Two friends have gone on trial accused of murdering a teenager in Oldham

Oldham are millionaires - they just don't know it yet. The pair from the lockdown-hit town are being urged to come forward as the Lotto winnings are still yet to be claimed.

Manchester Evening News."At the end of the day, you can sit in a pub close to people you don't know, but you can't sit in a pub close to people you do know. It's been tough not being able to see family."What concerns me the most is how it's going to affect schools reopening.

there were particularly high incidence of cases in central Oldham areas, where there is a high proportion of people from the south Asian community."There are people who are racist, they think 'because of them, we have to be in lockdown'. The next Bangladeshi person you see could then become a target", Mr Mahmood said.Mufti Helal Mahmood MBE, an officer from Oldham Mosque Council, agreed."There's been a huge spike in Islamophobic hate crime and racial tension within the community.

has announced tighter restrictions in Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn, while releasing Wigan, Darwen and Rossendale from current measures. Birmingham and Northampton have been added to the government's watch list following an increase in cases.

hereTargeted testing and other measures have brought numbers down significantly with health secretary Matt Hancock agreeing on Friday that a full lockdown would not be necessary.Instead it is understood people in Oldham will be told not to socialise with other households anywhere.This is a stricter message than the present rules, which had still allowed people to meet in outside public spaces such as parks and outside pubs and restaurants.Oldhamers will also be advised only to use public

Oldham has been made subject to extra measures around social distancing - but how long will they last for? The M.E.N learned on Friday (August 21) that the town will escape a full Leicester-style economic lockdown, and instead people will be told not to socialise with other households anywhere.This includes in houses, gardens, pubs and restaurants and at outdoor public spaces such as parks.It is understood that Oldhamers are now also being advised only to use public transport for essential

that a full lockdown is not necessary. It means the borough's pubs and restaurants can remain open.But people from different households are no longer allowed to go out for a drink or meal together - even if they sit outside.

coronavirus rates. Every other borough will remain subject to the original rules imposed by the government at the end of July.In Oldham, residents will now also be advised only to use public transport for essential travel - largely for work and school.They'll also be told not to socialise with other households anywhere.

Oldham had been teetering on the brink of full Leicester-style lockdown due to high infection rates, but after targeted testing and other measures brought numbers down significantly in the space of a week, Matt Hancock yesterday agreed that it would not be necessary.But what are the new measures that have been announced?It is understood people in Oldham will be told not to socialise with other households anywhere, a stricter message than the present rules, which had still allowed people to meet

can be downloaded at this link.The number of coronavirus cases across Greater Manchester began to rise around July 16th and local lockdown measures were announced on July 30th.The case numbers continued to rise up until the end of last week but in recent days have levelled out and may now be falling.There has been no related increase in the number of hospital admissions with Covid-19 or people diagnosed with Covid-19 while in hospital and the majority of recent positive cases have been through

after the health secretary responded to rising Covid infection rates in all but one of them. Since then, the consensus for which Greater Manchester's system likes to be known has come under pressure.

hereUnder the current local lockdown rules, people from different households are banned from mixing in homes or gardens.Across Greater Manchester between Friday and Sunday, Greater Manchester Police recorded 863 incidents related to Covid-19.That included 54 reports of people breaching the coronavirus rules on Sunday alone.Sharing details of Monday night's incident on social media, officers from GMP Oldham Central wrote: "Officers have this evening attended a report of a house party in

reports the Guardian, as it emerged just three per cent of 112,000 volunteers signed up so far are from British Asian backgrounds.Dr Dinesh Saralaya, one of the recruitment programme's directors, described the low uptake as "very worrying."He said he was "very disappointed in the uptake in the big areas like Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Burnley, Bradford, Wakefield, Dewsbury.”Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up

Covid-19 cases in Oldham has been rising week on week and its positivity rate is currently at around 5pc – the highest in the country Figures released on Tuesday show there has been another spike of 255 cases in the week up to August 8, up from the previous seven days’ total of 137.The infection rate is now standing at 107.5 cases per 100,000 people in the borough – as high as it was during the height of the pandemic in mid April.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to

The number of Covid-19 cases in Oldham is rising week on week – but it can’t be dismissed as the result of increased testing, the borough’s health chief has explained.Figures released on Tuesday show there has been another spike of 255 cases in the week up to August 8, up from the previous seven days’ total of 137.The infection rate is now standing at 107.5 cases per 100,000 people in the borough – as high as it was during the height of the pandemic in mid April.The council brought back tougher

recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases since the peak of the pandemic last week. It’s unclear why Oldham has become such a hotspot compared to other parts of Greater Manchester, but residents have their own ideas."People aren’t obeying lockdown,” says Hazel Banks, who lives near Alexandra Park, one of the worst affected areas in Oldham."Everyday since the start, people have been ignoring it."We see it at our neighbour’s.

Bosses have issued an eleventh hour warning to Oldham residents to comply with tougher coronavirus restrictions or face the government imposing a ‘devastating’ Leicester-style lockdown.Cases in the borough have been rapidly rising over recent weeks, with the rate of infection now as high as it was during mid-April at the height of the pandemic.The latest figures released today show there has been another spike of 255 cases in the week up to August 8 – almost double the previous week’s total of