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ROYTON Local History Society will hear from Glynn Hogan, a relative of Sgt John Hogan, of Royton, who was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1915. In an illustrated talk, taking...
Date Published 02/06/2015
MOSSLEY will gear up for their 2015-16 season by playing eight pre-season friendlies. The Lilywhites, who missed the play-offs by only two points last term, haven’t yet...
STAFF at a specialist autism unit at North Chadderton School have been nominated for a Pride in Oldham Award for their “life-changing” work. Fiona Southall and Maya...
Cricket: CROMPTON and Royton will try again on Sunday June 21 after their Wood Cup last-16 game at Glebe Street yesterday was called off because of a wet pitch. Heyside...
CRICKET: SKIPPER Ryan Barnes led by example as Heyside made it two wins from two in the JW Lees Bitter Tom Hardman Twenty20 Competition. Barnes smashed an unbeaten 72,...
OLDHAM’S Respect our Community Awards has announced funding for 17 Oldham projects. Thirty-seven groups applied for just over £7,700. A wide range of projects have...
Cricket: A YEAR ago Oldham made Norden pull out all the stops on their way to victory in the quarter-finals of the JW Lees Bitter Wood Cup. Twelve months on, the...
POLICE and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has been selected to act as interim mayor of Greater Manchester. Mr Lloyd will take up the post on June 26, but will continue in his...
Cricket: GLODWICK won't give up their SWB Commercials Saddleworth and District Cricket League crown without a fight. After an inauspicious start to the season, Franco...
Cricket: SPOILS were shared in the Whit derby double-header between leaders Saddleworth and Greenfield. That meant Brian Lord's high-fliers lost their unbeaten record in the...
SPEAKER John Doughty will be at the next Failsworth Historical Society meeting to give an insight into the transport systems around the district of Castlefield. The group meets...
OLDHAM will be well represented at a packed Band on the Wall on June 26. The Manchester venue hosts headliners the Gramotones, with highly-rated rock ‘n’ rollers...
ONCE-POPULAR bands from the 1980s and 1990s are reforming, touring and making a name for themselves once again after almost a generation out of the loop. The latest Manchester...
AN idea by three local people has gone global thanks to social media. Friends Nanu Miah, Hushiyar Ali and Kabir Ahmed, from Westwood, are the brains behind ShareRamadan, which...
THE future is looking bright for a Chadderton over-60s club thanks to a helping hand from Oldham Council. The council has granted St George’s Square Club a 30-year lease,...
BOWLS: POOR weather forced Friezland BC organisers to re-arrange the second qualifying round of the Saddleworth Arts Festival open singles competition. It will...
RUGBY: Saddleworth Rangers coach Craig Farrimond was disappointed by the result, but proud of the performance of his side, which squandered a 26-6 half-time lead in a...
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. We have picked the top...
Kickboxing: FITTON Hill kickboxer Andrew Lofthouse has delivered the biggest victory of his highly-promising career. In front of a 3,500 crowd at Birmingham’s...
A VAN driver’s failure to spot two young girls emerge on what he later described as a notorious zebra crossing in Shaw cost one of them her life, a trial jury has been...
THE VICTIM of a suspected murder in the Lake District is an Oldham grandfather. Police found retired paramedic and father-of-three Terry Taylor (59) injured at the Globe Hotel...
ATHLETIC manager Darren Kelly is preaching caution over talk that the club is interested in signing his friend, winger Pat McCourt. Though the Brighton man, who was on loan at...
SHOCKING video footage of a car pulling dangerous overtaking manoeuvres and running a red light in Royton has outraged road users after being uploaded to YouTube. The video...
STEVEN Nield's knee injury will be assessed at training tonight as Oldham look forward to Sunday's visit of iPro Sport Cup winners North Wales Crusaders. The full-back went...
POLICE are appealing for information after baby clothes were found at Saddleworth’s Dovestone reservoir Officers are looking for two men who were acting suspiciously in...
DARREN Kelly has added former Morecambe manager Jim Harvey to his coaching staff. The 57 year old assist Kelly and be responsible for talent-spotting and scouting. Harvey...
MANCHESTER United midfielder Daley Blind believes the club has a good chance of challenging for the Premier League title next season. The Red Devils finished fourth in Louis...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards RIPON 6.40 Key On Kodiac (nap) 7.10 Miss Van Gogh 7.40 Snow...
THE final pint has been pulled and a glass raised to a Chadderton social club that shut down at the weekend after 128 years. Members turned out at Stanley Road Sports and...
Nirbhaya, Grange Theatre, Oldham When a young woman was brutally gang-raped in Delhi in 2012, the world watched and listened to the news outraged. What followed was even...
