Oldham Council have issued tougher measures to avoid a local lockdown as cases increase.

Tougher coronavirus restrictions in Oldham as cases 'dramatically' increase

A 15-year-old girl was raped in a park after a man approached her and pretended he to needed to use her phone, police said.

Girl, 15, raped in Oldham park after man asked to use her phone

Glenise Walton and Ken Taylor from Oldham were brought together by a passion for wartime re-enactment and were due to get married Friday.

An Oldham man has been jailed for almost 14 years after police found a revolver and drugs in his car following a crash.

A mum of two from Oldham has been filming what her life has been like whilst suffering from COVID-19 in hospital.

A number of gyms were said to have been based inside the former mill on Morton Street in Failsworth.

Andy Clynes, a buildings site contract manager, picked up the papers around 1999 while converting a mill into a wine bar.

It broke out at the building on Regent Street at just after 9pm on Tuesday March 3.
There are no reports of any injuries.

Ahsan Khan, 19, died following a 'fight involving a small group of men' on Cheviot Avenue in the early hours of Sunday.

William John Cooke was hit by a tram in Oldham on Friday 17 January. His family say their lives will never be the same again. 

An investigation is ongoing to establish how the man came to be on the tracks. 

A doctor has been struck off the medical register for lying after he misdiagnosed a six-year-old girl who then died of meningitis.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a fatal collision in Oldham.

Police investigating after a 71 year old woman was stabbed in Oldham say they are linking it to an attack on another woman 3 weeks ago.


Five police officers could face criminal charges over the death of a man they arrested in Greater Manchester.