A BURY man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was attacked.

Paul Andrews, aged 43, of Chestnut Avenue, Bury, faces charges of attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon, namely a hammer.

He is in police custody and is due to appear before Bury Magistrates' Court later on today.

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It concerns an alleged hammer attack on a woman on Sunday in Oakcliffe Road, Rochdale.

The woman was taken to hospital where she remains in serious but stable condition.