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The Conservative Party has unveiled seven new candidates for council wards in Bury, as it pushes forward with its campaign for the 2026 local elections.

Rochdale’s Poet Laureate Sammy Weaver is inviting people across the borough to share their favourite local spots as part of a unique creative project.

A Wetherspoons pub in a former cinema is set for a refurbishment reflecting its storied past.

Claims that one of Bury main shopping thoroughfares has become ‘a residential street’ have been made in objections to a new restaurant’s application for an alcohol licence.

Heywood Cricket Club pulled off an unforgettable win over Milnrow on Sunday to take home the GMCL Championship Cup, thanks to a stunning final over that saw three wickets fall in four balls.

Rising MMA star finishes every match in under a minute to take title at ADCC Dublin

A Middleton gymnastics club with more than 40 years of history has moved into a new state-of-the-art home, thanks to a £900,000 council-backed investment.

“Very pleased to see this news,” says Frith, one of 96 MPs who urged urgent medical evacuation for Palestinian children

Jeremy Corbyn is holding an event in Oldham to pitch his new political party to local constituents.

A former glass and furniture showroom just 50 metres from a Metrolink stop could be converted into 20 flats.

Community left shaken as church halts worship and outreach groups following break-in

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing begins clearance of structurally unsound Claybank Street properties, with future redevelopment under consideration.

Mum and Dad (William, fondly known as Lol) shared many happy years as Landlady and Landlord of The Royal Oak in Ramsbottom during the late '80s and '90s

A council has won its bid to temporarily block asylum seekers from being housed at a hotel in Essex.

For the second summer in a row, "asylum hotels" have become a flashpoint of protest, with some turning violent.

TikTok and Instagram have been accused of targeting teenagers with suicide and self-harm content - at a higher rate than two years ago.

The family of a British couple, detained in Iran on espionage charges, says they are "seriously worried" after the pair were moved to the country's "harshest prisons".