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SUPPORT for residents looking to cut their risk of cancer was on offer in Oldham as the Cancer Research UK cancer roadshow visited. Visitors to the roadshow, which stopped on...
Date Published 28/04/2017
THE contaminated blood scandal will "haunt" the Government, MP Jim McMahon said in Parliament this week. MPs debated the issue in the Commons, where Leigh MP Andy Burnham, in...
WALKERS and fundraisers will put their best foot forward for the 2017 Hospice to Hospice walk on Sunday. Hundreds of residents will set off on the sponsored walk from Dr...
A CHADDERTON primary school has been named among the top 10 eco-schools in the country. And Christ Church C of E Junior and Infant School is now taking its environmental...
A FOOTBALL team has drummed up more than £4,000 for two good causes after donning their running shoes for charity. The Chronicle previously reported that organiser Jake...
THE group pressing for the much-vaunted new secondary school to be built in Diggle is worried Saddleworth could have no school at all. Diggle For Saddleworth School (D4SS) are...
THE legal costs contesting four planning applications of the site of the new Saddleworth School cost Oldham Council more than £50,000, the Chronicle can reveal. But the...
Horrified passengers said they were forced to wipe glass out of their eyes after vandals threw a rock through a tram window. A yob hurled the missile when the tram was near to...
A MAN was taken to the Royal Oldham Hospital after a two-ton crane fell on his feet in the early hours of this morning. The 44-year-old was working in a Shaw warehouse when the...
OLDHAM go to Dewsbury on Sunday (3pm) with a strong squad - and all guns blazing. Jack Spencer and George Tyson have passed fitness tests; Liam Bent's loan from Salford has...
SCOTT Naylor is determined to get rid of Oldham's away-day blues, starting at Dewsbury on Sunday. In stark contrast to their results at a home-sweet-home Bower Fold, Roughyeds...
ATHLETIC will need to buck the recent trend if they are to secure a win at Wimbledon with the club's status in Sky Bet League One assured for another season. Only ONCE in the...
THE last away trip of the season is one that travelling supporters always relish - especially those with an eye for outlandish outfits. Hartlepool fans have become famous in...
Royton Town 2 , Rochdale Sacred Heart 5 RING-rusty Royton Town crashed out of the Manchester League's Gilgryst Cup competition at the semi-final stage to a vibrant Rochdale...
HEYSIDE secured promotion to the Manchester League Premier Division thanks to a thrilling 3-2 away win at in-form Salford outfit Beechfield United. The local outfit, now in...
JOSE Mourinho was unimpressed with Sergio Aguero's role in the incident which saw Marouane Fellaini sent off for headbutting the Argentinian during a fiery Manchester...
MIDFIELDER Michael Carrick praised Manchester United's defence after they held on following Marouane Fellaini's sending-off to take a point at City. Fellaini saw red for...
EYEWITNESSES have described the terrifying moment armed robbers attacked a security man outside Barclays Bank in Shaw before speeding off with cash. The incident happened at...
Date Published 27/04/2017
A MOSSLEY schoolgirl has out-worded 50,000 other children to secure her place in a UK Bananagrams final. The nine-year-old Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School pupil used...
OLDHAMERS rubbed shoulders with the stars as they put their best foot forward ahead of a special show. Emmerdale's Liam Fox and Samantha Giles were busy rehearsing at Royton's...
EIGHT dads are going mountain high for their children's school. They will take on the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales in a testing 24-hour challenge to raise funds...
BRINGING in the right new faces boasting a positive approach will be the deciding factor in Athletic progressing up the league table next season. That is the view of former...
AN elderly couple missed their flight to Spain after assistance staff "forgot" about them - and left them waiting in a Manchester Airport lounge for eight...
AN EDUCATION chief has been accused of "Trump style tactics" in the battle over the citing of a new £19.2 million secondary school. The criticism has been made...
HUMAN Aid UK, a charity currently being monitored by the Charities Commission, continues to court controversy. It has been revealed the charity, whose Oldham branch in...
IT'S exit stage left for Christine Taylor, who is retiring as producer at the Woodhouses Church Amateur Operatic Society. Christine Taylor (75) has produced Gilbert and...
EXCEPTIONAL dedication to Scouting over 60 years has earned on Oldham volunteer the highest honour for service to scouting. Osborne Millar, known as Ossie, has been presented...
PATIENTS have been told to attend appointments as normal after a fire in a research building attached to the world-renowned Christie cancer hospital in Manchester. Firefighters...
MARKS and Spencer say they are still looking at options to open a food-only store in Oldham. The company withdrew plans to open a department store as part of a mixed-use scheme...
JACK Spencer, out for three weeks with a rib injury, could be back to strengthen Oldham's forwards at Dewsbury on Sunday. He trained as usual on Tuesday and if he passes...
