The order came after officials in the nation’s capital sued on Friday to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of the capital’s police.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Jake Caprice and Harry Charsley have stepped up their comeback trail, but there are question marks over Ryan Woods' availability for the visit ...

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

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.

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 ...