Police are closing in on organisers who tried to host massive rave for 1,000 people on moorland near Oldham

This year will end on a bit of a better note for two waitresses in Maryland who received a $2,020 tip before indoor dining shuts down in the area. Lauren Jewel and Jennifer Zoller work at Evelyn’s in Annapolis, and didn’t expect anything out of the ordinary when they served a regular customer last Saturday, WBAL-TV reports.The anonymous regular is known to order avocado toast with eggs over easy while reading a book in the restaurant, according to WJZ.

direct to your inboxThe elderly and NHS workers expressed their joy today when they became the first people in Oldham to receive the coronavirus vaccine.About 250 people received their jab at Greenbank Medical Practice on Tuesday as the first of 800,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine are being delivered across the country."The administration takes longer than the vaccine," joked Bernard McLaughlin, 82, after a nurse had asked a number of preliminary questions: has he had another vaccine in

Kirk Cameron doesn’t believe pandemic rules apply to him.

direct to your inboxFifteen more people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll has risen to 3,915, the latest NHS figures show.Six more Covid-related deaths were recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

SILVER SPRING, Maryland – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Friday afternoon approved emergency use of Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech’s vaccine. The emergency use authorization allows the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to be distributed in the U.S.

direct to your inboxTens of thousands of illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth around £50k have been seized in raids by police and trading standards officers in Oldham.Council workers, supported by Greater Manchester Police visited three shops in the town on Saturday, December 5.Tobacco which was either suspected to be counterfeit or labelled not for the UK market was discovered at premises on Yorkshire Street, Park Road and Hollins RoadIn total 31,600 cigarettes and 12.5kg of rolling tobacco was

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester Police has confirmed it will ‘progress’ investigations into child sexual exploitation in Oldham ahead of the publication of an independent review.In November last year Oldham council and the Oldham Safeguarding Partnership commissioned a review from the Mayor of Greater Manchester into allegations circulating online about abuse in the borough.These chiefly concern ‘shisha bars, taxi companies and children’s homes’, according to the terms of reference for

direct to your inboxPeople who claim Universal Credit are being urged to check their payments after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) admitted to issuing over 60,000 people the wrong accounts for winter fuel allowance last month.The news comes as temperatures drop in the UK.The winter fuel payment is an annual tax-free benefit to help families with heating costs from November each year.The money - which can be anything from £100 to £300 - is automatically paid out to those born on or

direct to your inboxAn international car stealing operation has been smashed by police after crooks blundered by using a hire car as a taxi.Two organised crime gangs based in Oldham, with associates in Bolton and Bury, are believed to be behind the theft of 70 luxury cars since last October, worth £2.25m.They specialised in stealing Ranger Rovers and Land Rovers - including the popular Evoque - as well as BMWs, Audis, and Volkswagens.It is thought they have technology which enables them to get

Paul Sarbanes was a former Democratic U.S. senator from Maryland who served five terms and drafted the first article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon.Sarbanes briefly served in the Maryland House of Delegates before being elected to the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) – Former Sen.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.More than 20,000 people in Lanarkshire have now tested positive for coronavirus.At the Scottish Government's daily press briefing in Edinburgh, Deputy First Minister John Swinney today (Friday, December 4) confirmed that a further 166 people in the region tested positive yesterday.In total, 20,104 cases of Covid-19 have now been registered in the region since the first positive cases were confirmed in

A makeshift barber's shop has been closed down after it was found operating in the front room of a house in Oldham - breaching coronavisus restrictions.Police and council officials found two barber shop chairs and a queue of customers waiting for a trim when they visited the house.No-one was wearing masks.The male owner of the home has been slapped with a fine.Hair salons and barbers, alongside all non-essential shops, were ordered to close when the second national lockdown was imposed last

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.More than 200,000 people in Lanarkshire have received their flu jab this year.Since the start of this year’s flu vaccination programme, staff across NHS Lanarkshire have worked tirelessly to vaccinate more people than in the entire programme last year.Val de Souza, Director Health and Social Care, South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership, said: “I would like to thank all of the staff involved in

herePlans for NHS staff vaccination are underway and could be ready by the end of the week but details of where they will be vaccinated have not been finalised.All 20,000 NCA staff will be vaccinated by the same nurses who would usually administer their winter flu jabs.But those working in Oldham, Bury and Rochdale may have to travel to Salford Royal Hospital if their workplace, where drop-in clinics would usually be run from, cannot store the Covid vaccine in freezers at the correct

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said in a new SEC filing Wednesday. “Additionally, as of October 3, 2020, approximately 37,000 employees who are not scheduled for employment termination were on furlough as a result of COVID-19’s impact on our businesses.”The layoffs appear to be an update of layoffs announced in September, when Disney said it would cut 28,000 jobs in its theme parks division.