Huge plans for 2,000 new homes in Greater Manchester town centre get major boost
Plans to build up to 2,000 homes in Oldham town centre have been boosted with £3 million of funding.
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Transformation of huge distribution site reaches next stage - but locals claim work has affected their health
More than 100 homes have been given the green light to be built on the site of the former Shaw Distribution Centre.
Living by candlelight and queuing for leftovers - across Greater Manchester, families live a Dickensian existence
Destitution - it’s a Dickensian word. But it now applies to 3.8 million people, a million of them children, who are struggling to meet their most basic physical needs to stay warm, dry, clean and fed.
"It was the only dream I had left" - Man City fulfil fan's dream with treble trophy visit at hospice
Manchester City's four trophies have been from Australia to India to China to Abu Dhabi - and will soon visit Norway, Argentina, Brazil and the USA. The club are also making sure to keep visiting deserving supporters wherever possible - as highlighted by two visits to seriously ill fans on the opposite side of the world.
12-year-old boy and a woman injured in dog attack in Oldham as person arrested
Police and paramedics have blocked a road in Oldham this afternoon (October 22) following a dog attack.
School put into 'lockdown' after reports of two men 'behaving suspiciously'
A school was in 'lockdown', not letting pupils leave, after reports of men behaving suspiciously nearby.
Reports of man 'wandering around' with huge 'hunting knife' as children were leaving school
A man was reportedly arrested after being seen 'wandering around' with a huge 'hunting knife' as children were leaving school on Thursday afternoon (October 19).
Man speaks out on day his daughter was due to be born as M66 driver who killed pregnant mum gets longer in jail
The former partner of a pregnant mother killed by a dangerous driver has called for even tougher punishments even though senior judges have increased his sentence.