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Video footage captured the moment a group of horses 'on the loose' wreaked havoc running along a busy street in Oldham on Wednesday evening (May 15).

Greater Manchester saw some of the highest rates of racial and religious hate crimes recorded across the country last year. But despite historically high levels across the country, some communities fear many incidents are still not being reported to police.

A boy of 13 has been taken to hospital following a dramatic rescue from the fifth floor of a building undergoing renovation. The teenager was strapped into a stretcher and lowered to the ground by a fire service cherry picker before being taken to hospital.

Mum-of-three Gemma has been skipping meals so her youngest son can keep going to football training every week. It costs £5. Despite her sacrifices, she says the price of food, council tax and bills continuing to rise means she's continuing to struggle.

Councillor Arooj Shah has unanimously re-elected as leader of the Oldham Labour Group. It means she has secured her continued role as leader of the council until May 22.

A funeral parlour in Oldham may be converted into five apartments arranged around a space to ‘store and display headstones’. A planning application submitted to the council last week shows plans to transform Oldham Muslim Funeral Services, also known as Jarvis House, into living quarters.

A man was arrested at Manchester Victoria after he told a teenager on a train he would 'stab him' if he didn't give him his phone.

A man blasted gunshots on a residential street as onlookers filmed the incident on Snapchat.

Residents of a street in Greater Manchester had an incredibly lucky escape when a train crashed through their houses in the early hours of the morning.

A Manchester doctor took his own life by ingesting a poison he ordered online from Malaysia - that Border Force officers were reportedly powerless to prevent being sent on to him. Oldham-born Dr Jonathan Shaw, who lived in Didsbury and was 55, was found dead at an address in Oldham on December 2, 2023.

Average petrol and diesel prices have seen an increase of 10p per litre since the beginning of this year, according to recent figures.

Sitting outside a betting shop in Oldham town centre, David Storer pats the concrete ledge beside him. “Take a seat in my home,” he says. “Welcome.”

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.

A man ran to a pub for safety after being threatened by masked thugs. The victim had been followed by a group of men after getting off the tram at Shaw and Crompton, in Oldham, on April 10.

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.

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.

"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.