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Figures show 8.2 per cent of people in Wigan were cycling at least once a month in the year to November 2022 – a fall from 12.6 per cent in 2019

Fewer cyclists in Wigan than before pandemic

700,000 children in England attending schools that need major repairs

Take the train rather than flying (photo: Shutterstock)

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UK Government ‘not fully prepared’ for ‘wide-ranging impacts’ of Covid pandemic ...

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

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595 million later flow tests have not been registered (Photo: Getty Images)

Test and Trace lost track of 600m lateral flow tests in England as 14% go unused

The government was not as prepared as it could have been for the Covid pandemic, the National Audit Office found (Photo: Shutterstock)

Government did not have ‘detailed contingency plans’ in place for pandemic

The Government’s catch-up programme for pupils impacted by school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic may not be reaching disadvantaged children, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Catch-up tuition may not be reaching the most disadvantaged children - according...

Wigan Council spends more than the national average on tackling childhood obesity, data has revealed

Wigan spends more on tackling childhood obesity than national average

Companies recommended by MPs were handed billions worth of Covid contracts - acc...

Rethink Mental Illness has written to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Charities demand probe into deaths linked to welfare system