Man arrested on suspicion of drink or drug driving after four vehicle crash in Oldham

Wigan.One woman was taken to hospital with stab wounds and has since been discharged.Brian Holden, of Ashton Heath, has been charged with attempted murder in the wake of the stabbing. He has been remanded in custody and will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court today, August 28.Get breaking news first on the free Manchester Evening News app - download it here for your Apple or Android device. You can also get a round-up of the biggest stories sent direct to your inbox every day

A man has been arrested after a woman was sexually attacked in Manchester city centre and for 'numerous' indecent exposures.Greater Manchester Police were called to Slate Wharf after a woman in her 20s was sexually assaulted.She said she was walking in the area at 8.50am on Wednesday, August 26 when she was approached by a man, who went onto attack her.A GMP spokesman said that there have been seven reports of a man indecently exposing himself in the Castlefield and St John's areas of the city

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hereOfficers received intelligence indicating that a number of people were being controlled and exploited at the property.Seven “potential Romanian victims” were removed from the address during the operation, which was supported by Greater Manchester Police and the Department for Work and Pensions.Nechita, of Garthwaite Avenue, Oldham, appeared at Stockport Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, August 20.He has been charged with facilitating the travel of two men from Romania to the UK with a view to

hereIn a statement, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said: "At 6.22pm on Thursday, August 20, GMFRS were called to an incident on Manchester Road, Pendlebury, Swinton."One crew from Salford attended the incident where a young male had fallen through a building roof."The crew used a door ram to gain entry to the property and safely extricated the male."He was then conveyed to hospital by North West Ambulance Service."Crews were in attendance for approximately 30 minutes."A spokesperson

Crawley Magistrates’ Court this morning.It's the second driving ban the father-of-three has been handed.Back in 2012, the 41-year-old was caught speeding in his luxury Jaguar on the same Manchester road three times in five weeks.He was fined and handed a six-month ban on that occasion, despite his lawyer, Nick 'Mr Loophole' Freeman, arguing he should get a shorter discretionary suspension.Ferdinand and his wife TV star Kate Wright were the focus of a BBC documentary, Rio And Kate: Becoming A

straight to your inboxYoung Manchester City right-back Pedro Porro has secured a two-year loan move to Portugal with Sporting.The Spanish Under-21 international will spend the next two seasons with the Primeira Liga side who announced the news on their website on Saturday.

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Blackley. Victoria Avenue was cordoned off following the smash at about 1.10pm on Friday afternoon.Police said it involved a white Mercedes van, a grey Audi and a second van of unspecified make.Pictures from the scene show the Audi crashed into a tree.A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said one man had been arrested in connection with the incident.A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said petrol from one of the damaged vehicles was leaking onto the road.

A man has been arrested after reports of a person attempting to throw “suspected bleach” at cars on a busy main road in north Manchester.Police were called to Ashton New Road, in Clayton, at around 4.30pm this afternoon (August 11).Their attendance followed reports that a man was “attempting to throw suspected bleach at nearby cars”.Officers arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of affray.The incident is understood to have unfolded on the busy main road, close to the Aldi supermarket.A Greater

Wigan has been released under investigation.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact GMP’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 0161 856 4741 quoting incident number 2342 of 06/08/2020, or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

hereA 35-year-old man arrested at the scene on suspicion of driving whilst unfit through drink or drugs is due to be questioned by police.Huddersfield Road (A62) is currently closed in both directions following the collision, which happened between Dunham Street and Culvert Street.The road has been closed since around 6.30pm.An air ambulance is reported to have landed at a local school.Man Traffic tweeted: "A62 Huddersfield Rd, Waterhead in Oldham "UPDATE: Involves a cyclist and van at Stamford

A care home where children set a bedroom on fire, use cannabis and demonstrate ‘extreme aggression’ when demanding pocket money from staff has been criticised by inspectors.Ofsted carried out an ‘urgent monitoring inspection’ of a facility in Oldham and identified a series of ‘poor practices’ around the care being provided in a damning report.The visit was prompted by a safeguarding notification which alerted the watchdog to a fire which had been ‘deliberately started’ by two children in a

A new coronavirus testing centre has opened in Oldham after a spike of infections in the borough led to stricter restrictions on socialising being brought back.The new facility has been built over the weekend and launched on Monday, August 3 at the car park of Oasis Academy on Hollins Road.It will offer ‘walk-through testing’ so residents don’t need to be in a vehicle to access the site.Councillor Zahid Chauhan, cabinet member for health and social care said: “This site is accessible to many