Man arrested after rape of teenage girl in a park in Oldham

Council chiefs are investigating whether run-down mills across Oldham could be converted into new homes - or torn down for housing - to prevent building on green belt land.A meeting of the full council was told that the authority is currently undertaking a ‘mills strategy’ following feedback about the draft proposals for the borough included in the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF).The second draft of the strategic masterplan for the region published in 2019 envisioned thousands of new

hereThe first gathering disrupted by the force was in Smithills Country Park in Bolton on the evening of Friday July 10.Mr Burnham said the event was broken up without incident and that a sound system was seized.Then late on Sunday July 12 on an industrial site in Oldham, police used a dispersal order to disrupt an event attended by 250 people.“There were three arrests and some minor injuries sustained by officers, which is completely unacceptable,” added Mr Burnham.On the same night GMP

More than a hundred care home residents have died in Oldham with coronavirus listed on their death certificate.Between March 22 and June 15, health and social care chiefs say that 106 deaths of care home residents connected to Covid-19 have occurred in the borough, with 25 residents dying in hospital with the virus.A report to cabinet states that the largest number of deaths ‘believed to be Covid-19 related in a single home is 21’.However chief clinical officer Dr John Patterson previously

in Failsworth with the attack taking place just over the border in north Manchester.The woman was supported by specialist officers and a manhunt launched after the incident was reported to them around 7.30pm.Today a 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.He has been taken into custody and will be questioned later today they added.However detectives say the investigation is ongoing and they are asking any potential witnesses, anyone with

Council chiefs in Oldham are calling on residents to sign a letter to the government urging ministers to ‘save our services’ and provide more funding to the borough.Bosses estimate that they are facing a shortfall of more than £19m from extra costs and lost income caused by the coronavirus pandemic.And despite a further £500m being announced for local authorities by Secretary of State for Local Government Robert Jenrick, the town hall says this is ‘not enough to fully support the people of

Stockport Magistrates Court on Thursday.During a brief hearing, Hayes, of Verne Drive in Oldham, only spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and address.He is charged with two offences of attempted murder dating back to November last year.The first offence occurred on November 1, 2019, when a 61-year-old woman was stabbed on Longfield Crescent in Oldham.The second incident took place on November 20 when a 71-year-old woman was attacked by a man with a knife in an alleyway off Stoneleigh

Salford street in the early hours of the morning.Officers were sent to Castle Way, in Swinton, at about 3.30am on Wednesday, following reports of a disturbance.An eyewitness said a man had been throwing items out of the window of a property on the street.They added: "He started to smash his flat up. He broke all his front windows."Police in riot gear turned up at about five.

Police are searching for a vehicle which officers say smashed into a learner driver.The silver VW Golf collided with a female learner driver “who was left very distressed” during the incident on Coal Pit Lane in Oldham on Tuesday afternoon (July 7), police say.The same car - with the registration NA53 JHJ - had also failed to stop for officers in Failsworth on Monday (July 6), Greater Manchester Police said.Officers reported on social media that the “drivers will be reported for the offences”

Minshull Street Crown Court heard. Ackers then brandished a kitchen knife with a four inch blade and began waving it at the guard in a ‘slashing motion’.

Property in Oldham and parts of Cheshire is being snapped up the quickest since house sales have been able to take place once more, according to Rightmove.The local areas in and around Greater Manchester have made the property site's list of the fastest-moving housing markets in England, while houses in parts of central London have been the slowest to shift.In Oldham, where the average asking price is £160,083, 43 percent of newly listed properties have found a buyer, putting the town in at

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Staff at a group of Greater Manchester NHS hospitals have now helped more than 1,000 patients who were suffering from Covid-19 on the road to recovery.The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) celebrated reaching the milestone after discharging more people this weekend who had tested positive for the coronavirus.The group oversees five hospitals - Salford Royal, The Royal Oldham, Fairfield, Rochdale Infirmary and North Manchester General - as well as looking after community services.A spokesman for the

hereClinicians are concerned about a potential influx of patients as a result of people hitting the booze after months cooped up at home.Outdoor coverings are being put up outside some emergency units, should large queues form outside.Clinicians could triage patients outside to assess whether they need to be treated in A&E, or whether they can seek treatment elsewhere.

Proposals to build a block of flats and shop on a former pub site in Oldham which are opposed by more than 240 residents will be decided next week.The planning committee is due to make a decision on the future of the land which once housed the former Fytton Arms public house on the Green Estate in Fitton Hill.A petition signed by 247 people, and 12 individual objections have been lodged against plans to redevelop it.The former Fytton Arms was demolished in 2015 and the site is now unoccupied,

Police carried out the raids at about 6.15am this morning (Thursday, July 2).Officers from the Tactical Aid Unit were pictured entering the homes.It followed complaints from members of the community about drug dealing in the area, a GMP spokesman said.

Manchester Crown Court heard. Briggs, from Northenden, has now been jailed for a year after a judge said he 'sought to control intimate or ex-partners'.

One of the North West’s first ‘pop up’ community Covid-19 testing sites where people can visit on foot is being piloted in Oldham town centre.The new facility, at the Southgate Street Oldham Library car park becomes fully operational on Monday, June 29 and offers walk-through testing so people don’t need to be in a vehicle to access the site.Anyone who suspects they have coronavirus can go to the NHS booking website or call NHS 119 – the test and trace number – to book an appointment at the site