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Wowcher has reduced this 60W 6-Port USB Charging Station to just £8.99

This 6-port charger is now just £8.99

The YONISEE ergonomic office chair includes lumbar support, a headrest and flip-up armrests for home workspaces

This ergonomic office chair deal starts at under £50

The Dimplex DXACF Tower Fan offers quiet cooling with oscillation, remote control and multiple airflow settings

Dimplex tower fan drops below £60 in Amazon deal

This screen riser is ideal for keeping desktop clutter stored away

This bargain desk organiser could transform your home office setup

Office Furniture Online has a huge selection of desks - and many of them are ideal for home offices

Home office upgrade? Bargain desks and chairs from under £60

Office Furniture Online has a huge selection of desks - and many of them are ideal for home offices

Desks under £100 and chairs from £57 in big home office sale

The Creative Pebble X Plus is one of the more attractive desktop speaker systems out there - and they sound pretty decent too

Review: These stylish PC speakers are the ultimate desk upgrade

My Apple Mac mini M4 set up neatly under the monitor on my home office desk.

Apple Mac mini M4 now £499 in brilliant Black Friday deal

The chairs usually cost well over £100, so this is a big saving

Ergonomic massage office chair with footrest now £54.99 in crazy deal

Logitech's new Slim Solar+ K980 is pretty good as a keyboard - but it brings a new feature to the table that is likely to change the industry

Logitech Slim Solar+ K980 review: a keyboard that never needs charging

Parbold Douglas Academy on Lancaster Lane whose nursery is the focus of an investigation following the death of a child

Police give update on nursery tot's tragic death

Leigh and Atherton MP Jo Platt

Misinformation over 'asylum-seeker hotel' attacked by MP

Standing desks are great for health and wellbeing while working

Electric standing desk drops to just £59 on Amazon

Standing desks are great for circulation, and they're becoming hugely popular in home offices

This electric standing desk is now just £63.99 in a limited-time deal

The Logitech Master 2s has a brilliant ergonomic design

Logitech MX Master 2S drops below £40 in Amazon home office deal

UK announces sweeping immigration reforms: What changes on 16 July 2025 mean for...
The UK government has announced a series of major updates to its immigration rules, set to take effect from 16 July 2025.
Amber Moore

Ad Feature Solar power on the go: New 3KW pack means more power and less bulk

Josh Simons

Josh Simons MP: Making progress on immigration

CubiCubi modern white office desk with metal frame and wide top

Top Amazon home office deals to revamp your setup

The fantastic footpath between Standish and Beech Hill.

Tony Porter Ponders: Labour having a ReformUK moment?

Standing desks have become hugely popular in recent years

Electric standing desk with memory now £72.99 in Amazon Prime deal

Home Office figures show 1,218 asylum seekers in Wigan were receiving some form of financial support from the government in the final quarter of 2024 – down slightly from 1,239 at the end of September

Asylum seeker support figures revealed

This BOTB prize could be just what your garden needs

Win a £20,000 garden makeover with BOTB – tickets just 70p

From left, Brunswick PACT chairman Brian Roberts, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and policing minister Dame Diana Johnson at the Home Office discussing the NationalWorld campaign Silent Crime on November 21, 2024

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper pledges action on Silent Crime

The class wrote letters to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street and to their local MP with concerns about racial injustice following the riots in summer. They had individual responses from Makerfield MP Josh Simons and a letter from a correspondence officer from Downing Street.

Primary school receive responses from letters to PM

A Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service vehicle

Fall in fire crew emergency response times

Desks and office chairs are on offer at Amazon this week

Kit out your home office with these great furniture deals on Amazon
The work-from-home movement isn’t going anywhere and more and more of us are setting up workspaces where we live. If you’re looking to kit out your home office or upgrade your study, Amazon has some great deals on desks and swivel chairs - but only for this week.
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Two million crimes went unsolved in a single year in Britain, according to the latest Home Office data (Photos by National World/Adobe Stock)

‘Unpunished crime undermines the whole system of justice’

Kilhey Court when it was accommodating asylum-seekers. Now it has reverted to a hospitality venue

No asylum-seekers in hotels

Figures from the Home Office show 1,681 fire safety inspections or audits were carried out by the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in the year to March

Rise in fire safety notices issued to GM buildings

Meet the man who is vying for the Shed of the Year title after turning his old strawberry patch into a summer work cabin using recycled materials.

We built a posh shed office from scratch - by raiding a skip

Travis Scott performs during Michael Rubin's 2023 Fanatics Super Bowl Party; the “Astroworld” musician is set to perform two dates in the UK this week despite being arrested in June 2024 in Miami (Credit: Getty Images)

Controversial US rapper will still perform in the UK despite arrest

Leigh MP James Grundy

James Grundy MP: plans in place for Rwanda flights for illegal immigrants

The Britannia Hotel on Almond Brook Road, Standish, has been used by the Home Office and Serco to accommodate asylum-seekers since 2016

Hotel to cease housing asylum-seekers

Home Office figures show 1,296 people were claiming assistance in Wigan as of December last year – up from 1,152 in 2022.

Increase in support for asylum-seekers

More people are presenting as homeless in Wigan after their claim for asylum has been approved

More people presenting as homeless in Wigan after asylum claim approved

Firefighters routinely attend a range of emergencies other than fires, such as flooding, traffic collisions or assisting other emergency services with medical issues

Rise in number of people who died in non-fire emergencies

Kilhey Court Hotel

Migrant hotel closes its doors to asylum seekers earlier than expected

Kilhey Court fenced off to the public

How township became a hotbed of fury over second asylum seeker hotel

Kilhey Court in Standish will no longer be used to house asylum seekers, the government confirmed

MP demands answers about housing asylum seekers in Wigan

Macdonald Kilhey Court will revert to being a hotel in March

Migrant hotel will shut in March 2024, Home Office confirms

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

Homelessness services at crisis point, warn leaders

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick's hand-written letter to Wigan MP Lisa Nandy alerting her to an asylum hotel closure in her constituency but not saying which one

Government confirms it is closing one of Wigan's asylum hotels - but which one?

Macdonald Kilhey Court only became a hotel for asylum seekers a few weeks ago

Wigan does not figure in first wave of migrant hotel closures

Standish Voice continue to voice its disapproval of plans to house asylum seekers at Kilhey Court

Community group continues fight against use of hotel for asylum seekers

Protestors demand answers of Kilhey Court asylum seeker decision

Kilhey Court in Standish is now being used to house asylum seekers

Migrant hotels bill climbs to £8m a day

Members of the community gathered in Market Place, Standish to take part in a protest against plans to accommodate asylum seekers at Kilhey Court

'Peaceful protest' to oppose plans to house asylum seekers in hotel

New figures from the Home Office show more than 20,000 Afghans fleeing the conflict have settled in the UK through the two schemes, at the end of June. Of them, 10 lived in Wigan – the same number as were living in the area in March.

Wigan gives refuge to almost a dozen Afghans

Large numbers gathered in Standish Market Place

Hundreds attend asylum seeker hotel demonstration and counter-protest

Macdonald Kilhey Court Hotel is scheduled to close to guests on September 9 to begin welcoming asylum seekers instead

Protest and counter-protest planned over asylum seeker hotel plan

Kilhey Court Hotel is a popular wedding venue

LUKE MARSDEN: stop using Wigan as an asylum seeker dumping ground

Macdonald Kilhey Court Hotel is much used locally for weddings, functions, business conferences and school proms - but not after September 9 if plans go ahead

Council letter to Home Office gives long list of reasons for asylum hotel U-turn

Kilhey Court Hotel is a grade two listed building and former residence

Wigan's plushest hotel to house asylum-seekers

The four MPs who claimed driving fines on expenses revealed

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