Iraq war veteran from Oldham gears up for charity motorbike challenge in aid of troops blinded in combat
Tom Kiggin, 29, will be riding 340 miles in Ride for Life Beyond Sight Loss, supporting veterans who lost their sight in combat.
UKIP are ‘no different from BNP’, claims Oldham Council leader
UKIP enjoyed a successful campaign gaining two seats in Oldham and topping the European election vote.
Oldham council elections 2014 round-up: UKIP bag two seats as Labour remain bullish that vote will hold out
Just hours after securing their first council seats in Greater Manchester with victories in Bolton, UKIP snatched two more in Oldham to send shockwaves through the three main political parties.
Bring me the head of Tony Lloyd: Oldham UKIP councillor vows to scrap Manchester police chief role
The new Failsworth West councillor Warren Bates was voted in with a slim 132 majority ahead of Labour incumbent John Battye who received 988 votes.
At large… again: Convicted killer serving life for stabbing Oldham man to death escapes for FOURTH time
Arnold Pickering, 44, from Chadderton, Greater Manchester, did not return to HMP Kennett in Merseyside after leaving the open prison at 9.30 on Saturday morning.
One hill of a job: Bolton Mountain Rescue chief reveals team’s hidden role in finding missing persons
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE tells MM about the unknown work done by the team.
Oldham care home exposed: Residents ‘neglected’ and staff ‘frightened to death bad accident will happen’
Even members of staff admitted they were ‘frightened to death’ that a bad accident would happen at Oaklands Rest Home on Shaw Road, Royton.
Mind your Ps and Qs: Mancunian manners make a swift exit – without holding open the door
Mancunian manners are on the downturn, according to a Saga report.
Elderly woman, 96, found dead in Oldham home – body could have laid there for a year
Officers were called to a house on South Hill Street on Wednesday afternoon and on their arrival discovered the body of a 96-year-old woman
Oldham boy died from asthma attack due to ‘tragic’ blunder by 999 call handler, inquest hears
Clayton Barker was struggling for breath but paid with his life when he was overheard telling his grandmother he was eight and not seven years old
Jailed: Oldham fraudster caught with more than £300k under bed must pay back cash made over 50-year stint
Peter Bell, 67, of Dalefields, Delph, pleaded guilty to fraud, money laundering and being concerned in the fraudulent evasion of income tax