Residents in Oldham are being invited to receive the Covid-19 vaccine next week

direct to your inboxFriends and family have been paying tribute after three people were found dead in Failsworth. James Acton, 41, Zoe Hamilton, 28, and Andrew Smith, 39, were found unresponsive at a house on Oldham Road on Monday afternoon.

Nicola Sturgeon revealed the number as she confirmed a second vaccine, which could be the key to restoring relative normality to people's lives, will be rolled out from Monday.

CD Projekt RED has prematurely announced when players can expect free downloadable content for Cyberpunk 2077.The Cyberpunk 2077 website has been updated with a new page, dedicated to the game’s future content. When discovered, the page also drops the first details for when players can expect to see new DLC.According to the webpage, “free DLC starts hitting Night City early 2021”, suggesting the first pieces of content will be within the first quarter of the year.

Test and Trace, meant for a woman in Nottingham.Arthur Herbert, who lives in Buckie, explained that he began receiving messages from NHS Test and Trace on December 19.He initially thought the messages regarding a Covid-19 test in Nottingham were a hoax.However, after they kept coming he realised it could be a potential breach of data protection and set about trying to sort it.More worringly, after receiving several more messages he began to worry the woman might not even know of her positive

direct to your inboxTwo people have been taken to hospital - and four arrested - after a police chase ended in a crash in Oldham.Officers from GMP's Tactical Vehicle Interception were on patrol on Monday morning (December 28) when they spotted a 'suspected cloned vehicle' in Chadderton.They followed the the vehicle at around 10.35am, police said.A short time after the chase began, the suspected cloned vehicle crashed into a third party car on Foxdenton Lane.Two people were taken to hospital

coronavirus coma. Wayne Oldham fought for his life as the killer virus attacked his lungs during an 11 week stay in hospital after being admitted on October 5.  The 46-year-old gym fanatic was placed on an ECMO machine in a last ditch attempt by doctors at the Aintree Hospital, the Liverpool Echo reports.

direct to your inboxA review into allegations of child sexual exploitation in Oldham is now expected to publish its findings in the ‘middle of 2021’, the region’s deputy mayor has confirmed.In a letter to Oldham council’s chief executive, Baroness Beverley Hughes said the findings of the independent review would not be published for months.She was writing in response to a motion raised at the November meeting of the full council, proposed by Conservative and Independent councillors John Hudson

direct to your inboxA determined drugs boss carried on operating even after being arrested twice.Dorian Bell's involvement in selling heroin, cocaine and ecstasy only stopped when he was remanded in custody.He and a number of other dealers face lengthy sentences for their role in an Oldham and Manchester based drugs gang, in which 23-year-old Bell played a 'leading' role.Police recovered significant quantities of drugs and also found a safe house the gang used in the Green Quarter of Manchester

Oliver Stone recently was administered the Russian version of the COVID-19 vaccine and says he is not concerned about possible complications. The Oscar-winning director made his comments about the matter to Russian media outlets, as documented by the Associated Press.

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

in Oldham.Father Peter McKie, 82, served the Salford Catholic diocese for 52 years and was priest at several churches in the area during his career. His body was discovered in Hollinwood on Friday, December 4.

direct to your inboxThis was the wreckage of a car involved in a horror crash in Oldham.Police and firefighters rushed to Hollins Road last night after a black BMW crashed.The fire service said the vehicle had collided into a building. It's not clear whether the driver of the BMW was injured.The M.E.N.

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

New York City will receive its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines next week pending federal approval, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.  "We are 10 months into this crisis. But for the first time, we can really see the end in sight," de Blasio told reporters during a press conference.

Several countries plan to start rolling out COVID-19 vaccines in the next few months, and according to new reports, the queen will allegedly receive the vaccine in due course.According to The Sunday Times, the queen and her husband "will receive the jab in line with the [U.K.] government’s roll-out, which begins on Tuesday." The publication continued, "The first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will be given to elderly care home residents and their carers, followed by anyone else over 80 and