Oldham

Police Quash EDL's False 'Celebrations' Rumour

The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK

PICTURED: The soldier killed in the attack has been named as Lee Rigby of 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers A police patrol was sent to Ol...

Police Dog Ate My Hamster

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK

A police dog ate a pet hamster during a drugs bust, a court has been told. The sniffer dog was roaming around the house, in Werneth, Greater Manche...

Universal Credit To Be Introduced In Four Jobcentres

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Politics

The controversial benefit reform, Universal Credit, which replaces other benefits such as jobseeker's allowance, income support and other tax credits,...

WATCH: Man Goes Berserk With Knife On Petrol Station Forecourt

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK

Police are hunting a man who went on the rampage with a large knife on a petrol station forecourt. He attacked cars and tried to climb in them, kic...

10 Years For Causing This Deadly Explosion

PA | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK

A man who blew up his house in a massive gas blast that killed his two-year-old next-door neighbour was jailed for ten years today. The explosion o...

Man Jailed For Sex Attack On Boy In Shopping Centre

PA | Posted 01.02.2013 | UK

A man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in the toilets of a shopping centre. Matt Tyler, 31, str...

Want to write a book about Professor Brian Cox? Sure, why not

Ben Falk | Posted 17.09.2012 | UK Entertainment
Ben Falk

I went to a Buckinghamshire library the other day to talk about my new book. It was a good night, chatting Professor Brian Cox. That's who I wrote about - an unauthorised biography of the science guru behind Wonders Of The Solar System and Wonders Of The Universe.

Blast Parents Return To Site Of Son's Death

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.06.2012 | UK

The parents of two-year-old Jamie Heaton, killed in the Oldham explosion this week, have returned to the spot where their son was killed for the first...

Oldham Blast Suspect 'Worked On Boiler'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.06.2012 | UK

A man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over a fatal gas blast may have examined a boiler in one of the affected houses in the days before the dis...

Police Arrest 32-Year-Old Man Over Oldham Shaw Explosion

PA | Posted 27.06.2012 | UK

Detectives investigating the death of a toddler killed in a massive explosion on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter, Greater Manche...

Suspected Gas Blast 'Like IRA Bombing'

PA | Posted 27.06.2012 | UK

A senior police officer has compared the damage cause by a massive explosion which killed a child to the IRA's Manchester bombing. Greater Manchest...

PICTURES: Tributes Left To Two-Year-Old Who Died In Gas Blast

Posted 27.06.2012 | UK

Tributes have been left at the scene of an explosion in the Shaw area of Oldham that killed a two-year-old and left a 27-year-old man in a critical co...

Police Probe Gas Blast Which Killed One Child

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.06.2012 | UK

Detectives investigating a massive explosion that tore through a residential street leaving a child dead are treating the suspected gas blast as suspi...

PICTURES: Scenes Of Devastation In Oldham After Blast

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 26.06.2012 | UK

The gas explosion on Tuesday morning in Oldham left scenes of utter devastation. The blast, in the Shaw area of the town, left a child dead and a m...

Child Dead After Explosion In Oldham

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 26.06.2012 | UK

Detectives investigating a massive explosion that killed a child in Oldham are treating the death as suspicious, Greater Manchester Police said. Tw...

New Race Row As Oldham Player Close To Tears After 'Fan Abuse'

PA | Posted 07.01.2012 | UK

Police are today trawling through CCTV after Oldham footballer Tom Adeyemi was allegedly abused by fans during an FA Cup game against Liverpool. Of...