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A giant 11-foot puppet named Little Amal is coming to Manchester – here’s where to find her
She has travelled through 65 cities, towns and villages in search of her new home - now, Little Amal is coming to Manchester.
There’s a zombie apocalypse experience coming to an abandoned Wigan shopping centre
The Galleries shopping complex in the heart of Wigan town centre will once again be transforming into 'The Terror Mall' this Halloween.
Manchester care home resident reunited with his beloved dog after two years
Legal firm Irwin Mitchell secured 73-year-old Lawrence Knight new accommodation with his beloved companion, Millie.
Americans call out ‘weird’ British sandwich fillings – but they like Wigan’s pie barm
The infamous Wigan kebab got the thumbs up from Yanks who otherwise mocked our jam, sugar and leftover roast dinner sandwiches
This Greater Manchester bakery is selling doner kebab pies
A pie filled with doner kebab meat, sweetcorn and chilli relish? Obviously, it's in Wigan.
This Wigan company has introduced a four-day working week so staff can ‘focus on themselves’
The switch has already proved a "big hit" with staff at Belmont Packaging.
Primary school deputy head charged over rape of school girl, 13
She has been charged with aiding and abetting the rape of a girl under 13 and inciting sexual activity with a child, also under 13.
Cat stabbed nine times recovers and finds a new family in Wigan
RSPCA inspector Ryan King described seven-year-old Katie the cat's recovery as a "remarkable turnaround".
The ‘worst pub in Wigan’ has had an incredible transformation
The Swan & Railway has been honoured with a prestigious Historic England award by CAMRA
Drunken driver smashes into parked car in Leigh then threatens to arrest police officer
"It was explained to him this is not how it works."