Elwyn Watkins in Dobcross during the election campaign. He lost by 103 votes, but has now begun a legal challenge.
The Liberal Democrat who lost by just 103 votes in Oldham East and Saddleworth at the general election has begun a legal challenge to the result. Elwyn Watkins alleges that the [...]
A detective from Grotton who used a police computer to check up on someone who owed him money is facing disciplinary action, and could get the sack. Detective Sergeant Alan Walker, who now lives in Marsden, illegally logged on to the Greater Manchester Police computer system 49 times.
The 46-year-old faced 12 charges under the Data [...]
The owner of the Vamasaki Indian restaurant at Grains Bar has been told to pay more than £1,000 for breaching planning regulations. Jewel Miah failed to properly conceal an extraction system, didn’t provide a cycle rack and also neglected to stain a fence.
Mr Miah was prosecuted by the council, and when he didn’t turn up [...]
Three people have been charged following a fatal road crash on the A635 Holmfirth Road last year. Two teenagers were killed when a car flipped over and landed in a roadside ditch on Saddleworth Moor early one Sunday morning in September.
Adeel Tarar, who’s 18 and from Stockport, has been charged with causing death by dangerous [...]
A policeman from Greenfield faces losing his job, after he was found guilty of running away from a fellow officer and evading arrest. Daniel Adams, who’s 21 and works in Rochdale, was ordered to pay £1,100 in fines and costs by Stockport magistrates.
The incident took place in Uppermill last September. For the full story go [...]
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