Two Labour councillors 'in the running' to be Oldham's next town hall leader after Arooj Shah loses seat

Doctors and nurses across four of the region’s major hospitals say they are ‘losing patients in hospitals’ as a huge IT failure tips over into more than a week of chaos. ‘Waiting times are rising’, staff are doing ‘longer shifts’, and staff are ‘unable to track their patients as they move through the hospitals’ because the electronic systems continue to crash.

Rise Films is nearing the end of what has been a monumental month for the London-based production outfit. Last week, HBO Max launched the company’s two-part documentary George Carlin’s American Dream, which chronicles the life and five-decade career of the comedian with Judd Apatow in the director’s seat.

Hospital bosses are warning the public to avoid the Royal Oldham Hospital's emergency department unless urgent and life-threatening. The hospital has today declared a critical incident after almost a week of IT failures across four Greater Manchester hospitals which have caused 'severe delays' to patient care, according to staff.

Rina Sawayama has performed her latest single ‘This Hell’ on a recent episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.The Japanese-British singer appeared on the show last night (May 19) to perform the song, lifted from her forthcoming album ‘Hold The Girl’. The single was released earlier in the week, and described by Sawayama in a press release as a “euphoric and tongue in cheek country pop song”.Her staging for The Tonight Show stayed true to the country theme, complete with hay bales, cowboy boots and line dancing.

Angela Scanlon has revealed that she and her friend had to spend a night in a Mexican prison when they were younger.The One Show presenter, 38, and her friend had travelled to Mexico for a relaxing holiday, but things took a left turn after a passport mishap. Angela had used her sister's passport to get into the country, but had issues when she was trying to leave. Speaking to Alan Carr on his Life's A Beach podcast, she said: "I was in a Mexican prison.That's a whole other story.

Eric Clapton has been forced to postpone two of his upcoming shows after testing positive for COVID-19.The guitarist kicked off his latest UK and European tour earlier this month with a pair of shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London.However, Clapton has now announced that he is rescheduling his planned dates in Zurich, Switzerland and Milan, Italy, which had been set to take place tonight (May 17) and tomorrow (May 18), after he contracted COVID following the second Albert Hall gig.“Eric Clapton is unfortunately suffering from COVID having tested positive shortly after the second concert at the Royal Albert Hall,” a statement on Clapton’s website reads.

Amanda Holden is selling her stunning London home for a whopping £5 million, it has been revealed. The radio host and Britain's Got Talent judge bought the property in 2015, and previously described it as her “forever home”. “Forever” only seems to have lasted seven years however, as the 51 year old is now selling it.

Little Mix gave an emotional speech to their fans before letting their hair down for a wild party to celebrate the final stop in their Confetti tour before their hiatus. Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall went out on a high over the weekend at London's O2 Arena – where they broke down in tears during their final performances. And after the show came to an end, the hitmakers addressed their fans following ten hugely successful years of being in the UK's biggest girl group.

These were the dirty and unsanitary conditions environmental health inspectors found when they visited an illegal chicken factory in Oldham. Following the inspection, which uncovered blocked drains, filthy walls and floors and a disconnected wash basin, Boola Halal Limited was told to stop trading.

Good news for Gordon Ramsay; Fox has not only ordered his latest competition show but will give his hit series Next Level Chef the post-Super Bowl slot on Feb. 12.

Britain's Got Talent contestant Jonathan Antoine looks unrecognisable ten years on from his breathtaking performance that wowed the judges. Jonathan, 27, was just 17 years old at the time and appeared alongside his partner Charlotte Jaconell in 2012. The singing duo made it all the way to the final and just fell short to Ashleigh and Pudsey, finishing in second place.

The first female Muslim council leader in the North has said she was 'dehumanised' by a deliberate 'smear campaign' after she became the second Labour leader of Oldham Council to lose her seat in as many years.

Cyndi Lauper is set to be the subject of an upcoming documentary called Let The Canary Sing.According to a press release, the film will cover the singer’s rise from her childhood in Queens, New York to the top of the pop charts in the 1980s and beyond. It’s directed by Alison Ellwood, who helmed 2020’s The Go-Go’s.A release date is not yet confirmed, but the documentary is said to be currently in production via Sony Music Entertainment’s Premium Content Division.“Like many people, I assumed when Cyndi Lauper burst onto the music scene in the early ’80s, that she was another young star experiencing a meteoric rise to fame and success thanks to MTV,” Ellwood said in a statement.“Her music videos were wild and colourful, her songs like ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ [1983] were infectious.

"I wait for phone calls from her that never come." The mother of a tragic 22-year-old has shared her grief after the 'healthy' young woman died after a series of shocking heart attacks that 'came out of the blue', according to her family and friends.