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The cost of renting is continuing to soar across the UK - and Greater Manchester is no exception. Rents have now risen by 8.8 percent across the country, with prices up by as much as 20 percent in some areas.

A pub operator championing local communities has won a prestigious award naming it the best of its kind across the country.

He isn't the only promising young footballer to fail to live up to the hype. Many players come through an elite academy, some even make their debut, then fail to make the grade and play out their career in the lower leagues.

Yellow buses will now be seen buzzing through Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Bury and north Manchester following the launch of the Bee Network’s second phase.

Rent costs have risen by nine percent across the country over the last year, with some areas experiencing much bigger price hikes than others. It now costs £1,238 a month on average to rent a private home in Great Britain, according to the latest data from the government’s Housing Market Indices Team.

A man has been killed after being hit by a car in Oldham.

The steel-and-glass towers which stand proud in the city centre are a symbol of Greater Manchester’s economy.

Netflix has confirmed when season three of Heartstopper will drop - leaving fans asking the same question.

A man has been charged with assault after an incident outside a takeaway in Failsworth. Police were called to reports a man was injured in Oldham Road, Failsworth, on Sunday evening (March 17). A 42-year-old man remains in hospital in a serious, life-threatening condition, officers said.

A 20mph zone will be introduced on a “lethal” road in Oldham following the tragic deaths of two cyclists. Stamford Road in Lees is due to receive a new speed limit and a number of traffic calming measures to reduce the risk of further accidents.

Happy Valley's James Norton is starring in new Netflix IVF drama 'JOY', which tells the true story of Louise Joy Brown, the first person born through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) in Oldham.

New plans to clamp down on poor housing and rogue landlords will be put into action in Oldham. An extended selective licensing scheme will allow the local authority to hold those renting out homes to higher standards.

A car was recovered from a busy Greater Manchester road after being 'attacked' and left abandoned in Oldham. Greater Manchester Police says a group of four males targeted the black Citroen C5 Aircross, before it was left dumped in the road.

The theatre company behind Oldham Coliseum has announced its spring and summer programme will be staged at a pop-up theatre. Its comes almost a year after the organisation bid farewell to its home on Fairbottom Street after losing its Arts Council England funding.

Two people who were arrested after a man was killed in a crash in Oldham have been released on bail, police have confirmed.

A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a pedestrian was killed and another seriously injured in a horror crash in Oldham. The 59-year-old man was knocked down while waiting to cross the street on Park Road in Oldham on Saturday afternoon.

It is a snapshot of a tender moment between a mum and her newborn baby. Yet the quick selfie taken by Rebecca Smith as her tiny son Calvin slept on her chest at home also tells a different, more harrowing story.

It was the night before Christmas when PC Helena Stone decided to get behind the wheel of a car, despite being too drunk to drive. Now, after being caught red-handed by her Greater Manchester Police colleagues, she has received a ban from driving and from ever serving in the police again.

A ‘10 year’ saga that has dominated Greater Manchester politics is set to finally be resolved. The saga centres around a plan to build 165,000 homes in the region; bring in ‘significant growth’ in the core urban area from Port Salford to the Etihad; address the GM north-south divide in jobs and housing; and support existing ‘economic drivers’ in the south.

Jeremy Hunt has been urged not to axe a 'vital fund' which has been a 'lifeline' for vulnerable families in Greater Manchester. More than 170 council leaders, 90 Parliamentarians and five mayors have called on the Chancellor to extend the Household Support Fund.

Emergency services were scrambled to the M60 after receiving reports of a vehicle fire.

A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer has admitted sexually assaulting a young girl while on duty. PC Dean Dempster, who served with GMP in the Oldham division, today (Wednesday, February 28) pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child under 13 last year.

Three people escaped and were treated by fire crews after a flat burst into flames in Oldham on Tuesday evening (February 27).

To mark International Women's Day, Oldham Council are unveiling a plaque to commemorate a spot which could have been at the centre of a decision that led to the Suffrage movement.

These dramatic photos show an overturned car in a river in Oldham after a woman was rescued in a major emergency operation.

A man stopped by police in a village was awash with cash and had a debtors' list in one of his two mobile phones. Now drug dealer, Mitchell Bradely, has been jailed for almost four years.

The Etihad Stadium will host East Manchester's first Andy's Man Club sessions, Manchester City have announced.

A major road in Oldham is due to shut for three nights this week. The Oldham Way between Manchester Street roundabout and Prince Street will be closed to traffic for resurfacing works from 8PM on February 21 to 23.

A detective constable has left Greater Manchester Police in shame after he was found to have repeatedly messaged a 'vulnerable' victim of domestic abuse repeatedly while off duty.

Andy Burnham has 'confidently' said the next phase of rolling-out Bee Network buses will 'be better for the public on day one' than existing services.