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The Latest Breaking News from Leigh

'It's carnage': The streets where people are trapped inside their homes by 'football fans who won't walk'

"If someone rang an ambulance or the fire brigade you’d have no chance of getting them down here"

Manchester Evening News

Disappointment for Wigan's failed bids despite £20 million success for Levelling Up cash

Leigh and Ashton town centres missed out on Levelling Up funding despite Haigh Hall getting £20 million

Manchester Evening News

MP slammed as he admits he DIDN'T support town's bid for millions in Levelling Up cash

Wigan Council's leaders pointed the finger at Leigh's MP after they failed to get Levelling Up funding for the town centre

Manchester Evening News

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Hospital urges patients to avoid A&E during nurses strike unless it's a 'life or limb-threatening emergency'

Nurses at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are taking part in a nationwide strike on Wednesday and Thursday

Manchester Evening News

Outrage over 'dangerous' parking as cars left dumped on corners and driveways blocked

Residents living near Leigh Sports Village have slammed the inconsiderate drivers

Manchester Evening News

London leavers: ‘Swapping Walthamstow for a Suffolk village was a culture shock but we’re learning to love it’

Needing to upsize to a multi-generational home pushed these London leavers from Walthamstow out to a Victorian villa in Sudbury, Suffolk

Evening Standard

Major changes coming to Leigh Guided Busway for 2023

The new contract holders will be in place from September 2023

Manchester Evening News

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I took the Greater Manchester bus journey quite unlike any other - and it's left me very confused

'Hopeful passengers were told by the driver “it’s one off one on now”, before it set off again.'

Manchester Evening News

Gran at head of family drug ring stabbed to death when she stormed house in armed attack

Grandmother-of-three Debbie Twist, her son Jordan Winstanley and Robbie Arnold raided the property in Leigh, Wigan to recover a debt but the head of the ring was stabbed to death

Daily Mirror

Gran at head of family drug ring died after homeowner stabbed her when she stormed his house in terrifying armed attack

Debbie Twist died in the attack - her son and daughter have both been sentenced

Manchester Evening News

Police 'concerned' as 14-year-old boy goes missing from Leigh

Joseph Chantler has been missing since Monday

Manchester Evening News

Vandals smash windows and spray paint 'move' on cars parked on pavement as locals divided

Most residents condemned the vandalism, which happened in Leigh in Greater Manchester, but some said they understood people's frustrations over "pavement parking" that obstructs wheelchairs and prams

Daily Mirror

Police warn vehicles will be seized as they impose fresh powers on area ahead of planned car meet

Four areas of Wigan and Leigh will be subject to dispersal orders for a 17 hour period

Manchester Evening News

Huge queues for Sunday roast at garden centre - but punters say it's an 'ordeal'

Mum Emma Gill was left feeling like queuing was the theme of the winter food market in Bents Garden and Home in Leigh, Manchester, saying the disorganisation of the place was "such an ordeal"

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Woman, 40, with 'lack of intellect' mows down blind man and leaves him for dead while speeding on the way home from chippy

Charlene Bellis was showing off to her teenage daughter when she ploughed into Christopher Hollywood in Leigh

Manchester Evening News

Company owned by former Rochdale mayor in liquidation owing creditors more than £700,000

Coun Aasim Rashid is the sole director of Rashids (PVT) Ltd which sold bedroom accessories online and owned newsagents shops in Leigh and Walkden

Manchester Evening News

The political map of Greater Manchester could look dramatically different after review

This could change how the constituency areas could look and who people would be voting for by the next general election.

Manchester Evening News

'Common sense prevails' after bizarre boundary change in Greater Manchester axed

“It came as no surprise to me that local people would strongly resist this move and I am glad that common sense has prevailed.”

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Town's only B&Q to be demolished and replaced by a third Home Bargains

"We are committed to having a store in the Leigh area and we are currently exploring all options available to us.”

The Guardian - UK

‘From coal tips to willow tits’: post-industrial Greater Manchester’s new nature reserve

The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh’s protected status is a reward for rewilding former coal-mining landscapes

Liverpool Echo

Chilling CCTV shows killers luring dad to his death before stabbing him

The man was led to a canal before being stabbed 35 times and shoved into the water to die

Manchester Evening News

CCTV which snared three teen killers luring dad to his death rolled out across Greater Manchester borough

Scott Anderton, 33, was led to a canal before being stabbed 35 times and shoved into the water to die

Manchester Evening News

'We moved into a second-hand caravan after our rent doubled'

Lauren Collier and James Winterbottom, who have two children, just couldn't afford the sudden hike in the rent for their Leigh terrace

Manchester Evening News

'I secretly own the world's largest James Bond collection - even my friends and family don't know about it'

Nick Bennett, from Leigh, has the world's largest collection of James Bond memorabilia - but it's for his eyes only

Manchester Evening News

Leigh MP James Grundy says he 'does not trust Wigan Council to make the right decision' on fracking

"I don't trust Wigan Council to make the right decisions on fracking, but I do trust local people, and I will back them where they oppose it.”

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