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THE Green Party has selected Simeon Hart as its candidate for the Oldham West and Royton by-election. Mr Hart stood in the constituency in this year’s General Election in a bid...
Date Published 10/11/2015
VETERANS were treated to a special breakfast as part of Remembrance weekend at Tesco Failsworth at the weekend. A dozen members of the Royal British Legion and Oldham Ex-...
Chapman’s Corner - Retired former Athletic star Les Chapman writes about all things football IT looked clear to me that Aston Villa’s priority was simply not to...
YOUNGSTERS at Freehold Community School buried the past and released the future. The school, in Sidmouth Street, celebrated becoming an academy with the burial of a time...
Fleetwood 1stS 5 Oldham 1stS 24 OLDHAM produced their best display of the season to keep free-scoring Fleetwood at arm’s length. The hosts had scored over 200...
Army reservist Derek, 50: ‘Age is no barrier’ AGE was no barrier for a Saddleworth soldier who gave the younger troops a run for their money. Craftsman Derek...
ANTHONY Crolla says his desire to win a World title in his home town will drive him to victory in his rematch with Darleys Perez for the WBA lightweight title at the Manchester...
LOOKING ahead to life in the Championship, newly-promoted Oldham RL Club have added to their coaching staff with the appointment on a one-year contract of Peter Carey, who worked...
THE CHALLENGE of overcoming one of the worst home records in football presents itself when Athletic bid to make it through to a date at Sheffield United in the second round of the...
‘It’s good for the soul being back with your old friends, being involved with music generally again. It’s great’ THE creative juices are flowing...
OLDHAM MP Debbie Abrahams has hit out at Employment Minister Priti Patel after she claimed there was “no evidence” that people with mental health conditions who are...
ALL CANDIDATES for the upcoming Oldham West and Royton by-election have now officially been announced. The seat became vacant following the death of long-serving MP Michael...
A public consultation is to be staged over proposals to turn a controversial tip into a residential development. Several years ago planning permission was granted for extensive...
A DEVASTATED dog lover is demanding answers after her pet died an agonising death just a week after adopting him from The Dogs’ Trust. Jasmine Carroll and Paul Hill, from...
A FEUD between two families led to a young Oldham man being attacked as he sat in a barber’s shop. Shuaib Ahmed was violently assaulted by three men after insults were...
COUNCIL chiefs are appealing to Oldhamers for information after vandals badly damaged a pitch and goalposts at the newly refurbished Crossley playing fields. More than...
ARMED thugs tortured a pub landlord in an horrific late-night raid before making off with his car and cash. Police are appealing for witnesses after the shocking incident at...
CHRONICLE racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are - AYR 1.20 Caledonia 1.50 Glacial Rock 2.20 Mumgos Debut 2.50 Chavoy 3.20...
A CARING mother has praised the “guardian angels” of Transport for Sick Children for their help getting her young son to Liverpool for specialist treatment and has...
Date Published 09/11/2015
A GANG of men has been targeting elderly women at cash machines in Oldham. Four men targeted the women — aged between 73 and 84 — just before they withdrew money from cash...
THE vehicle is totally engulfed by the fire A couple narrowly escape injury when their car burst into flames moments after they got out of it. The pair had gone to the...
THE rain held off across Oldham on Sunday as thousands of people paid their respects to those who have sacrificed their lives in wars. A parade of servicemen and civilians...
Mansfield 0 Athletic 0 THIS was as dreary and forgettable as it gets, but at least the sturdy yet completely uninspiring visitors remain involved in the FA Cup. League Two...
THE REV Godfrey Adams surveyed the snaking line of poppies in solemn remembrance of Saddleworth’s fallen. Here, 1,200 feet up on wind-swept Pots and Pans, more than 700...
A member of an Oldham-based burglary gang which targeted scores of homes in Cheshire and Lancashire has had his sentence cut on appeal. Peter Clarke (28) was one of three men...
BOSS David Dunn says he could not really blame Athletic’s supporters for booing the team off the pitch at Mansfield, admitting he wouldn’t have been happy with the...
Countdown to the Oldham West and Royton by-election on Thursday, December 3 UKIP leader Nigel Farage said that Labour by-election candidate Jim McMahon was the “last person”...
ATHLETIC and Mansfield are represented by ball number six in tonight’s second-round FA Cup draw, which is being shown live on BBC Two from 7pm. GEORGE Green has signed...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections for tomorrow’s meetings are HUNTINGDON 1.10 Cambourne (n.b.) 1.40 Urban Storm 2.10...
Farage constant games dismissed by deputy Countdown to the Oldham West and Royton by-election on Thursday, December 3 LABOUR’s deputy leader Tom Watson dismissed Mr...
