Rogue builder fined over £12K after taking advantage of vunerable Stockport resident
A Derby-registered, nationwide home improvements company, its sole company Director and another person connected to the business were sentenced at Tameside Magistrates Court on...
Government looking at reducing child care costs to tackle cost of living crisis
The government has announced ambitious new plans to improve the cost, choice and availability of childcare that will benefit hundreds of thousands of parents...
Pre-pandemic relative poverty rate for children of lone parents almost double that for children...
New research out this morning has found that the year prior to the pandemic, nearly half of children in lone-parent families were in relative...
Disadvantaged people not in education, employment or training across Manchester are set for a...
Disadvantaged people not in education, employment or training are set for a brighter future thanks to local charity The Lorna Young Foundation and support...
Coppice Primary School awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag certificate
Oldham-based Coppice Primary School has been awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag Certification having demonstrated its commitment to encouraging good environmental behaviour amongst pupils and...
Three dead as gunman opens fire in Copenhagen shopping mall
Three people have been killed after a gunman opened fire inside a busy shopping mall in the Danish capital Copenhagen and critically wounding three...
Warning of detrimental economic impact as 70% of young people plan to cut non-essential...
Yorkshire Building Society has warned of the detrimental long-term economic impact of the cost-of-living crisis as it finds that almost three quarters of young...
Swinton Hospital manager with breast cancer aims to give back to The Christie with...
A hospital manager, who had cancer treatment where she works, at The Christie, will do a skydive next month, just 12 months after the...
BBC’s Waterloo Road to give Manchester students advice about careers in TV
Students from two schools will have the opportunity to hear first-hand from those behind the BBC’s drama Waterloo Road to learn about careers in...
Bury Town centre road improvements going well
A £900,000 project to improve major roads in Bury town centre near Bury Bridge is entering its final two weeks.
This is the latest element...