Meet Manchester’s material needs by rail says new report
A new report setting out the economic and environmental case for more rail freight into Greater Manchester has been published by the Mineral Products...
Greater Manchester gets it first ever Chief Resilience Officer
GREATER Manchester is to benefit from its first ever Chief Resilience Officer, who has been announced as Dr Kathy Oldham, OBE.
The position has been...
Oldham Council distributes £5.5 million in coronavirus business grants
Businesses across Oldham have started receiving cash grants to support them during the coronavirus pandemic
Oldham Council has already paid out £5.5 million with the team working as quickly...
Flawed helpline: Scam victims face half-hour waits and hefty fees when they call banks,...
Some banks are leaving potential fraud victims to wait for more than half an hour to speak to a member of staff and charging...
It’s official-Britain is the sick man of Europe again
The U.K saw a record number of working days lost due to short-term sickness last year
Figures releasd this morning by the Office of National...
Deputy Chief Constable Terry Woods QPM is officially sworn in to GMP
This morning (1 September 2021) Terry Woods QPM officially took up his new post of Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police after he...
Lisa Nandy visits Wigan picket line but she had permission from party leader
Labour’s Shadow Levelling up Secretary and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy has visited a picket line days after a shadow minister was sacked by party...
Tow attempted incidents of child abduction this week in Westhoughton and Radcliffe
Police are investigating two incidents of suspected attempted child abduction in Westhoughton and Radcliffe earlier this week.
The first incident occurred on Monday, a 14-year-old...
NHS waiting lists at their highest for 12 years
162,888 people are still waiting to start treatment in the NHS after a year of waiting in October this year - the highest number...
Turning around struggling High Streets too big a job for local authorities on their...
The fortunes of struggling High Streets can not be turned around by local authorities on their own as the job is too big –...