Against the back drop of a disastrous night for Labour in Scotland, Michael Meacher has retained the seat in Oldham West and Royton that he has held since 1997.

Speaking about the campaign experience and how today’s panned out for him, Mr Hart said it had been ‘a really big experience, really important’.

Oldham, 16th in League One, are safe from the threat of relegation and their chance of making the play-offs ended several weeks ago, but manager Dean Holden rejects the point of view that the season’s final game will be for ‘nothing’.

Users of social networking sites are being urged by Greater Manchester Police to come forward with information surrounding an attempted armed robbery at a Oldham jewellers.

An Oldham cannabis dealing duo has been jailed for a total of six years and nine months after GMP seized £300,000 worth of the drug from one of their homes.

An 66-year-old man has lost sight in his left eye after being struck by a brick in the doorway of his own home in Oldham this weekend.

People in Manchester city centre are not even expected to reach the traditional retirement ages of 60 and 65 before moving into a phase where their health is neither very good nor good.

Oldham, without a win in five, are expecting a tough game against promotion-chasing Chesterfield, who have won six of their last seven, including a thumping 6-0 win against Colchester United in midweek.

Oldham are ten points off sixth place and with only four games remaining their play-off hopes are getting fainter by the day.

Oldham Athletic manager Dean Holden was frustrated as his side threw away a 2-0 half-time lead against promotion-chasing Sheffield United on Saturday, conceding an equaliser with 17 minutes remaining.

An Oldham primary school has been blasted by Ofsted for not dealing with bullying effectively during a recent inspection.