'Wearing military-style uniform with Nazi symbols was a bad choice', councillor says as old image resurfaces

Nigel Farage made headlines earlier this week when he claimed there were streets in Oldham where nobody spoke the English language. The comment was made during an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

Cornerstone has closed worldwide distribution deals for Andrea Arnold’s latest feature film Bird, which debuted at last month’s Cannes Film Festival. 

Tributes have been paid to a young man tragically killed when a car overturned in a major crash in Oldham on Sunday night (June 2). Atif Zaheer, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene of the horror collision, on Greenacres Road, at around 11.40pm.

A primary school in Oldham has turned itself around after it was first told by Ofsted that teaching was ‘not good enough’ and kids’ attainments were ‘hampered’ by a poor curriculum almost seven years ago. St Hilda’s CofE Primary has seen a ‘shift’ and ‘improved’ outcomes for pupils, a report published this month found.

A man has been arrested after police discovered two large machetes, a knife, a knuckle duster, gloves, a balaclava, and cannabis stashed in his car.

EXCLUSIVE: James Graham sets a mental timer of strictly 45 minutes for a conversation that will encompass tonight’s gala opening at London’s National Theatre — en route to a run at the Garrick Theatre — of his sublime stage adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s landmark 1982 television drama Boys from the Blackstuff; followed by updates about the BBC TV version of his Olivier Award-winning soccer play Dear England, which will see him doing on-the-ground research at next month’s Euros in Germany; plus revelations about an epic new show he’s developing with House Productions that will explore the “mood sweeping across Europe.”

Stop and search powers have been beefed up in Oldham after two boys were injured in two linked attacks. Officers were called out to an ongoing, large-scale fight at Stuart Street, off Wellington Road, at around 6pm yesterday (May 28).

Television presenter Stacey Solomon has let slip about a possible change in her career path, hinting that she may reduce her screen commitments to spend more time at home with her five children. Describing herself as facing a "pivotal moment", Solomon confessed harboring ambitions of becoming a full-time parent.

The final round of Britain’s Got Talent auditions aired on Sunday 16 May before it switches to the live semi-finals. Some viewers, however, didn't quite feel satisfied by the latest episode.

Mubi has doubled down on Andrea Arnold‘s “Bird” — starring Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogoswki — swooping on North American and Turkish rights to the Cannes competition entry less than two weeks after it announced it had bought the film for the U.K. and Ireland. The acquisition — which Variety understands came after a fierce bidding war — marks another buzzy U.S.

Britain’s Got Talent judge Simon Cowell shared a snap of his rarely-seen son Eric on social media as he joined him for auditions. As Simon filmed the debut episode of auditions in London earlier this year, he was joined by fiancé Lauren Silverman and their son Eric, 10. In the picture, Simon caught the sweet moment when Eric and another young boy joined him at the panel.

Two more arrests have been made after one man was shot and another was stabbed in Oldham. Officers were called out to the Royal Oldham Hospital at 8.30pm on Wednesday (May 23) after a man attended A&E with gunshot wounds.

This weekend sees a host of Britain's Got Talent hopefuls performing on ITV in an attempt to hit the big time. Contestants from across the country are vying to impress judges Bruno Tonioli, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell enough to bag a spot at the Royal Variety Performance and net a cool £250,000 in prize money. But one contestant must surely set a show record.

GMP has issued an update after a police van was involved in a crash with a car near a pub in Oldham.

Hundreds of Yodel staff in Oldham are at risk of losing their jobs after bosses at the delivery service announced a ‘devastating’ closure. Yodel’s distribution site in Shaw, which employs more than 350 people, is to shut.

Mubi has swooped on its third 2024 Cannes competition title, Variety has learned. Having acquired worldwide rights to Coralie Fargeat’s buzzy body horror “The Substance” and U.K.

A cannabis farm was uncovered by police investigating a blaze which led to eight people and a dog having to be rescued from a block of flats. Police discovered the drugs after being called out to a fire in Bardsley, Oldham, in the early hours of this morning.

Dua Lipa and Harry Styles have been listed among the UK’s richest people under the age of 40.The net worth of both singers was shared as part of the first edition of The Sunday Times’ 2024 Rich List, and saw them named among the 40 Under 40 division.The list was included as a 76-page special edition of the newspaper, and revealed the wealth of the 350 richest individuals and families across the country. It was Gopichand Parmanand Hinduja – co-chairman of conglomerate Hinduja Group – and his family who once again topped the list, with a combined wealth of £37.2billion.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent German actors Elisa Schlott (“Das Boot” TV series), Max Riemelt (“Sleeping Dog”) and Alma Hasun (“Corsage”) are set to star in Italian director Silvio Soldini‘s drama “The Tasters,” which reconstructs the untold true story of the women conscripted to be Adolf Hitler’s food tasters. Shooting is set to start on Friday in Italy’s northern Alto Adige region on the Nazi-era drama, which is being pre-sold at the Cannes Marché du Film by Rome-based Vision Distribution, headed by sales agent Catia Rossi.

Paramount will keep its chin up high amid the whole Sony and Skydance takeover headlines and keep the summer box office churnin’ with the John Krasinski directed Ryan Reynolds family movie, If, which is hoping to hit $40M; this is after Disney’s overperformance with 20th Century Studios’ Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes which posted a $58.4M opening.