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The Latest Breaking News from Oldham

Masked men 'torch' car at 4am - police are investigating the 'shocking' attack

The vehicle was said to have been attacked on Ripponden Road in Oldham during the early hours of Saturday

Manchester Evening News

Man detained under Mental Health Act after hospital A&E 'kidnap' arrest

Specialist armed officers were scrambled to the Royal Oldham Hospital

Manchester Evening News

Arachnophobe eats upstairs after finding spider 'as big as his palm' in dining room

Scott Elwood, 24, from Oldham, found a creepy crawly - which he thinks is as big as his palm - hiding in the skirting board next to his dining table after returning home from holiday

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Council slammed as 'tinpot dictatorship' after decision to remove archive

The council says it removed past meetings because footage of them had been edited and ‘taken out of context’

Manchester Evening News

Man 'with bladed weapons' arrested on suspicion of kidnap and Royal Oldham Hospital 'put on lockdown' as armed police swoop outside A&E

Police said he had 'gained access to a car' outside the Royal Oldham Hospital - no one was hurt

Manchester Evening News

Man terrified after discovering 'Britain's biggest spider' lurking in his house

Scott Elwood had just returned to his home in Oldham, Greater Manchester, from Greece when he noticed the spider, which was about the size of his palm, fully stretched out in his front room

Daily Mirror

Police discover cannabis farm after rushing to major house fire in Oldham

Emergency services were called to the blaze on Cyril Street in Shaw on Tuesday morning

Manchester Evening News

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Police appeal for help in finding woman missing for 24 hours

She was last seen in Oldham yesterday afternoon

Manchester Evening News

Three arrested by armed police after spate of BB gun shootings in Oldham

A number of BB guns were recovered from a vehicle

Manchester Evening News

Royal Mail workers form picket line outside Oldham depot as ‘summer’s biggest strike’ gets underway

More than 100,000 postal workers are expected to have walked out today in a dispute over pay

Manchester Evening News

Man who downed 28 pints and bottle of vodka was told he had just '2 hours to live'

Ashley Varley, from Oldham, would go for a few drinks after work to unwind - but his alcohol addiction soon turned into a habit leading to him skipping work to lay unconscious on the sofa

Daily Mirror

Chancerygate starts work on £25m logistics and industrial scheme Broadway Central in Oldham

Scheme is being built by Warrington-based Triton Construction

Birmingham Post

GMP 'making history' in UK's first crackdown to bust those trying to evade justice for driving offences

'Within Oldham one two-bed terraced house had over 100 different drivers nominated as living at the address which just isn't possible'

Manchester Evening News

Security to be increased in Oldham ahead of Drag Queen storytime event for children after recent protest

Demonstrators stormed the town hall at the event in Bolton just last week

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Mum remortgaged her house and kept her new business quiet from her bosses - now she's making £1m a year

Charlotte Mills, from Oldham, is building a wedding shoe empire

Manchester Evening News

First prosecutions linked to 'NIP-farm' driving offence offenders hit the courts

Police prosecutors were at Stockport Magistrates Court on Friday to prosecute a number of cases against people who are believed to have used the NIP farms

Manchester Evening News

Manslaughter arrests update after human remains found at Oldham mill

Two people were arrested yesterday on suspicion of manslaughter, drugs and organised crime offences

The Guardian - UK

Two arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over Oldham mill fire

Arrests relate to human remains believed to be missing Vietnamese men found in Bismark House Mill

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The Independent UK

Two arrested over Oldham mill fire deaths

The move follows confirmation the remains of four individuals were discovered in remnants of the building.

Manchester Evening News

Two arrested for manslaughter after remains of four victims uncovered at Oldham mill

The two suspects have also been arrested for drugs and organised crime offences, police said

Manchester Evening News

Police on the hunt for man who has escaped prison

Gavin Phythian is known to have connections in Tameside, Oldham and Rochdale.

Daily Mirror

'I remortgaged my home to start a business from the spare room - now I've made £1m'

Charlotte Mills, from Oldham, felt like an outsider at London College of Fashion and was the first in her family to go to university - now she's building a wedding shoe empire

The Guardian - UK

Oldham mill fire: human remains confirmed as four separate victims

Police confirmed four Vietnamese nationals were missing after remains discovered, one of whom has been formally identified

Manchester Evening News

Married man from Vietnam identified as Oldham mill victim via national immigration database, inquest hears

Uoc Van Nguyen, 31, is so far the only person to be identified after human remains relating to three people were discovered

Manchester Evening News

The 10 cheapest homes that sold in Greater Manchester for less than £50,000 this year

These houses and flats were bought for bargain prices across the region

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