Every single 'outstanding' school in Wigan, according to Ofsted

Generations of children will shudder at the thought of some of the food served to them in school canteens through the years.

Proposals for more than 65 homes on land around Saddleworth’s new high school are to go before councillors. The housing development would neighbour the new £27.5m Saddleworth School site, which opened in March last year.

A gaming school for young people has in Media City.

On a Tuesday night ten years ago in a misty basement on Bloom Street, the likes of Lady Gaga, Blondie, David Bowie and Steps were all booming out to a packed and sweaty crowd of students, city dwellers and drag queens at club night Poptastic.

A woman who was stabbed to death in Droylsden has been named as Michelle Hodgkinson.

Another single, ‘Tu Me Diras’, whose lyrics are in French, will be released on June 16.Cantona previously contributed lyrics to Lady Sir, a duo formed by his wife, actress and singer Rachida Brakni and Gaëtan Roussel.In addition, Cantona will be playing three intimate shows in Manchester, London and Dublin in October.“Next year, I’ll be playing with a band, but for now I’m starting with a modest piano to play alongside me in intimate venues,” he said. “I’ll be starting in Manchester, because it’s a city that has stayed with me so much.

Channel 4's Open House: The Great Sex Experiment has returned for a second series.

Thania Garcia Madonna and Sam Smith’s first collaboration, a fresh new single titled “Vulgar,” will be available on June 9. On Wednesday morning, Madonna confirmed the release by posting the single’s artwork across social media. The image shows a side-by-side, black-and-white shot of two cinched corsets with both Smith’s and Madonna’s initials — appropriately: “S&M” — emblazoned over the photo. “VULGAR…………. new song out Friday June 9th @samsmith,” Madonna wrote in the caption of her post. A post shared by Madonna (@madonna) Smith first teased the collaboration last week on Twitter using an audio clip that saw the duo repeating their names: “Sam and Madonna.” In the days that followed, Smith had also tweeted that fans were going to be treated to a surprise during his Manchester show on May 24, which many assumed would be a first taste of the collaboration since the Twitter announcement was in the same font as the first teaser.

Erik ten Hag made five permanent Manchester United summer signings, with Tyrell Malacia, Christian Eriksen, Casemiro, Antony and Lisandro Martinez all putting pen to paper in his first window.

The search is on to find Manchester's most 'outstanding' community champions.

A teenager who has admitted playing a part in a fatal attack on a school friend said he just 'wanted to have a fight'. Lewis Ludford, 18, has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 17-year-old Kyle Hackland, but denies murder.

The sun has certainly got his hat on this week meaning just one thing: it's not long until the summer holidays begin.

Us Brits can be a funny bunch when it comes to sandwiches.

announced his new project on Instagram yesterday (May 25), where he shared a preview of the music video for his upcoming single – showing the player in a Shakespearean pose as he holds a model of his own head and sings, “Watch yourself in the mirror – someone you hate, someone you love“. Check it out below.Set for release next Friday (June 2) via Decca, the new track was written and composed by Cantona, and marks his first official release as a musician.

A dad has spoken out after his non-binary child was brutally assaulted in a park after school, with the sickening attack filmed .

A little boy with a huge love of Metrolink was all smiles after transport bosses sent him a surprise bag of goodies. Isaac Hardman, four, adores all things to do with the region's tram system, and, according to his mum, watches trams everyday on YouTube on his tablet.

A headteacher and a senior councillor have repeated their appeals to parents not to park on newly-painted double yellow lines and zig-zags near a Salford primary school. Several cars were seen flouting the new regulations introduced to boost road safety outside Irlam Primary School on Elsinore Avenue.

Helen Flanagan has said she is 'not a superwoman' after her fans previously flooded her with praise for embracing life as a single mum. The former Coronation Street confirmed the end of her relationship with Scott Sinclair last month after separating last July after 13 years together.

A chaotic and ‘unsafe’ after-school club put children at unnecessary risk, according to a watchdog report. Ofsted inspectors found More Play More Often - based at Edgeley Children’s Centre, in Stockport - was failing to provide primary school-aged children with a ‘safe and nurturing’ environment.

Rochdale Sixth Form College is to get a ‘crucial’ new six-storey extension to ensure students continue to achieve ‘academic excellence’. Rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted and named ‘Sixth Form College of the Year’ in 2021, it currently provides further education for up to 1,480 young learners.