Oldham dad gets £42K damages after dentist’s bungled job leaves him with ‘mouth like a building site’
Ian Lisle, 51, had up to three teeth taken out at a time and was given shoddy bridging work by dentist Michael Garside during his regular check-ups
Spanish Civil War anniversary: ‘Inspirational’ Oldham war heroes to be honoured 75 years after horrors ended
A plaque will be unveiled at Oldham Parish Church on Saturday
Play (and watch) at your own risk: Oldham’s roller derby team on blockers, jammers and SUICIDE seats
Oldham’s Rainy City Roller Girls will be looking to make a name for themselves on the continent in the fiercely competitive and frenetically tactical world of roller derby.
Missing: Search intensifies for Oldham’s Tyler Tomkinson, 15, who vanished from home one week ago
Fears are growing for a 15-year-old Oldham boy who went missing from his home last week.
Manchester police lock up drug dealing gang of eight but promise to keep arrests coming ‘member by member’
Eight men have been jailed for supplying drugs in the Manchester area during a large scale operation to combat organised crime gangs.
Oldham man loses battle to lung cancer just three days after same-sex marriage to long-term partner
Richard Byram-Leech, 42, died from lung cancer just three days after wedding partner of 23 years.
One-punch random attack in broad daylight leaves Oldham man needing facial surgery
A man has been left with serious face injuries after a random one-punch attack in Oldham.
Where to… have fun in Manchester: MM’s guide to what’s on
MM’s guide to what’s on in Manchester (June/July)
Venomous vaping? Debate over ‘poison vapours’ threatens to send e-cigarette craze up in smoke
Worries over e-cigarette poisonings have ignited the debate over the introduction of a public UK ban.
Tenerife tragedy: ‘Fantastic’ Oldham doctor drowns on holiday after heroically saving children swept away by wave
An Oldham doctor has died off the coast of Tenerife after she tried to rescue two children who had got into difficulties.
Oldham bride-to-be dies of swine-flu weeks after being diagnosed with ‘routine’ chest infection by out-of-hours GP
Joanne Oliver was assessed over the phone and seen by a triage nurse who labelled case as urgent but then a doctor downgraded her condition to ‘routine’ after examined her