A Spanish newspaper said two Pakistanis and a Romanian woman were arrested in the town of Constanti, near the north-eastern city of Tarragona.

The M.E.N. understands that the family of Sahil’s mother, Akila Naqqash, managed to raise the cash. Sahil, from Oldham, was kidnapped two weeks ago while on holiday in Pakistan when his family were held at gunpoint by robbers.

The youngsters were told by teachers that the five year old had been found and would soon be returning home.

Figures obtained by the Advertiser using the Freedom of Information Act reveal that 1,339 people have been caught texting or calling on roads in the borough since legislation came into force in 2003.

Andrew Molloy, 25, was knocked unconscious and suffered serious head injuries after a night out in Oldham.

Tony Richardson is a member of the Band of the King’s Division – the Army’s only full-time band based in the North of England.

The Rochdale-based prop originally joined the Roughyeds halfway through the 2008 season when Steve Deakin was coach.

The striker's 10th goal of the season rescued a draw after his initial shot was handled by Alan Bennett.

The club have had to play ‘home’ games at Sedgley Park this season while work is carried out at their new home.

Adam Howard continued his good form in the under-15s boys’ event, taking fifth place in 15:10 as the Manchester team finished fifth overall.

Coach Tony Benson must have been proud of his team after seeing them penalised eight times to Hunslet’s once in the first half.

Now she has stepped up into the professional ranks by taking up the role as assistant professional to Martin Beaty to try and achieve one of her lifetime ambitions

As part of the scheme it will apply to the Charity Commission for permission to swap the charitable status of 8.6 acres of land north of the Lancaster Club with an as yet unidentified site.

Twinkle-toed twosome Jim and Lillian Bradshaw were part of the Manchester Formation Team crowned British champions twice during the 1950s and 60s.

Jackie Nellis has resigned from her £100,000 job as principal designate from The Waterhead Academy, which will replace Breeze Hill and Counthill schools.

Akila Naqqash, 31, said she was 'gobsmacked' after Sahil came on the phone after his 12-day kidnap ordeal to say: "I'm OK Mum".

Five-year-old Sahil, from Oldham, was discovered on Tuesday morning after he was set free by his kidnappers at the end of a harrowing 12-day ordeal.

Sahil Saeed, aged five, was snatched from a house in the  town of Jhelum in the Punjab region of the country on March 4 after robbers held his  family hostage at gunpoint.

Police were called to the scene at 1.50pm, on Monday, March 15, when they discovered the man.

Barbara Taylor was in the living room of her Wetherby Avenue home when the drama unfolded at 11.15pm on Monday.

The Punjabi Law Minister told reporters this morning that Sahil, from Shaw in Oldham, was found safe yesterday. But detectives in the area say that he has not yet been found and that the search was continuing.

The 16-year-old victim was waiting for a bus on Manchester Road, Oldham, near to the Smut Inn when she was attacked by a man who first made lewd comments.

Sharon Hunt and Wayne Trayers pleaded guilty at Oldham Magistrates' Court to contravening a noise abatement notice put in place after complaints of loud music and shouting.

The five-year-old was snatched by armed robbers from his grandmother’s house in Pakistan on the last day of a two-week family holiday with his father.

Alf and Margaret Selby from Garden Suburbs endured 31 days of desperate uncertainty when their son Tim was kidnapped and held hostage in Bangladesh in 2001.

Transport chiefs are proposing a futuristic transport interchange in the town’s ‘East End’ for trams, buses and cars as part of the Metrolink scheme.

‘Gentle giant’ Karl Nigel Mansfield was a popular figure both at home in Royton and in Oldham town centre where he volunteeered at the Salt Cellar Christian centre.

Little Lilly Wilson was born just over 12 months after the tragic death of her older half-brother William.

For almost 20 years Simon Cooper was part of The Guvnors, a notorious gang of Manchester City FC fans.

After years of planning and months of building work, the £17m treatment centre – run by Manchester’s famous cancer hospital, The Christie, on the site of the Royal Oldham Hospital – is finished.

As part of the 'scheme' it will apply to the Charity Commission for permission to swap the charitable status of 8.6 acres of land north of the Lancaster Club with an as yet unidentified site.

Fire-fighters in Hollins were called out a dozen times on Monday and Tuesday to reports of fires in the First Avenue of the area.

She flew by helicopter over the remote moorland where killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley hid Keith’s body. The little boy, who was 12 when he disappeared in 1964, is the only one of their child victims not to be found.

Sahil Saeed was snatched and is being held to ransom after a terrifying  raid  in the Punjab region, where he was visiting his ill grandmother with his dad. 

Reports from Pakistan yesterday suggested there had been a breakthrough in the search for the Oldham five-year-old.

The thief followed the 14-year-old onto the 184 bus in Lees on January 20. At about 8.45pm, the victim left the the bus on Lees Road at its junction with Glodwick Street, closely followed by the offender.

The Rev John Simmons, 55, from Christ Church, Chadderton, Oldham, loves to cheer on Oldham Athletic.

Oldham Council – which is set to cut 500 jobs – spent £145 a head sending 20 politicians and officers to the Marriott Worsley Park Hotel and Country Club.

She spent a few brief hours with her newborn baby before she was sedated and put on a ventilator. She did not regain consciousness before her death six weeks later.

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Ten years ago, Oldham had one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the country.

But last July the soccer starlets were left in tears when officials told them they couldn’t.

Paul Lee spent more than a decade working on building sites after leaving school.

But that is the scenario regularly faced by Michael Crichton-Kane – a daredevil helicopter pilot from Saddleworth.

The Coliseum has two new additions for the next few months; Ed and Rosarie will be working as interns with the education and outreach department for three months.

The victim was in his Volkswagen Golf on Miller Road, when a man knocked on his window. The 25-year-old driver opened his car door and was dragged out by the offender who then got in and sped off towards Copster Hill Road.

The victim was confronted in the living room of her Manchester Road flat sometime between 8pm and 8.30pm on Sunday, February 21.

The 18-year-old and three friends were assaulted by a gang of up to seven Asian youths on Ellen Street, Westwood, near to the old Wickes store, between 5.30pm and 6.30pm on February 17.