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Carrion Crow are currently one of only three teams in the Oldham Sunday League without a win so far this season. It has certainly been a baptism of fire for the Huddersfield...
Date Published 05/02/2016
FOOTBALL: ROYTON Town’s increasingly impressive campaign in the FBT Manchester League Premier Division continued with a comprehensive derby drubbing of Avro. Mark...
FOOTBALL: ONLY two Oldham Sunday League fixtures survived the latest winter weather. In the Challenge Cup, Britannia enjoyed a 6-3 win against Chaddy Cott. Jordan Hall (three),...
FOOTBALL: HEYSIDE defied blizzard conditions to register a well-deserved 2-0 win against Skelmanthorpe. It was bitterly cold at Crompton House as Geoff Howard’s men took...
Angling: CHADDERTON angler John Jones topped a star-studded field to win the latest Partridge Lakes open match The Garbolino Elton rod used maggot in the deeper water down the...
A 95-year-old Oldham war veteran was left to wear a dead women’s clothes and starved of even the smallest luxury by a stingy and dishonest relative. The pensioner served...
Date Published 04/02/2016
Oldham have been hit by a spate of post box thefts and stolen mail. Thieves snatched three post boxes in Saddleworth and two in Mossley - while one in Shaw that campaigners had...
OLDHAMERS are being urged to show their support for World Cancer Day today as new research reveals cancer death rates in the North-West have fallen by 11 per cent in 10...
A CHADDERTON shopkeeper who sold alcohol to children has been given a bill for £1,883 - by magistrates Ibrar Razaq of Razaq News in Victoria Street pleaded guilty to...
Shrek, Lowry, to February 20 SHREK returns to Manchester to wind up its marathon tour a year after it began, and we’re all still very much in love with this stage version...
IT wasn’t quite Antarctica but the freezing temperatures were familiar enough for Polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes. As Sir Ranulph was the first person to visit both...
HELEN Mathers has taken over head of University Campus Oldham. She replaces Debbie Bridge, who retired last year. Mrs Mathers is looking forward to the continuing...
A GROTTON beauty salon has enjoyed another crowning glory moment at a top industry award ceremony in London. Staff from the Face and Body Shop - including therapist of the year...
PUT the kettle on for the monthly community coffee morning today at St Andrew’s Methodist Church, High Crompton, Shaw, from 10.30am until noon. Coffee and cakes...
JOHN Sheridan has a selection dilemma as he tries to find a formula to get goals for Athletic against Blackpool. Athletic’s manager was impressed with the work of...
WILL Hope’s sporting life has developed a silver lining since he signed for Oldham on deadline day last July. As promoted Roughyeds count down to Sunday’s...
ATHLETIC have announced a fan-funding project to provide a state of the art giant screen in its SportsDirect.com Park gound. The project began after officials met Italian...
IT might not be a feast for the eyes, but Blackpool’s recent form threatens to carry them well away from relegation danger. Now unbeaten in four games, manager Neil...
MARK Yeates believes Saturday’s relegation battle against his former team-mates remains every bit as vital for Blackpool as it does for Athletic. The 31-year-old winger...
MANCHESTER City goalkeeper Joe Hart and his team–mates are determined to give manager Manuel Pellegrini the best possible send–off with a trophy–laden end to his...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s cards
The City roving reporter and former Latics star writes every week for Chron Sport I DON’T think the appointment of Pep Guardiola as the man to replace Manuel Pellegrini...
RUGBY: HOLLINWOOD made a rapid start against Higginshaw in Division Three West of the Pennine League — but it was the visitors to Fields New Road who eventually emerged...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s was the first side to reach the last four of the Napier Windows Ltd Standard Cup semi-finals. Saints, with Sean Whitehead and Paul Ashton at the...
THE winter/spring 2016 edition of Oldham Business Edge magazine is out now and free to subscribers. This is the third edition of the new quarterly A4 magazine from the Evening...
A SERIAL criminal who attacked two women within months of his release from prison has been branded a danger to the public by a Crown Court judge. Andrew Pollitt (45), tried to...
Date Published 03/02/2016
AN elderly woman walking her dog near her home was an “easy victim” a thug’s attack, a court was told. The 78 year old spotted Bryan Bowden approaching her...
A SPECIAL conference yesterday saw community leaders grapple with ways to prevent young people being sucked into radicalisation and terrorism. Tackling some of the...
PEOPLE in Saddleworth are being asked to keep a lookout for a dog missing since falling into the River Tame on Sunday. Susie, a tan and white crossbreed, fell into the water at...
JUNIOR doctors have confirmed they will take industrial action next week after being “left with no alternative” following contract talks. The British Medical...
