Asda will become the first UK supermarket to offer in-store Covid-19 vaccinations, starting this month. The supermarket giant was selected by NHS England to issue vaccinations from an in-store pharmacy from 25 January – with a Birmingham branch
POLICE have shared details of two vehicles they have seized in Higher Folds this week. The vehicle, pictured above, was seen in suspicious circumstances on Higher Folds, police say. It was followed by officers and subsequently stopped and seized
PARENTS have rated a nursery in Leigh as one of the top 20 in the region. Bluestone Nursery, Leigh, was chosen as one of the Top 20 nurseries, out of 1,575 early years settings in the North West. The 20 nurseries received an award from reviews
VITAL tech support is being delivered to dozens of young carers in the borough to ease the extra burden and challenges they face during lockdown. Laptops and dongles are on the way to 62 young carers in a council partnership with Wigan and Leigh
THE council says its gritters have already used more salt than the whole of last year's winter already. Last winter saw the council treat priority routes 40 times using approximately 1,214 tonnes of salt and covering 17,240km of adopted highway
A-LEVEL, AS and GCSE students in England could be asked to undertake externally set papers to help teachers with their assessments after formal exams were cancelled, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has suggested. In a letter to exams regulator
The UK has now approved three different vaccines to be deployed in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Last week, Boris Johnson said the plan was to expand the supply of vaccines that can be administered, get more places doing the vaccinations
