Rochdale police are hunting two burglars who tore down a brick wall to gain entry into a bakery after failing to rob a newsagents.

The Tories are projected to win an outright House of Commons majority – or close to one, at least – with Labour losing a slew of key battleground constituencies.

Rochdale’s Conservative candidate Azi Ahmed has revealed she’s not surprised that the Tories are currently a whisker away from an overall majority according to BBC’s exit poll.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the death of a man three days after he was discharged from hospital in Rochdale.

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.

An early morning series of arrests at Manchester Airport has seen four people taken in for terrorism offences – only two days after the arrest of a Rochdale councillor’s son.

A terrified 61-year-old shopworker was held at gunpoint while an armed robber stole cash and cigarettes from a store in Rochdale in the early hours of Monday morning.

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

A brave Rochdale man was stabbed in the leg while he tried to protect his home from three masked men.

The hunt is on to find a knifepoint carjacker who left the owner of a van ‘shaken’ after a frightening daylight robbery in Rochdale town centre.

Consecutive wins over Crewe Alexandra and bitter rivals Rochdale in ‘El Flatcapico’ helped Oldham end a three-game losing streak and revive hopes of a late push for the play-offs.