A man has died after a crash between a motorbike and car in Oldham.
The smash happened at around 4.10pm on Monday (January 18) on Ashton Road.
A Vauxhall Insignia and Yamaha motorbike collided near the junction with Hathershaw Lane, police said.
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A road is closed in Oldham due to a serious crash between a car and a motorbike.
Police were called to the collision on Ashton Road at around 4.10pm today (Monday).
Ashton Road is shut between the junctions of Hollins Road and Hathershaw Lane.
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Tributes have been paid to a popular dad who died following an incident at an industrial estate in Oldham.
The 60-year-old has been named as Ian Dawson.
From Oldham, he is understood to have most recently lived in Rochdale with his partner. He leaves…
A man has died following an accident at an industrial estate in Oldham.
The 60-year-old was taken to hospital after two vehicles crashed at Woodstock Business Park on Meek Street in Royton at 5.30am on Thursday.
He later died from his injuries.
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Services on Metrolink’s airport line were severely disrupted tonight when a car drove onto the tracks.
The saloon car became stuck when it drove off Hardy Lane in Chorlton onto the tracks where the line heads towards Sale Water Park.
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Bakery wholesaler Walker Humphrey has acquired family business Rolton Yeast.
Walker Humphrey was approached by Rolton, which is also a wholesaler albeit on a smaller scale, about buying the business in March with the deal signed this month.
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The M62 was shut for hours today due to a lorry fire.
Pictures from the scene show a HGV engulfed in flames and a huge plume of black smoke between junction 21 for Milnrow and junction 22 for Rishworth Moor at around 11.30am.
Both carriageways were clo…
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AN inquest has opened into the death of a retired HGV driver from Bury.Steven Sykes, 59, died at the Royal Oldham Hospital on May 8 2020.
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A MEMBER of an Oldham gang who committed more than 50 burglary and robbery offences across the north has avoided jail after a judge decided to give him a second chance.
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