Crumbling historic mill could be transformed into apartments and commercial space - with 150 new homes planned for neighbouring fields

Stamps with the Queens Head will soon disappear from letters as a new barcode system is set to be brought in to replace them.

Four Vietnamese nationals feared to have died in a mill fire in Oldham have been named. They are married father Cuong Van Chu, 39, married Uoc Van Nguyen, 31, Duong Van Nguyen, 29, and 21-year-old Nam Thanh Le.

An 'unprovoked' serious attack in Bury town centre left a victim with a bleed on the brain and a fractured skull. Police are now trying to trace a man they wish to speak to as investigations into the incident continue.

The owner of a 'timid and loving' therapy dog has been left heartbroken after his beloved pup was viciously mauled in an unprovoked attack last Friday (July 29). Chow Chow Nala was seen cowering against the railings in shocking footage of the attack, in which the perpetrating breed, thought to be an American XL Bully, charges at her outside the Affinity Living apartments.

The 1975 have released a new single called ‘Happiness’ – you can listen to it below.The song is the latest preview of the Manchester group’s fifth album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, which is due to arrive on October 14 via Dirty Hit. It follows on from the recent comeback track ‘Part Of The Band’.“‘Happiness’ is like… there’s literally loads of us in the room on that track,” frontman Matty Healy told Zane Lowe of the funky, sax-filled latest offering on Apple Music 1 this evening (August 3).“[It] really doesn’t really have much structure.

New York Times said on Sunday that Football's Coming Home — a 'wry anthem trotted out by England fans every time its team get a whiff of a title' — had been booming out of the Wembley speakers. 'Everyone, you will not be surprised, knows the words by heart,' a writer observed. The $64,000 question for the new European champions now is whether they can reach the Holy Grail and beat the USA at next summer's World Cup.

An investigation is underway after eight people were rescued from a blaze at a block of flats in Rochdale. Fire crews rushed to the scene, on Daventry Road, on Monday evening (August 1).

Hundreds of new homes are to be built on the site of a burnt down mill despite fears over congestion, flooding and loss of green space. Proposals for a 311-home estate, at the former Rex Mill site, in Middleton, were passed by a majority vote at the latest meeting of Rochdale council’s planning committee.

Demand for tickets in the Women's Super League (WSL) have skyrocketed after the Lionesses historic Euro win at Wembley last night - as searches for Manchester City games surged by over 3000pc.

A brand new set of residential apartments are in the midst of being built in the city centre - and they've already sold out in record time. The 'Spinning Mill’ development has been formed inside one of Manchester's old textile mills and consists of 15 one-bed and 70 two-flats.

A 33-storey apartment block has been given the green light after one floor was removed from the plans which were rejected twice for being 'too tall'. Plans for 481 flats off Great Ancoats Street were approved by Manchester's planning committee despite hundreds of objections about the tallest block.

The possibility that human trafficking played a part in the Oldham mill tragedy is one line of enquiry being investigated by detectives, the Manchester Evening News understands.

The site of a demolished mill in Oldham where human remains were found was being used as a suspected cannabis farm, the Manchester Evening News understands.

Plans for a permanently pedestrianised Stevenson Square have been unveiled. The Northern Quarter square has been closed off to motor traffic since 2020 on a temporary basis.

Residents have spoken of their horror after human remains were uncovered just metres from their front doors over the weekend. The grim discovery was made by demolition workers at the site of a former mill in Oldham on Saturday (July 23), which was ravaged by a fire more than two months ago.

Andy Burnham says "no stone will be left unturned" during the investigation into a tragedy at a mill in Oldham. A major incident has been declared after human remains were found at Bismark House Mill in the Derker area of the town.

A search for potential further bodies at an Oldham mill which was the scene of a huge fire two months ago is underway it has been confirmed.