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GOLF: ASHTON and Denton have their pedal to the metal as the Oldham Golf League reaches the business end of the season. Both won their ‘A’ League East Division home...
Date Published 10/07/2015
GOLF: DANNY Marland won Mr Captain’s Final at Oldham with a superb two-round return of nett 121. Playing off 19 in the first round, he shot a gross 79 for 60. And,...
GOLF: RISING star Matthew Kay has a professional career as his ultimate aim after winning the Oldham and District Championship at his first attempt. The 18 year old from...
GOLF: THE numbers certainly added up when Chronicle managing editor David Whaley and three friends completed the 72-hole Macmillan Longest Day Golf Challenge. The quartet of...
MECHANICAL failure robbed Ashley Beech his first podium finish of the season in the National Superstock 1000 Championship. The Moorside rider was in the leading three at half...
WOMEN cricketers could get their own competition in the new Pennine Cricket League. Following the launch of the Women’s Super League, which starts in 2016, the PCL is...
SEMI-FINAL places in the Pro Elite Sports Twenty20 Competition are at stake on Friday. The stand-out tie is at Well-i-Hole, where Saddleworth welcome title rivals Glodwick....
THE parents of a missing 14-year-old girl from Oldham have made an emotional plea for her safe return, amid fears she may have travelled to Spain with a 37-year-old man....
LATICS chiefs have reassured fans that the new stand will be in use for the start of the new season. Chief executive Neil Joy said everyone with a season ticket for the new...
A teenager hopes her debut novel will be a runaway success — and it’s all down to her school. Shauna Griffiths (13), of Greenacres, never dreamed her book...
PATIENTS at The Christie at Oldham can now mark the end of their radiotherapy treatment in a special way. Breast cancer patient Beverley Eagleton (44), from Middleton, has...
A REVOLUTIONARY agreement has today created a single leadership for public health across Greater Manchester . Health chiefs, including Public Health England chief Duncan Selbie...
THIRTEEN people have been charged in with drugs offences after this week’s raids under the Operation Plumbline banner. Noor Ali (19), of Maygate, Coldhurst, Shabir Rahman (18),...
GAVIN Gunning is to feature for Athletic in tomorrow’s opening pre-season friendly at Chester. The former Dundee United and Birmingham City centre-back (24) trained with...
OLDHAM has reached agreement with St Helens to extend half-back David Hewitt’s loan. But the club has said goodbye to prop Nathan Mason, who has been recalled by...
IT’S cap and gown time for Liam Thompson on Tuesday - but before that he’s looking forward to a biff and bash appointment at Whitebank in Sunday’s derby against...
BOXING: JON Kays knows he can’t afford to take his eye off the ball tomorrow when he fights Dunfermline journeyman Michael Stupart at the Manchester Velodrome. Kays (32)...
Heyside's quarter-final Wood Cup exit at the hands of Rochdale last weekend left Royton as the area's sole survivor in the CLL's premier cup competition. For how long Royton...
BEST laid plans and all that. Team managers John Patterson and Peter Gill were hoping to name an unchanged Saddleworth and District Cricket League XI for Sunday’s Readers...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards
A NEW 45-bedroom specialist care home for vulnerable adults with dementia is to be built in Oldham. Oldham Council planning committee yesterday granted permission for the old...
Date Published 09/07/2015
OLDHAM’S newest Bloom and Grow centrepiece is already being hailed a success ahead of this year’s competition entry. The borough hopes the town centre display, an...
OLDHAM’S Labour MPs have hit out at yesterday’s Budget, describing it as “hitting the most vulnerable” and a “nasty Tory attack”. Debbie...
DETAILS of the latest wave of powers devolved to Greater Manchester have been welcomed by the region’s interim mayor. New freedoms for Greater Manchester were set out in...
MP Debbie Abrahams has criticised the Government for going back on a pledge to publish figures on the number of people who have died while on benefits. Mrs Abrahams, who...
POLICE made 14 arrests in dawn raids across Oldham as part of a crackdown on drug dealing. Officers raided 12 addresses in Coldhurst and Westwood early this morning as well as...
FLASH cars, glamorous gowns and snazzy suits were the order of the day as Saddleworth School pupils celebrated their prom. Students descended on Smokies Park Hotel in Bardsley...
PEOPLE-power prevailed last night as Moorside residents and councillors saw controversial housing plans rejected for the second time this year. Oxfordshire-based Heyford...
STAFF at a GP surgery have criticised the Care Quality Commission for including what they claim to be errors in a recent inspection report. The claim is disputed by the...
Oldham Athletic were today set to sign a new centre back with leadership credentials. The decision not to hang on to South Africa-based trialist defender Larry Cohen was...