Greater Manchester

Bolton West MP Chris Green

Chris Green MP: Much improvement at Greater Manchester Police

Coun Keith Cunliffe

Cash boost will help Wigan patients being discharged from hospital this winter

The fakeaway leaflet has been designed to educate families on child obesity

Residents to receive leaflet to highlight risks of children being overweight

The Bee Network's yellow buses have been on the roads since September

Bus passengers complain of services running late or not turning up

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham inside one of the new Bee Network buses

Testing out the Bee Network with a bus trip from Manchester to Standish

Martin and Bex have launched an appeal to ensure no child goes without this Christmas

Influencer duo from Wigan launch campaign for less fortunate families

IN PICTURES: Wigan veterans' Christmas party

Students at Wigan and Leigh College received a talk on road safety

Road Safety Week puts the brakes on driving myths

All those who are eligible are being urged to get their Covid booster jab

Only three weeks left for eligible people to get their Covid booster shot

Ian Dixon, GM Business Growth Hub senior business advisor for access to finance

New online portal will help Wigan businesses seeking finance

The campaign doesn't want anyone sleeping rough this Christmas

Wiganers urged to show festive generosity to the homeless

Pregnant women are being urged to do their own research before deciding whether to be vaccinated against flu and Covid-19

Pregnant women urged to do their own research into flu and coronavirus vaccines

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the launch of the Brick-by-Brick project in Wigan, with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, The Brick's CEO Keely Dalfen and Amazon UK country manager John Boumphrey

Ex-PM and Comic Relief invite businesses to roll out Wigan project

Three of the young people that Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN) support

Charity event success with businesses pledging to support young people

Community Specialist Paramedic Sara Harris with member of the public

North West Ambulance service urges people to ensure homes are free from clutter

Place 2 Place

Mental health charity receives King’s Award for Voluntary Service
A Wigan mental health charity has received the King’s Award for Voluntary Service.

Every region across the country saw a rise in the number of complaints made against dentists

Complaints against GP and dental practices soar following pandemic

The Greater Manchester lung health check unit

Supermarket car park lung health checks launched in drive to save more lives

The Greater Manchester road safety campaign is a joint partnership involving emergency services working alongside families who have lost their loved ones

Hard-hitting road safety campaign marks its 10th anniversary

Poundland store manager Georgie Pugh, deputy Denise Gilligan, transport shift manager Darren Pye and driver Ian Marsh join soldiers from 32 Engineers and 5 Royal Artillery with one of three Poundland trucks wrapped for Remembrance Day outside the store in Catterick.

Wigan's Poundland transforms wagon with poppies

Over 4,000 schools have signed up to No Pens Day

Pupils get ready for No Pens Day

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham

Greater Manchester business leaders share benefits of paying real living wage

The quit smoking campaign urges people to consider what they would miss, including the weddings of loved ones

Wigan smokers urged to kick the habit as hard-hitting campaign launches

Aerial view of Wigan town centre

Wigan targeted in new £1.3m pilot scheme to help disabled people get into work

The Brick-by-Brick team

Wigan charity projects helps 30,000 extra people this year

The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, was joined by transport commissioner Vernon Everitt and leaders of Wigan Council and Bolton Council and a fleet of yellow Bee Buses ready for the launch.

Bee Network already showing significant changes

The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham cuts the ribbon to officially open the new building.

Greater Manchester Mayor pledges to return to centre after opening new building
Young adults with additional needs have somewhere new to develop their skills thanks to the generosity of the Wigan community.

Mould and damp in a Wigan home

Only a few of homes to receive treatment for damp and mould issues

NHS Greater Manchester says pharmacies offer much more than prescriptions and paracetamol

Rallying call to visit pharmacies for more than prescriptions and paracetamol

Netflix

New Netflix series depicting blind girl ‘game-changer,' charity says

Figures from the NHS Business Services Authority show 10,325 patients were prescribed one of these drugs in some form in the NHS Greater Manchester integrated care board integrated care board area in the three months to June.

More than 10,000 patients prescribed key ADHD medication in Greater Manchester

There has been a dramatic upsurge in demand for homelessness services recently (file picture)

Homelessness services at crisis point, warn leaders

Coun Nazia Rehman

Wigan Council backs calls for ceasefire in Middle East

Eamonn Boylan is retiring as chief executive of Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester

Chief executive of two Greater Manchester organisations to retire

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, was joined by transport commissioner Vernon Everitt and leaders of Wigan Council and Bolton Council and a fleet of yellow Bee Buses ready for their launch earlier this year

Greater Manchester to receive more than £10m of HS2 cash for local bus services

Mark Taylor and Kath Hamblett from Flourish Fostering

Fostering service for most vulnerable youngsters expands to Wigan

The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service was bestowed on The Brick homelessness charity in Wigan two years ago. Melanie Bryan OBE, deputy lieutenant of Greater Manchester, is seen here presenting it to volunteer co-ordinator Emma Shaw

Call to nominate unsung heroes for country's top volunteering prize

The flu nasal spray is available for many children

'Flu fighter' superheroes urge Wigan parents to have their children vaccinated

Michelle Leeson, managing director of GC Employment

New programme to help disabled people in Wigan into work

Members of the Research Team with themobile Greater Manchester Research Van that will be at the event

Health research fun day coming to Wigan to educate families

An investigation has revealed how many Greater Manchester taxis are actually registered in Wolverhampton

Over a third of taxis in Greater Manchester using 'out of town' plates

Older people can have their say on how their lives could be improved

Older people can have their say on making Wigan community a good place to live

The National Health Service are urging pregnant women to receive their vaccines

Health service urges all pregnant women to get their winter vaccines

A Metrolink tram in Manchester. Could one be coming to Wigan soon?

Government plans to use money saved on HS2 to extend Metrolink to Wigan

A Metrolink tram

Town waiting to be hooked up to Metrolink

Lakeside Care Home celebrates winning the Charity Initiative of the Year Award

Care home staff saluted

Councils are battling to fill hundreds of vacancies for adult and children social worker roles, and to recruit and retain carers

Social care agency staff spend for GM tops £123m in THREE YEARS

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy

Lisa Nandy MP: Wigan at forefront of bus changes

Leigh firefighters in front of their new engine with Head of Fleet Kris Smedley and Director of Resources Andrea Heffernan

Wigan borough's firefighting service receives boost thanks to major investment

An image included in the Places for Everyone document

Councillors back changes to city region housing plan

Standish residents have been particularly concerned about knotweed infestations

Borough is a Japanese knotweed hotspot

Councillors with Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and Labour's parliamentary candidate for Leigh Jo Platt with a V2 bus

Delight as reduced bus service is reinstated

One of the artworks being sold

Prestigious and collectible artwork to be sold to raise funds for charity

Child playing with blocks

Three in four with suspected autism experience over-long wait for diagnosis

How the Langtree care home will look

Innovative new care home to create numerous jobs