A Labour MP has resigned as the UK’s trade envoy to Turkey amid controversy over a visit to Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus. A government spokesman told the BBC Afzal Khan, who represents Manchester ...

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said judges who “bring their own personal politics” to the job need to be removed. Mr Jenrick said tighter checks are needed before judges are appointed to ...

US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin kicked off their Alaska summit with a warm handshake before heading ...

A planning application has been submitted to open a children's home on a 'peaceful' lane in Saddleworth and has received almost 40 objections ...

An iconic former cotton mill in Oldham that has helped provide jobs for the local community for more than a century will soon be getting a modern extension. The car park of Gorse Mill in Chadderton is ...

Chadderton-born Professor Brian Cox has spoken out about claims that an interstellar object could be an alien spacecraft ...

On average between this May and July, 56 of people thought the economy would get worse and just 16 thought it would get better, Which? found.

The “chronic” under-performance of boys at GCSE should be treated as a “major issue”, it has been suggested.

The former international cricketer was airlifted to a major trauma centre after the car accident on a Top Gear test track.

Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff has backed a campaign to help more hospitals get helipads after he needed to land on one after his.

The US president applauded the arrival of Mr Putin as the Russian leader landed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska.

Hulme Grammar School is celebrating a strong set of A-level results. The Oldham-based school said more than 60 per cent of students achieved grades between A* and B, with one in five earning straight ...