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OLDHAMERS owe £20.6million in unpaid council tax — equivalent to an average of £218 per household — according to new research by the National...
Date Published 14/07/2015
Peter's take on Elvis wins Silver Stars contest ELVIS got the audience “all shook up” at this year’s Age UK Oldham’s Silver Stars talent...
OLDHAM’S Liberal Democrat leader has welcomed steps to introduce a community shop and bank. Councillor Howard Sykes first suggested opening a community shop in Oldham in...
DARREN Kelly chose to take only ONE trialist up to Stirling for the training camp. And Athletic's manager is hopeful that centre-back Gavin Gunning will be fit enough to feature...
A VOLUNTEER who has helped cheer up hospital patients for more than three decades says she is delighted to have been nominated for a Pride in Oldham award. Carole Royle has...
AS promotion-seeking Oldham RL look to bolster their squad before the July 24 signing deadline, Scott Naylor has expressed his satisfaction at how dual-registration is working for...
A NUMBER of unfamiliar faces will get a run-out for Mossley tonight in their opening pre-season friendly fixture. The Lilywhites host Tameside rivals Stalybridge Celtic boosted...
A quarter of a century on from Athletic’s League Cup final appearance, the Chronicle profiles the top 25 players to have worn the famous shirt since. TAKING the Wembley...
SADDLEWORTH Rangers threw the form book out of the window as they secured their first Kingstone Press National Conference League Division One win of the season in style. Few...
TWO’S company and three would be a crowd for Lyceum, or so it would seem. The talented Oldham acoustic duo — 17-year-olds Ryan Brogan (ukulele and bass) and Brad Healey...
COVER star Michael Turner is gearing up for further international success in the clay pigeon shooting ranks. The 24-year-old from Shaw claimed the English Open DTL (down the...
NIMBLE Nook and Tonge star Gary Ellis enjoyed a spectacular £3,700 weekend pay-out on the bowling greens of Stockport and Yorkshire. First up for Ellis was Saturday...
TRIBUTES have been paid to a well respected and dedicated youth rugby coach who has died suddenly at the age of 49. James Marshall, who was known as Jimmy, suffered a brain...
Date Published 13/07/2015
THE agony continues for the parents of a missing 14-year-old girl who has still not been found, amid fears she may have travelled to Spain with a 37-year-old man. Camilia Lupu...
POLICE are investigating a “shocking act of cruelty” which saw a cat have its tail skinned from base to tip. Kiwi was injured between 8.30am and 1pm on Wednesday...
POLICE have charged a man from Failsworth with the rape and attempted rape of two women at their homes on Friday morning. A manhunt was launched after police received reports...
A TEENAGER was threatened with a screwdriver after a group of men burst into his home. The 18-year-old was woken by a bang downstairs at his home on Stonesdale Close,...
VISITORS can turn back time when a Vintage Weekend is staged in Dobcross on July 25 and 26. The annual event organised by the Dobcross Village Community offers two days of...
NEVER mind the best of brass, a Mossley school is putting pride in plastic to ensure the future of a great local musical tradition. Mossley Hollins High School is aiming to...
A GRUELLING 45-mile walk from Rochdale to Blackpool Tower helped a group of friends raise £2,0000 for child cancer charities. The 11-strong group included Royton...
DARREN Kelly reckons he has found a winning combination at the back after watching Gavin Gunning work in tandem with James Wilson at Chester. Gunning, a 24-year-old centre-back...
ON-SONG Oldham RL Club did the double over local rivals Rochdale Hornets, went to five wins in a row and pulled in the best Whitebank crowd of the season so far and the biggest...
GREG Buckley hailed his magical six sixes in an over heroics as ‘crazy’ after he helped Delph into the Drakes Huddersfield League Twenty20 Cup semi-finals in...
CHESTER 0, ATHLETIC 1 RHYS Turner’s neat finish was the main highlight of a disjointed opening pre-season friendly which gave Athletic manager Darren Kelly plenty of food for...
IT’S every Latics fan’s dream . . . celebrating your wedding day with the hallowed Boundary Park turf in sight. Janet Leigh and Christopher Mayhew, from High...
ROUGHYEDS 38, ROCHDALE HORNETS 18 ROCHDALE went the same way as York the week before . . . blown away in the second half by an Oldham side that looks increasingly capable of...
WITH five wins in a row — three of them against teams from League One’s ‘northern powerhouse’ — Oldham are growing in confidence with every passing...
LILIAN Grundy, who witnessed the doodlebug bomb hitting Oldham in the Second World War, turned 100 yesterday. Lilian, who travelled on the Metrolink for the first time this...
HARD graft on the building site ahead of his latest fight appeared to do Hurst Cross super-featherweight ace Jon Kays no harm as he turned in a terrific knock-out performance at...
FOR much of yesterday’s Readers Inter-League Knock-out semi-final clash, spectators quaffed cold pints, looking forward to a comfy armchair and the start of...
