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JAKE Cassidy is determined to get back to firing on all cylinders again for Athletic. Showing up well in the opening two fixtures of the season, the ex-Wolves forward then...
Date Published 10/09/2015
STEVE Evans is the hot favourite to become Peterborough’s next manager. But it’s unlikely that, even if the Rotherham boss does settle into the London Road job in...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
A DAUGHTER who watched her dad dying in front of her has praised the actions of two men who rushed to revive him. Emma Dunn was walk round Hollingworth Lake with her sister...
Date Published 09/09/2015
The Queen rewrites history today as she becomes the longest-reigning British monarch at around 5.30pm — a record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria who,...
BANISHED striker Dominic Poleon has responded to club criticism in the best possible way: by scoring a hat-trick for the reserves. The 22 year old was asked to train with the...
OLDHAM have signed a young winger claimed to be one of the fastest players in English rugby league. Former Leeds Rhinos scholar Jamel Chisholm (22) has signed a one-year...
WAYNE Rooney hopes he is not England’s leading goalscorer for long. Rooney broke Sir Bobby Charlton’s 45–year–old record last night when he scored his 50th goal – a late...
A film maker had his camera shoved in his face while filming an incident involving two couples in Market Street, Manchester. Waiter Inam Uddin (25) turned aggressive and tried...
WORLD Snooker Champion Stuart Bingham will be in town with his gleaming trophy on Sunday, September 27. Officials at the Oldham Snooker Academy have worked hard to bring...
OLDHAM Council won’t be taking the lead of Nottinghamshire County Council and banning staff from smoking during working hours. The Labour-run council has forbidden...
Sport Betting: PAUL Dickov’s exit from Doncaster Rovers yesterday – the second Sky Bet League One casualty in just over a month of the season’s kick-off –...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards EPSOM 2.05 Wimpole Hall 2.40 Swot 3.15 Crickelwood Green 3.50 Golden...
LABOUR MPs have welcomed a report that takes Tameside Hospital out of special measures after two years. But Failsworth MP Angela Rayner insists improvements must continue:...
OLDHAM-DWELLING Afghan refugee Marzia Babakarkhail, who was forced to flee her homeland by the Taliban in 2008, has told the story of her escape to a Manchester...
MICHAEL Meacher is demanding the Government pay the difference in cash spent on free school pupils to state places, to provide a level playing field. The Oldham West and Royton...
HOT STUFF, Oldham Coliseum, to September 26 I WAS looking forward to seeing “Hot Stuff” again in its original home, 25 years on, but anticipation can lead to...
A TALENTED artist is to stage a unique exhibition of her work... based on sounds. Diana Terry from Diggle has suffered from tinnitus since she was a child, but is working on a...
Wigton 14, Oldham RUFC 3 RUGBY UNION: A GAME that hinged on the sending-off of full-back Charlie Roscoe saw Oldham make a losing start to their North Lancashire and Cumbria...
Date Published 08/09/2015
RUGBY: AN end to end clash in Greenfield ended with Saddleworth Rangers being pipped at the post by Hunslet Warriors, who took a 34-32 win back to West Yorkshire. But the...
RUGBY: OLDHAM St Anne’s suffered a 36-10 defeat at Blackbrook which at least featured some positives in a NCL Division Two game that was close until its final quarter. At...
THE Government owns art worth £3.5billion — only three per cent of which on display. And Oldham Council tells a similar story: the borough owns 2,760 pieces but...
ORGANISERS are celebrating another blooming success for the annual Denshaw flower and home produce show. The surprise of this year’s event was a new class and a return of...
Oldham is among the worst towns in the country for hospital admissions by under-fives and childhood development at reception class stage. There are also huge gaps in levels of...
DRESS up as your favourite fairytale character tomorrow at the Limehurst Library. As part of the library’s baby days events, which takes place from 9.30am, there will be...
OLDHAM Coliseum is in the running for a prestigious national theatre award. My Theatre Matters! UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre Award is voted for by members of the...
SOME venues are already sold out of tickets for the forthcoming Inspiral Carpets tour alongside fellow 1990s legends Shed 7. An extra Manchester Academy date has been added on...
POLICE are advising residents to be vigilant after an elderly woman was the victim of a distraction burglary on Queensgate Drive, Royton, on August 28. The offenders entered...
OLDHAM Council passed 2,406 debts to bailiffs in the past 12 months - and is still chasing council tax arrears of over £20 million. Oldham is 269th out of 326 for bailiff...
OLDHAM MP Michael Meacher has accused the Government of a “complete breakdown in morality” after the number of deaths of disabled benefit claimants was finally...