Man runs to pub for safety after terrifying incident when he got off tram

After a dramatic election night, Labour has lost its overall majority in Oldham council for the first time in thirteen years. The group saw seven seats go to independent candidates.

Labour has lost seats at councils across Greater Manchester and no longer holds a majority in Oldham. The party suffered losses, predominantly to independent candidates, in several areas where the war in Gaza was said to be a decisive factor for some voters.

Voters in Oldham have had their say in the 2024 local elections.

Three men who were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after gun shots were blasted at a chippy in Oldham have been released on bail, police said.

A car was flipped over onto its roof in a dramatic crash along a main road in Oldham on Tuesday (April 30). Emergency services descended on Broadway, in Chadderton, at around 11am.

Almost 200 homes in Oldham could experience power cuts this week, power company Electricity North West has warned. Houses and businesses in Saddleworth, Royton and Chadderton may see their electricity supply interrupted during the day for planned improvement works on the local network.

Property website Rightmove is advertising two fields for sale in Oldham with an asking price of just £1. The fields are for sale in Greenfield, known for its rugged stone cottages, handsome old pubs, and jaw-dropping countryside.

Lexi Carson Raymond Chan, a longtime art director in the production design department for Marvel Studios features, died Tuesday near his home in Wales. He was 56. His death was confirmed in a statement by the studio.

A woman who brutally murdered a 71-year-old grandmother in Oldham has been released from prison.

Police are investigating a shooting at a chippy in Oldham. But locals living in the 'close-knit' community around it seemed unfazed.

One of the region’s largest hospital trusts, employing more than 20,000 people, has launched a major redundancy scheme and frozen recruitment in a bid to cut costs.

A Lib Dem councillor in Oldham has lodged a complaint about a parish council's majority party amid a row over a newsletter ahead of the local elections.

Conan O’Brien had some lavish praise for late comic Norm Macdonald following the news of O.J. Simpson’s death — and why Macdonald was fired from “Saturday Night Live.”O’Brien, 60 — who was promoting his Max series, “Conan O’Brien Must Go” — appeared on CNN with Jake Tapper in the hours after news broke on April 11 that Simpson died at the age of 76 from cancer.When the conversation turned to Simpson, O’Brien wasted no time in remembering how Macdonald mercilessly ripped Simpson on “Saturday Night Live” in his “Weekend Update” segments after Simpson was arrested in the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.“It was a huge deal back then.

Beverley Wood and her two teens have spent the last week in a caravan. But it’s no Easter getaway - just a temporary escape from the “absolute terror” they experience at their rodent-infested home in Oldham.

Manchester United have reportedly sought information on the situation of Bologna manager Thiago Motta, should the club decide to make a managerial change this summer.

"A child somewhere in this country is going to die because of a vape. It’s only a matter of time."

A developer is turning a home in Oldham into a ‘controversial’ House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO), despite opposition from local residents. The house at 1 Norfolk Crescent in Failsworth is permitted to become a six-bed rental arrangement.

A problem blighting dozens of communities across Greater Manchester is to be the subject of 'decisive steps' by the police. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have confirmed that a specialist off road bike unit will be re-established for the region in the coming weeks to address off-road motorcycle anti-social behaviour and related crime.

Armies of tourists on holiday, taking pictures of the old factories, high-rise tower blocks and stacked terraces. This was the ambitious plan for Oldham nearly 50 years ago.

A fly-tipping hotspot in Saddleworth was hit with one of its biggest piles of rubbish yet - with locals suspecting it was the remnants of an ‘abandoned cannabis farm’. The waste was dumped on Harrop Edge Lane, just off Huddersfield Road near Delph.