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Figures show 20.7 per cent of workers in Wigan were in severely insecure jobs – a higher rate than the average of 19.9 per cent in the Greater Manchester Combined Authority area

A fifth of people in Wigan in “insecure work”

ONS figures show the median wage in Wigan saw a 9.5 per cent increase in the three months to July, which surpassed Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rate of 7.8 per cent over the same period

Wigan wages outstrip inflation as UK real-terms pay steadies

North West Cancer Research is reminding people to use sunscreen this summer

Wigan residents urged to 'think again' and use sunscreen this summer

Niall West proposes to fiance Beth Miller during the Manchester Marathon on Sunday. The 28-year-olds from Bolton first met at Lancaster University and have been together for nine years.

Watch as runner proposes to girlfriend during Manchester marathon

Low Carbon Eco Innovatory

Lancashire Low Carbon Eco-Innovatory helps world-beating theatre troupe

Jenn Ashworth at Half Moon Bay Heysham

Lancashire writer on cloning herself, awards, and Maxine Peake reading her work

Professor Jess Davies of Lancaster University

Lancashire's female-led eco engineering revolution combatting climate crisis

Cath Hill with members of the choir involved in the Bee The Difference project.

Lancaster mum whose life ‘changed forever’ on night of Manchester Arena bombing

Jane with her son Matthew

'I'd physically shake with fear, I was petrified': Lancashire mum-of-two Jane on...

Students stage a climate change protest at Lancaster University. After a long-running campaign by students and staff, the university has announced it will divest itself of investments in fossil fuel companies, as well as screening out arms trade and tobacco investments

Lancaster University moves to end investment in fossil fuels following long-runn...

The Girl with the Silver Clasp

The Girl with the Silver Clasp by Juliet Greenwood: A moving, inspirational tal...

A Campbell Stokes sunshine recorder at Lancaster University’s Hazelrigg weather station. It uses a magnifying glass which burns a card when it is sunny to leave a recording. Researchers from the university say April 2021 has been the sunniest on record

April 2021 was the sunniest on record, say Lancashire scientists

JULIET GREENWOOD

10 questions with author and former Lancaster student Juliet Greenwood