A private care firm is threatening legal action against Heywood councillor and Rochdale council leader Colin Lambert over comments he made in the wake of the  child sex grooming scandal.

A massive shake-up of the NHS in Greater Manchester could signal the end of the district general hospital. Health chiefs want to set up a new network of care provided by local GPs backed up by specialist ‘centres of excellence’ – regional super-hospitals with top consultants working around the clock.

Rochdale council's head of children's services has resigned a week after a damning report into the care of victims of the town's child sex grooming scandal.

Cries for help from victims of the Heywood sex gang were repeatedly ignored by those who were supposed to protect them, a damning report has revealed.