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OLDHAM-born father and son Mike and George Ford are plotting a path to Aviva Premiership glory tomorrow. Bath coach Mike and the club’s fly-half star George will face the...
Date Published 29/05/2015
MURPHY the book-loving bull terrier is desperate for a furrytail ending. Dogs Trust staff are looking for a special home for the Staffordshire bull terrier, who loves nothing...
KEVIN Sinfield admits being dropped by Leeds was “not pleasant” - but insists it comes with the job. The Oldham-born veteran stand–off was relegated to the...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards YORK 1.45 Rene Mathis 2.20 Clever Cookie 2.55 Duke Of Firenze 3.30...
THE last pint will be pulled at a Chadderton social club this weekend after 128 years. And Stanley Road Sports and Social Club bosses are urging people to help it go out on a...
A MOTHER accused of being drunk while in charge of a child younger than seven is to appear before magistrates. Amy Oglaza (30), of Travis Court, Royton, was due to appear at...
ANGRY residents are at breaking point over a nuisance neighbour whose garden has become a health hazard. The garden on Poplar Avenue, Hollins, is piled high with bin bags and...
A RESPECTED GP has escaped jail despite possessing hundreds of thousands of indecent images. David McMaster (50), a doctor at Quayside Medical Practice in Failsworth, pleaded...
Date Published 28/05/2015
A CAR smashed into a house in Grains Bar early this morning. The drama unfolded on Ripponden Road at around 7am when a silver Ford lost control down the hill opposite...
TJ HUGHES is coming back in Oldham almost four years after closing its doors. The popular retailer will reopen in its original store in Spindles Town Square shopping...
A brass band from Down Under may march into view at tomorrow’s Saddleworth Whit Friday band contests. The City of Traralgon Brass Band, from Victoria, has UK connections...
FORMER Latics boss Dave Penney has been charged with assaulting a police officer and criminal damage following an incident that came as his new club celebrated...
OLDHAM’S Trading Standards team have helped to tackle a Russian-organised crime gang — the first case of its kind in the country. Council officers joined Greater Manchester...
RED is the colour for Athletic on their new retro-style home kit for next season. Unveiled today, the club has gone for a design with elasticated sleeves, a button-down collar...
A GLODWICK garage owner has been heavily fined after clocking a whopping 99,000 miles off a car he sold. Rashid Moughal, of Gigg Lane, Bury, was found guilty following a...
SCOTT Naylor insists Oldham won’t be feeling sorry for themselves when they go to Keighley Cougars on Sunday without suspended Gareth Owen, George Tyson and forward Josh...
TWENTY–year–old midfielder George Evans scored his first Manchester City goal to earn Manuel Pellegrini's side a 1–0 win in the first match of their...
RUGBY LEAGUE: FORMER Oldham centre Mick Nanyn, the sixth-highest scorer in the history of rugby league, has announced his retirement. Wigan–born Nanyn, 33...
CLUBS don’t know whether to stick or twist. The carrot dangled in front of them — the all new Greater Manchester league which begins in 2016 — has so far...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards HAYDOCK 6.15 Hydrant 6.45 Top of The Bank 7.15 Manchestar 7.45...
43 Radcliffe Street, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6QL Monday 1st June | £20 per person 7:30 pm start – 3 course meal & glass of wine. Oldham Chronicle has been setting up dining...
HIGHWAY access to the new Saddleworth School in Diggle will be the subject of four consultation events before detailed planning permission is sought. A bitter war of words has...
Date Published 27/05/2015
The new building will be made up of five “home zones” - one for each year group - as well as specialist science, IT, art, music and food technology classrooms, a hall,...
A ‘’city gent’’ office worker prowled a red light district before he drove a seven-inch kitchen knife into the neck of a vice girl. Rochdale CCTV images...
A WOMAN who told police she was raped as a 12 year old fears she relived the horrific event for nothing. Her attacker, who was already in prison, may not serve any extra time...
PRESTON North End hat-trick hero Jermaine Beckford has come to the rescue of South Failsworth Primary pupil Ted Dockray. TV cameras captured eight-year-old Ted catching...
COMEDIAN Arthur Smith has promised Saddleworth Festivalgoers jokes, songs... and maybe a naked woman. Arthur plays the June 6-14 festival at Uppermill Civic Hall on June 9 and...
Knives, Forks and Fingers A STORY to celebrate the special mother-daughter relationship was played out at Oldham Coliseum as part of London Southbank Centre’s Alchemy...
A NUISANCE neighbour has been given until tomorrow to move a huge pile of rubbish behind his Coppice home. The alleyway behind Gainsborough Avenue is full of bulging binbags...
PLUMES of thick, black smoke could be seen across Oldham when a fire broke out at a garage in Hollins yesterday. At the height of the late-morning blaze around 20 firefighters...
