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An 'industrial scale' cannabis farm packed with plants worth £500,000 - and two quails - were found in a town centre police raid, GMP revealed today.

Bosses at two Greater Manchester hospitals with dangerous crumbling concrete have assured that 'patient and staff safety is paramount'. Both Salford Royal and Royal Oldham hospitals have been confirmed to contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete - RAAC - in their roofing.

A union has spoken out after a pay deal for striking bus drivers was secured, bringing industrial action to an end.

People in parts of Greater Manchester will be able to catch a glimpse of the Red Arrows on Friday.

The step from primary to secondary school can feel daunting, but feeling secure in your decision of where your child will be moving on to next can make the process a lot easier for both you and your child.

An Oldham MP has stepped down from Labour's shadow cabinet as he faces a 'testing' recovery from illness. Jim McMahon, MP for Oldham West and Royton, resigned from the position of shadow environment secretary this morning (September 4).

Witnesses have told how a 'dangerous and out of control' dog was shot dead by police marksmen after a woman was bitten in Oldham. A man has been arrested following the attack in Moorside on Sunday morning.

A driver who fled after leaving three people with life-changing injuries in a hit-and-run returned to his smashed-up car to grab suitcases - before flying off to Tenerife. Taylor Moss ploughed his BMW into an oncoming car while attempting to overtake a taxi, before hitting another vehicle.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape as part of an investigation into non-recent child sexual exploitation in Oldham.

The UK’s premiere cycling road race sets off from Greater Manchester this Sunday (September 3).

Inspectors have criticised Oldham’s services for children with special needs for ‘unacceptable’ waiting times and years-long delays which are ‘negatively impacting’ youngsters’ wellbeing.

Proposals to create a new ‘enhanced’ public space in Oldham town centre to hold outdoor art and culture events have been submitted by chiefs.

Passengers on board a car were taken to hospital after a police vehicle crashed into their motor.

A 'paltry' pay offer has been blasted by Unite as more than 100 of its members at a semiconductors maker start to vote over whether to strike.

The Government has today confirmed plans for Eton College to launch a new sixth form in Oldham - and announced two new free schools will also open in Manchester. They are among 15 new free schools given the go-ahead in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country.

Staff at a Greater Manchester branch of a popular kebab chain restaurant claim they were informed their store was closing ‘without warning’ due to essential repair work which will now leave them without work for a month.

‘Experimental’ traffic restrictions have been introduced outside a school in Oldham to protect pupils at pick-up and drop-off times.

Armed police swooped on streets near the centre of Oldham on Tuesday afternoon (August 15) following reports of a man 'with a gun'.

Two men have been found guilty of causing the death of a teenage girl after she was mowed down while she walked to college.

The huge Greater Manchester-wide blueprint for ‘housing, jobs, and growth’, can finally move forward following a government review.

Buying your first home is a goal for many people, but the cost of living crisis is making it increasingly hard for people to get on the property ladder. Not only is the cost of buying a house itself extremely high, but saving for a deposit and earning a good enough wage to secure a mortgage is also difficult.

Three GMP officers are under investigation for 'potential breaches of standards' during the probe into the discovery of four bodies at a burnt out mill in Oldham, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.

A driver has told a jury that he went into ‘survival mode’ and was 'fighting for his life' after being chased by a BMW moments before he crashed into a student in Oldham.

A housing association has agreed a £13m contract for new ‘affordable’ family homes in Middleton.

The heartbroken granddaughter of a vulnerable, elderly woman who was attacked in her own bedroom at a care home has spoken of the anguish the ordeal has caused her entire family - and how her grandma has been 'destroyed'.

If you fancy a pizza in Manchester, you’re spoilt for choice.

There's a question I've been asking myself this week - and I think it is one I cannot answer.

Police are appealing for more information after a woman was approached by a man with a knife and sexually assaulted in an Oldham park.

Plans for a new five-storey apartment block in Oldham town centre have been lodged.

Controversial plans to build homes on peat land at Chat Moss in Salford for housing have been scrapped.

Bosses in Oldham have stepped in to save a specialist care home looking after a hundred vulnerable residents after it went into administration.

A man who died in a flat fire in Oldham has been named as Ralph Brown.

Plans for a huge shared house in Oldham have been compared to ‘little kennels’ as a councillor slammed the rise of HMOs in the borough as ‘rotten’.

There used to be a bit of food snobbery surrounding Greggs. A bit like Aldi and Lidl, it was never as cool to shop there as it is now.

A boy racer who filmed himself driving at speeds of over 120mph before crashing into and killing a pregnant mum is one of those locked up in Greater Manchester this week.

The whole sweet shop experience has somewhat died a death over recent years.