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Jan 5, 2025 · READ > New head of people appointed at care village operator. Snowy scenes at Atherton Park this morning (Image: Mark Roberts) Across the wider region, Manchester and Liverpool John Lennon Airport both closed their runways on Sunday morning due to heavy snow. Manchester said its teams are working to clear them “as quickly as possible” but had been hampered by “heavy snow” around 7am.

19 hours ago · Residents among the hundreds who turned up to view proposals for a development of 550 houses on farmland in Atherton have voiced repeated concerns over choked-up local roads and an absence of schools places and doctors surgeries. Such fears are currently a common theme among opponents of large ...

Jan 17, 2025 · THE bus driver who was involved in a serious collision in Leigh yesterday has died, police have confirmed. At around 4pm on Thursday, January 16, a serious collision was reported at the junction of Atherleigh Way, Twist Lane, and Parsonage Way in Leigh. Emergency services, including police ...

1 day ago · Psychiatrists and social workers would be involved in approving assisted dying applications under proposals aimed at beefing up safeguards under a new law. Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP behind the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, is expected to bring forward amendments for a so-called ...

1 day ago · Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told the Commons: “The purpose of this Bill is to strengthen UK border security, which has been weakened and undermined in recent years, to restore order to the immigration and asylum systems that were left in chaos, and to bring in new counter-terror-style powers for our law enforcement to go after the dangerous criminal gangs who undermine our border security ...

Aug 29, 2024 · READ > Plans to turn former funeral directors into 8-bed HMO refused by council. Civic Square, shop fronts, Leigh market Improvements are set to be made to Civic Square (Image: Wigan Council) As previously reported, the £11.4m Levelling Up Fund is allocated for three projects in Leigh town centre: improvements to Civic Square, a shop front business grant scheme, and a refurbishment of Leigh ...

Jan 13, 2025 · A DRIVER was arrested after being pulled over by police in Leigh. On Sunday, January 12, Greater Manchester Police's Leigh East neighbourhood team reported that an address was made on Butts Street after officers were patrolling "hotspot areas". On their patrol, officers reported that a vehicle ...