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A nursery where the outdoors and nature play a pivotal role in the development of children has been deemed ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in their first inspection.

Members of the public were told to only attend A&E at a Greater Manchester hospital trust 'if absolutely necessary' on Wednesday night (January 10) amid another warning about mounting pressures on its services.

It has been two months since the Bee Network was launched across Greater Manchester, and it is clear there are more changes than just the colour of the buses.

It is set to be yet another explosive bonfire night across the Wigan borough with a number of different firework events taking place.

Concerns are growing for missing Greater Manchester woman who was last seen three days ago. Laura could be in the Abram or Leigh areas of Wigan borough, Greater Manchester Police says.

A shop in Wigan has been forced to close for three months after illegally selling vapes to children.

Authorities have issued a stark warning after a number of incidents of physical and verbal abuse at recycling centres across Wigan.

The political area of Atherleigh in Wigan went out with a bang after a number of community groups were issued awards by their local councillors.

A former social club near Wigan town centre could be transformed into 27 new affordable homes.

One section of an estimated £220 million link road that stretches across the entire Wigan borough has taken another step forward to becoming a reality.

School trips to the fire station were once the norm before the Covid pandemic and have since struggled to make a full return, until now.

Councillors have questioned whether the cost of living crisis is linked to an increased rate of domestic abuse cases in Wigan. After data revealed an 11 per cent increase of domestic abuse referrals to services in the borough from this time last year, Coun Mary Callaghan questioned officers on whether residents’ safety was impacted by the cost of living crisis.

A homeowner has been fined in court for dumping 46 bin bags, a leather chair, sofa and a fridge freezer in their back garden. The Wiganer was one of the three residents found guilty of failing to clear mounds of rubbish outside their properties who have been fined more than £2,500 as Wigan Council crackdown on illegal waste issues.

A new independent cinema will open in Leigh this summer. The inside of Leigh Film Factory is currently under development and the public can get a small glimpse of what is to come after the team decided to offer a sneak peek.

A controversial housing development next to Pennington Flash in Leigh will provide 'desperately needed' properties in the area following approval from Wigan Council despite more than 100 objections. The West Leigh Waterfront plan will see 470 homes built in the Wigan borough in the near future following approval from the council’s Planning Committee.

Action has been taken to tackle the blight of fly tipping in Glebe Street in Leigh after it was named the number one hotspot in Wigan for four years running. With a total of 97 reports between 2018 and 2022, the street has become notorious for this type of behaviour in the borough.

A Greater Manchester Tory MP has been accused of "losing the plot" by a neighbouring Labour politician over his 'Lexit' campaign to separate the town of Leigh from the borough of Wigan. Wigan MP Lisa Nandy said the Government should be trying to tackle rising inflation rather than "trying to build walls between Wigan and Leigh" as part of the plan put forward by Leigh MP James Grundy.

A high school in Salford built in 2015 is already looking at expansion plans to meet student place demands. All Hallows R.C High School has submitted a planning application to Salford City Council for a larger playground, phase one of the expansion plan.

A derelict eyesore in Ashton is set to be turned into a Lidl - making it the borough’s seventh store. Plans for the new food store and parking for 77 cars has been approved for a site on Princess Road by Wigan Council recently.

Acting stars Christopher Eccleston and Matthew McNulty are among five big names to back a new independent cinema coming to Leigh. Built by community volunteers, Leigh Film Factory is set to become a reality in the next few months as Leigh Film Society implement their long-term vision at Spinners Mill after a two year delay as a result of the Covid pandemic.

One Greater Manchester borough continues to have a Coronavirus infection rate above the national average. Despite this, cases have still fallen across the region.

A teenager has been arrested after allegedly leading cops on a high-speed chase from Liverpool to Tyldesley in a stolen car. Police were told about a blue Renault Captur being driven into Liverpool at speed along the East Lancashire Road at around 8.15pm yesterday (April 24).

Leigh’s MP James Grundy has given a timeline for his Lexit proposal which he hopes to be ready to put forward before the next general election. Lexit is the name given to the plan for Leigh’s exit from the Wigan borough.

Wigan’s involvement in the Clean Air Zone has been criticised by a councillor who believed the plans were not necessary for the borough as the air was clean enough. Councillor James Watson put forward a motion at a full council meeting held at Wigan Town Hall to withdraw the borough from the plans entirely.

A drug dealer from Liverpool who flooded homes in a Greater Manchester town with drugs has been jailed.

Police cars were peppered by glass bottles as carnage erupted in a Greater Manchester town centre over the weekend.

An ‘unapologetic’ Wigan councillor who ‘worked hard for her community’ has died.

A retired Thai boxing instructor has been jailed for sexually assaulting one of his underage students in the early 1990s.

It's the Brexit-backing town that elected a Conservative MP for the first time for nearly 100 years.

The Prime Minister has vowed to support a local MP in a bid to see the town of Leigh become independent from its neighbour Wigan.

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Wigan Council, believes all three options would have serious consequences for Wigan Borough.  Hitting out at the proposals, he said: “Greater Manchester rail passengers have been experiencing poor performance for too long.“Alternative solutions, such as improved infrastructure, must be explored before passengers are further penalised with reduced levels of service.“The taskforce was supposed to recommend improvements to rail services, not make an already poor service worse."If approved, these

Leigh, Atherton and Hindley neighbourhood team. Police were called at around 4pm following the finding and closed off the road and footpath.

Wigan borough, next month.Plans to build 117 homes in the 'quiet and tranquil' village of Lowton were approved in December 2019, despite objections from more than 70 local residents.Lancashire-based housebuilding company Redrow has now acquired 13 acres of land, ahead of the planned construction of Oakwood Fields - as it is set to be known.The land is based just to the north of Bainbridge Avenue and the plans include a mix of three and four-bedroom homes, with open plan layouts.Claire Jarvis,

Loudspeakers will be installed at Salford Quays in an attempt to deter people from jumping from bridges into the canal.It comes after almost 200 lockdown breaches were reported in a single month.Hundreds of people have flocked to the area during spells of warm weather since April - with some coming from as far away as Wigan borough.Teenagers and adults have been spotted leaping into the Manchester Ship Canal from the Detroit Bridge, or taking part in unauthorised swimming, despite these