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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

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
In a Wigan town sits a hotel which has sparked huge controversy over the last few months.
George Lythgoe

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
Hundreds of people – including far right activists – gathered in a Wigan township to protest against plans to turn a second of its hotels into an asylum-seeker hostel.
Charles Graham

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

For the first time, the Home Office has released figures on where Afghan refugees are staying in the UK.

Wigan takes in 10 Afghan refugees

Prince Harry

Prince Harry loses bid to challenge decision over UK security plans

Queen Elizabeth II: Government forked £162 million on state funeral

Cost of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral revealed by Government

Men in the UK being offered £10,000 to pose as dads for migrant women’s babies in visa scam

UK men being offered £10,000 to pose as dads in visa scam

CCTV footage shows police storming a couple's Essex pub and seizing their golliwog dolls, saying the toys were a suspected hate crime (Photos: SWNS)

CAMRA makes damning verdict on pub at centre of Gollies row

MI5 has warned ministers of Chinese spies who buy citizenship through third countries to gain access to the UK.

Ministers warned of Chinese spies who slip through the UK

The top 10 UK burglary hotspots have been revealed

List shows top 10 burglary hotspots in the UK

The Bibby Stockholm will house 500 people (Photo: Home Office)

More than 500 asylum seekers to be housed on barge off coast

Police searching for Madeleine McCann to get extra funding

Martin Lewis has issued guidance to British holidaymakers heading abroad soon

Money Saving Expert team issues passport warning to holidaymakers

While awaiting a decision asylum seekers are unable to work but can be entitled to financial assistance and accommodation through what is known as 'Section 95' support.

More asylum seekers claiming financial support in Wigan

Some 7,074 people receiving Universal Credit in Wigan were deemed to be 'looking for work' as of November – 570 (8.1 per cent) of whom had been sanctioned

More than one in 20 Universal Credit claimants sanctioned in Wigan

Data has revealed how many people are being prosecuted each week for failing to pay their BBC TV licence

TV licence row as thousands prosecuted each week for failing to pay

dangerous domestic abusers will be recorded on the violent and sex offender register under new government proposals (Photo: Adobe)

Domestic abusers could be added to violent and sex offender list

Home Office figures show 128 people were killed in non-fire incidents attended by the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in the year to March 2022 – up from 92 the year before.

Firefighters attended an increased number of non-fire fatalities last year

Passport fees have increased for the first time in five years - here’s how much they now cost

New passport prices for adults & children as fees increase

DNP is used as a ‘slimming pill’ (not pictured) and has killed 33 people in the UK.

‘Slimming pill’ DNP to be classified as poison after 33 deaths

You can renew your UK passport online.

Countdown to passport price hike - how to apply before charge increase

Home Office vows law change to protect victims of sexual assault

British passport prices are set to rise next month

Passport application fees to increase next month

Emirates’ Airbus A3800-800 airliner approaches Heathrow international airport, where Border Force agents discovered a package contaminated with uranium in December

Scotland Yard continue investigations in uranium contaminated package

Home Office figures show 909 people in Wigan were receiving Section 95 support

Rise in people receiving asylum support in Wigan

Detainees are seen inside the Manston holding centre for asylum seekers. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick this week vowed "more radical" policies to counter illegal migration.

Diphtheria confirmed at asylum centre following man’s death

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