A serial shoplifter from Royton has been jailed for going to the Co-op in Royton. David Hanley, of Shaw Street, was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison after admitting to breaching a criminal behaviour ...

Micky Mellon says Oldham were architects of their own downfall after a 3-0 away defeat at Walsall, blaming defensive errors and missed chances.

The UK Government has approved plans to begin drilling in the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea. The decision by the North Sea Transition Authority ends months of speculation about the future of the ...

A man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in Manchester. Lawrence Johnson, 26, of Dorking Avenue, has ...

A woman from Shaw has been fined after she was found to have allowed waste to be illegally dumped in Lancashire. Bobbi Nesta Corris, of Scowcroft Lane, was found guilty at Burnley Magistrates’ Court ...

A Failsworth man has been jailed after he caused £5 worth of damage to a Lamborghini in Manchester city centre in a string of crimes ...

Court proceedings against two businesses accused of leaving caravans, a lorry and a skip on a plot of Oldham land can move forward after an appeal was rejected ...

Oldham Council’s Registration Service has been praised in a national review for exceeding birth and death registration targets and maintaining 100 per cent appointment availability ...

Footage of the moment a man accused of murder drove ‘erratically’ shortly before a fatal collision with a cyclist has been released ...

Actor Noel Clarke is set to appear in court charged with sexual offences against five women. The 50-year-old from Kensington, central London, is accused of two counts of sexual assault, three of ...

An entire generation was almost wiped out when coal waste slid down the hillside before engulfing Pantglas Junior School on October 21 1966.