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Olivia Colman CBE launches Cheshire Omaze Million Pound House prize draw

Look inside the stunning £4m Cheshire home you could win with Omaze

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NHS GM launches IVF consultation to ensure fairer access across the region

Whalley Manor, Clitheroe Road.

L&Q unveils new nature-inspired play park and green spaces at award-winning Whal...

Former councillor Gareth Fairhurst at the Bradley Lane bridge

Bridge traffic lights safety row

The pathway from the Churchfields/Fairways estate has not been completed

Residents left upset claiming a housing developer failed to complete build

Residents and councillors who attended the HMO public meeting at Beech Hill Book Cycle

HMOs debated at public meeting

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Greater Manchester residents asked to share views on eye care services

Dramatic moment massive house fire rages as police race to evacuate street.

Watch: Massive house fire rages as police race to evacuate street

Residents meeting at Astley Community Club to plan their protest

Anger erupts at plans to remove land from green belt

Flooding on Linkfield Drive

Residents speak out on flooding

Norley Hall residents with the Military Vehicles Trust.

Wigan care home celerbates VE Day in style

This is the third consultation in this Local Plan process

Take part in shaping borough's future

Sam Evans is one of the Friends of Crab Tree Lane disputing developer Bloor's rights to build an access road through this site

Residents anger after failing to thwart new homes access plan

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Get involved: join the adult ADHD consultation now open in Greater Manchester

Pictures shows the swarm of bees on a van in Heeley, Sheffield. Photo: Errol Edwards

Watch: Massive swarm of bees with loud buzz hits UK neighbourhood

Police catch Yorkshire drug dealers in sting at Skegness caravan park.

Drug dealers jailed after police sting operation at holiday spot
A group of drug dealers have been jailed after being caught in a police sting at a popular holiday spot.
Rachael Grealish

Terrifying moment thugs with gun, axe and sledgehammer attack bin men.

Terrifying moment thugs with gun, axe and sledgehammer attack bin men

The unassuming Gent's Bakery on Pepper Lane, Standish, which is to shut on April 17

Family bakery to close after 70 years

Andy Burnham and Josh Simons meet a flood-hit Platt Bridge resident

Flood-hit families speak of their fears for further disasters

Rubbish piled up on Beach Road in Sparkhill Birmingham

Watch: Rubbish piles up in streets as bin strike enters third week

An aerial plan of the Wellington Drive scheme with the guided busway in the foreground

Residents lose battle against new homes

Omaze Million Pound House Norfolk winner Victoria Curtis-Cresswell with husband Dale.

I came runner-up in beauty pageant but was crowned winner of £6M home

Lockdown fifth anniversary: pictures of Wigan town centre in March 2020

Wood Fold Primary School is to increase its size considerably to cope with a large increase in local children

Huge expansion to primary school approved

The current Aldi store on Scot Lane, Newtown. The budget retailer wants to move to a bigger site a few hundred yards away on Frith Street

Aldi proposes local store relocation

Thumbnail image for Damp Proof: The Cavity Wall Insulation Scandal documentary

The Cavity Wall Insulation Scandal - Stories of the victims

'Council spent £16m on a bridge to nowhere. It's a dangerous mess'

£16m bridge leads to 'dangerous' deep mud...it looks like a warzone
Furious residents have blasted the local council for wasting £16million on a bridge aimed at cyclists and pedestrians to cross a river- that leads them to a 'dangerous mess' of thick mud that is 'pretty much unpassable'.
Lucinda Herbert

Even the youngest of readers joined in the fun.

Belong Atherton celebrates World Book Day

Since the Cadent Foundation’s Winter Support Fund was launched, Greater Manchester residents have claimed over £280k worth of energy and food vouchers

There's still a cash lifeline for those struggling with energy bills

A hackney carriage taxi rank

Taxi drivers oppose new wheelchair accessible rule

A road left so badly damaged by a landslip it was closed to cars can't be fixed properly - as it's still moving a YEAR later.

Britain's 'wonkiest road' destroyed by landslip finally set to reopen

A general view of Gadbury Fold, Atherton

Dog alerts residents to tumble dryer blaze

Belong Atherton created cards for the occasion.

Love is in the air at Belong Villages

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal close to overflowing near the site

No compo for new home owners if they flood

It comes after Bristolians were ranked as the most romantic in the UK

What's your love language? Take this quiz to find out

Josh Simons MP with Flooding Minister, Emma Hardy

Josh Simons MP: Flooding must lead to change

New hallway lighting from Solarcrown Commercial in Scholes Village

Scholes Village’s High-Rise Residents Benefit from Lighting Modernisation

The initiative aims to support UK mission to reduce energy bills, create green jobs, and advance climate action

Social housing in UK to have cleaner energy come new initiative

HC-One’s Richmond House Care Home

Residents at Leigh care home enjoy visit from MP

Michael Abram and Stacy Abram with their children Bethany, Jake and Jack at the sanctuary of the Greyhound Hotel in Leigh

Wigan dad shares details of family's dramatic rescue from flood

Car are flooded outside a newly converted Meadow Mill on Water street in Stockport as emergency teams arrive to rescue people trapped inside. January 1 2025.

Fire crews use boats to rescue flood-trapped residents in flats

Cars stranded in deep water due to flooding in Stockport.

Watch: Roads flooded and cars submerged as heavy rain hits the UK

Residents are rescued from fire.

Watch: Police run into burning building to rescue residents from blaze

Almost half use loyalty programmes as a way of saving around the festive period

Four in 10 adults are worried about the cost of Christmas this year

Worcester City Council insists the tree in Columbia Drive poses no immediate risk and has issued a protection order for it. Inset: Chris Davis

'Menacing' 100ft tree could crush my home but council won't chop it

Sip 'N' Dip on Preston Road, Standish, with a bailiff's enforcement notice on the door

Assets are seized from eatery after sudden closure

Tanya Brennan posted this photograph on Facebook of a tree which had fallen onto a boat in Crooke

Storm Darragh hits Wigan with strong winds blowing down trees

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Worsley Mesnes Christmas Celebrations

Image of the historic coach house before its restoration

The fascinating history behind Parbold’s iconic former convent

Nigel Cooper and his Koi pond in Ulverston, Cumbria.

Fish-eating otters killed my koi-carp. Now my dog scares them away

London Fire Brigade tackle a fire at a takeaway in Holloway.

Watch: Smoke rises from takeaway fire as 15 fire engines are deployed

Casa at Tulach has two-, three- and four-bedroom houses available to rent.

Reservations live for Casa at Tulach, a new rental neighbourhood in Wigan puttin...

Parts of Pontypridd, South Wales, have been left submerged in water as the River Taff bursts its banks.

Watch: Residents bail out their flooded homes after heavy rainfall

Some of the reasons people may smell gas

Residents reassurance over gas leak concerns

Before-and-after pictures show how a house of horrors which was turned into a makeshift dump has finally been cleared of rubbish after more than a year.

Makeshift tip FINALLY cleared as nightmare neighbour evicted

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