carpets keyboard...
POLICE questioned a man on Saturday after an injured woman was apparently left abandoned, trapped inside a crashed car in Oldham town centre. The man was traced by police after...
POLICE were called to investigate reports of a gang smashing up cars at a scrapyard in Oldham on Friday afternoon. The disturbance turned out to be actors and musicians...
THE Chronicle is on the look-out for a local reader who shares her 90th birthday with the Queen. Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926, and plans are afoot for the...
RELATIVES, friends and officials remembered the people killed in the IRA bomb attack on the M62 in 1974 with a special service at Hartshead Moor service station...
WORLD champion boxer Anthony Crolla is swapping his boxing gloves for running shoes - and looking for people to join his team in this year’s Great Manchester...
The Pitmen Painters, Oldham Coliseum, to Feb 27 A PLAY about a group of Workers Educational Association miners in the Thirties who take up art appreciation to better...
CHILDREN had some flipping good fun at a pancake tossing contest in Oldham’s Tommyfield Market Hall. Entertainer John Goodfellow encouraged youngsters to see how many...
A MOORSIDE girl has her sights set on competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics in one of the most dangerous sports around. Brogan Crowley (21) has dropped athletics due to injury...
A LOCAL group has thrown some light on a historical mystery uncovered by workmen. A large crest was found under a stage during the refurbishment of Chadderton Town Hall. The...
A FORMER Hulme Grammar School pupil and educationalist who was proud of his Oldham roots has died. Neil Fitton CBE died peacefully aged 78 at the Countess of Chester Hospital...
A DETERMINED HGV driver is hoping to row 22 miles for his latest fundraising stunt for Dr Kershaw’s Hospice — without leaving dry land! John Stigwood (53), from...
LABOUR MP Debbie Abrahams has been praised for her award-winning fair-pay fight for thousands of small businesses. The Oldham East and Saddleworth MP used her “Be Fair...
ROYTON Townswomen’s Guild will host its committee nominations evening tomorrow at Royton Town Hall. The meeting, which starts at 7.30pm, will also include a talk on aloe...
ATHLETIC face a flurry of action over the next month after sitting out a weekend that saw the majority of results go the way of John Sheridan’s side. A waterlogged Oldham...
NEXT on the agenda for Oldham RL Club, beaten 22-0 by London Broncos in the first of 30 Championship outings, is a trip to title favourites Leigh Centurions. A first-day upset...
OLDHAM 0, LONDON BRONCOS 22 LONDON’S full-time professionals soaked up everything Oldham chucked at them in the first half before flexing their muscles to dump the...
SCOTT Naylor was satisfied with Roughyeds’ hard work and commitment against London Broncos - but disappointed by his side’s inability to break down the...
Oldham RL fans were freezing - but glad to call Bower Fold home as they side their side open their Championship campaign against London Broncos. Though beaten 22-0, Roughyeds...
UNDER–fire Louis van Gaal came out fighting after being questioned about reports Manchester United could bring in Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese continues to be linked...
