A brave Rochdale man was stabbed in the leg while he tried to protect his home from three masked men.

The hunt is on to find a knifepoint carjacker who left the owner of a van ‘shaken’ after a frightening daylight robbery in Rochdale town centre.

Consecutive wins over Crewe Alexandra and bitter rivals Rochdale in ‘El Flatcapico’ helped Oldham end a three-game losing streak and revive hopes of a late push for the play-offs.

Two men have been arrested following the suspected murder of a 28-year-old man outside a pub in Rochdale in the early hours of this morning.

Oldham moved up to 11th in a tightly-packed League One, just four points from the play off places, after a 3-0 win over Rochdale on Tuesday.

Oldham come into Tuesday’s north Manchester derby on the back of their first win in four matches while Rochdale are within three points of the play-offs with two games in hand over sixth-placed Peterborough.

Conor Wilkinson’s low drive after linking with Danny Philliskirk after 74 minutes proved to be the game’s only goal, helping Oldham end a three-match losing streak.

A film starring a Rochdale school pupil with cerebral palsy has been nominated for a national award sponsored by leading production companies.

A Rochdale teen was left ‘shaken’ after being punched several times in the face during an attempted phone robbery.

Greater Manchester Police have apologised to more than 40 vulnerable girls across Rochdale and Heywood after failing to realise the extent of child sexual exploitation in the area.

This morning’s high-speed car theft saw the carjacker get more than he bargained for when the stolen van also contained the owner.