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OLDHAM Council is asking residents to join in tomorrow’s full council meeting from home. The meeting will be streamed live on the council’s website at...
Date Published 08/09/2015
A TERRIFIED mother-of-two says she no longer feels safe in her home after a burglar rummaged around her bedroom only inches from where she and her 11-month-old baby Brogan were...
POLICE have launched an investigation after a man was found assaulted and bound with sticky tape in Chadderton on Sunday. A passer-by discovered the 51 year old near a...
A POLICEWOMAN from Hathershaw just couldn’t control her feet - and the result has become an internet sensation. Oldham Inspector Jacqui Prest’s footwork to “Footloose” by Kenny...
LABOUR councillors are writing to Justice Secretary Michael Gove to urge him to reconsider the closure of Oldham’s magistrate and county courts. The closure is part of a...
WORLD champion whistler Dave Morris is captivating a new audience... as the mystery performer behind a unique new visitor attraction. Dave, from Dobcross, provides a colourful...
CARS promised for the funeral of a teenager who was stabbed to death have been damaged in a machete attack. Wayne Reading (38) was stabbed in the leg when he tackled two men...
POSITIVITY is being preached by Athletic’s manager Darren Kelly as he sidesteps criticism. Kelly is now without three key players - suspended Jonathan Forte, injured Liam...
Promotion-seeking Oldham RL Club have retained Danny Langtree on a new two-year contract. Described by club chairman Chris Hamilton as the "ultimate in tough...
A LIFELONG Roughyeds fan celebrated his centenary with a special Oldham RLFC shirt signed by all the players. Sam Bradley, a former RAF ground crew engineer with Bomber Command...
ENGLAND captain Wayne Rooney insists he will never retire from international football. Rooney has another chance to rewrite the history books tonight when Wembley hosts...
Hockey: OLDHAM hockey star Nicola White believes more exciting times are beckoning for the Great Britain and England women’s teams. White (27), who now has more than 150...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards CARLISLE 1.50 Jam Jar 2.20 Muatadel 2.50 Jessie B Goode 3.25...
Oldham TV presenter and physicist Brian Cox has voiced his support for the BBC after director general Lord Hall outlined his plans for the future of the organisation. Professor...
HEARTBROKEN children have issued an emotional plea for help after thieves stole games consoles and a TV they saved for a year to buy. When staff returned to the Beehive...
Manchester City’s roving reporter writes every week for Chron Sport YOU have to give the England team credit for making it into next year’s European Championship...
MUSIC EXTRA: TO quote the Valentine Brothers - and more famously, Manchester’s own Simply Red - money can be too tight to mention when you’re an up and coming teenage band trying...
AN army of angry parents has accused Saddleworth School of putting its foot in it after children were punished and threatened with exclusion over their shoes. The Chronicle was...
Date Published 07/09/2015
JONATHAN Forte’s absence from the action until the end of the month has been described as a “big blow” by Athletic manager Darren Kelly. Last season’s...
A TEENAGER who targeting the North-West Ambulance service in a string of offences has been sentenced to a 12-month detention and training order by Oldham Magistrates. The...
BY beating Swinton Lions to make it 18 wins from 21 games, Oldham RLFC are practically home and dry in the race to finish top of Kingstone Press League One. For Keighley to...
Pupils at Hathershaw College are record breakers. They have made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for having most people doing sit-ups simultaneously for a...
SCOTT Naylor and his Roughyeds stand on the threshold of a top-two promotion decider at Whitebank, probably against Keighley on September 20. It’s still mathematically...
Athletic 1, Bradford 2 BARRY Owen's public forum in front of a band of angry fans in the paddock of the Main Stand after this defeat provided the image of the season so...
OLDHAM Council leader Jim McMahon says Oldham is willing to play its part in giving a home to refugees. “This country must play its part alongside others to give safe...
Saddleworth’s own ‘bionic man’ made waves yesterday to raise money for the dedicated rescue teams who saved his life. Phil Beard had set a target of 60...
OLDHAM 28, SWINTON 16 AFTER more exhilarating rugby league from an Oldham side playing without suspended duo Adam Neal and Sammy Gee, it's time to ask if anyone can stop the...
A HEARTBROKEN family is preparing to walk 170 miles from Oldham to Bristol in memory of a three-year-old girl who tragically died of cancer. Molly-Ann Smith lost her battle...
DARREN Kelly on what he felt was three points lost: “To go down to 10 players is extremely difficult and means you have to adjust. But this was a lost three points for...
A FLASHER who exposed himself four times in 90 minutes has been given a 12-month community order. Anthony Wright (53), of Oldham Road, Grasscroft, flashed at a man and his...
