COST-saving reforms planned for Greater Manchester’s fire service could pose a safety risk, leading unions have said. A raft of measures including station mergers, support staff cuts and fewer firefighters riding on each engine have been unveiled
A SIX-year-old girl who beat cancer "feels great" to be back at school with her friends after finishing her chemotherapy treatment. Ellie Rieveley, from Astley, lost her hair after being diagnosed with acute lymphblastic leukemia in November 2016
A TASER was used in the arrest of man this morning, Wednesday. The man was arrested on Hatton Avenue in Atherton after being wanted on suspicion of breaching a non-molestation order and being accused of causing criminal damage.
LEIGH MP Jo Platt has raised the 40th anniversary of the Golborne Colliery mining disaster in Parliament. An underground explosion at the site on March 18, 1979 caused the death of 10 miners and seriously injured another miner. Shadow Minister
A RALLY is set to take place in Leigh town centre on Saturday afternoon in favour of Britain leaving the European Union (EU). Brexit campaigners will make their feelings known between 12.30pm and 2.30pm about the issue which has dominated national
FREE advice will be on offer today, Wednesday, on National No Smoking Day. Wigan Council's health improvement service Healthy Routes, delivered by City Health Care Partnership CIC, will be on hand at its store on Bradshawgate in Leigh until the
A SHOPLIFTER has been handed a suspended sentence after carrying out a series of thefts. James Alty, of Ludlaw Drive, Leigh pleaded guilty to stealing from a Co-Op store in Astley on five occasions between January 31 and February 23. The 26
