Mum says four-year-old daughter was hit in the head and knocked off bike when passenger door of van, which was parked on pavement, was opened

More than 120 positive coronavirus cases have been recorded across Heywood in one week.Heywood Town was the worst affected area in the borough of Rochdale during the seven days to October 4, registering 47 cases.This was the highest number of anywhere outside of Manchester - which has seen rates soar among the student population - and Oldham.The Heywood area also includes Hopwood Hall and Siddal Moor, and Heap Bridge and Darnhill, which recorded 38 and 36 positive tests respectively.The figures

Mia Strothers, 14, had been crossing the road when she was struck by a BMW on Lightbowne Road in Moston this week. The North Manchester Academy student suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital, where she sadly died on Wednesday (October 7).

Bolton Wanderers and Shrewsbury Town on December 29 last year, and included supporters of both teams. During the fight on Church Bank in Bolton town centre, a man was kicked in the head and left unconscious for several minutes.

Manchester City fan following the Carabao Cup final.Aston Villa fan Simon Ebdon, 54, punched the boy in the face as he and his dad waited for a train outside Wembley following the showpiece game which saw City lift the trophy back in March.Ebdon pleaded guilty to assault by beating at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court in north London, on Monday, September 28.And he was ordered to carry out 80 hours' unpaid work as well as being handed a three-year football banning order.The court confirmed

Eltiona Skana, 30, is set to go on trial next month accused of murdering seven-year-old Emily Jones in a park in Bolton.Police were called to Queen's Park following an incident on Mother’s Day, March 22, earlier this year.At Manchester Crown Court this afternoon, Ms Skana, of Ernest Street in Bolton, appeared via video link for a plea and trial preparation hearing.Her barrister Simon Czoka QC requested that the defendant not be asked to enter a plea at the hearing.A further hearing was scheduled

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Builders working on renovations on the Manchester Jewish Museum building have discovered a 150-year-old time capsule buried within its historic synagogue walls.A glass jar, which remains intact thanks to a wax seal, was found hidden deep within a wall cavity in the cornerstone of the original museum building situated on Cheetham Hill Road.The rare find is filled with money, synagogue papers and newspapers dating back to the 1870s.Experts at the museum now believe the artifact was buried around

A paedophile who posed as a younger man online to have sexual chats with a child was caught by an undercover police officer.Steven Marchington, of Chadderton in Oldham, thought he was speaking to a teenage girl when he performed a sex act on himself over webchat.In fact it was an undercover officer who had joined the online forum for teenagers, posing as 13-year-old 'Holly'.Manchester Crown Court heard Marchington messaged the undercover officer under the username David UK, saying he was a

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