There’s a bakery in Greater Manchesterselling doner kebab pies and we just had to let you know about it.
Whilst some still say we do things differently here in Manchester, let’s be honest, when it comes to pies we simply follow where Wigan leads. These kebab pies? Case and point.
Created by local bakery Whittles pies, the kebab pie differs from the famous ‘Wigan kebab’ (aka a pie barm) in that it is a kebab in a pie, not a pie in a ‘kebab.’
Confused yet? Stay with us.
Whittles doner kebab pie is stuffed with kebab meat, sweetcorn relish and chilli / Image: Well Good Blog
Filled with all of your favourite takeaway bits inside a strong shortcrust pastry casing, the Wigan doner kebab pie is stuffed with kebab meat, sweetcorn relish and chilli and can be enjoyed either hot or cold, depending on your preference.
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Setting you back £1.80 per pie, they’ve become quite legendary in Wigan – with some even rating Whittles as the best place to get pies in the area.
If the kebab pie isn’t for you though, there are plenty more pies to choose from: including more traditional fare like a meat and potato pie; mince steak pie; chunky steak pie; chicken and mushroom pie and a ‘medium meat’ pie, that had us confused for ages until we realised they were just medium in size. Doh.
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The bakery has recently increased its prices, but the whole menu is still an absolute steal here with all of its pies priced between £1 and £1.80 each / Image: Whittles Pies
The bakery has recently increased its prices, but the whole menu is still an absolute steal here with all of its pies priced between £1 and £1.80 each. It also offers a selection of patties for just 75p, plus sausage rolls (£1.10) and pastys (£1.70).
Wigan is the undisputed pie capital of the world, but even here Whittle’s pies are considered to be extraordinary – and that says it all, we reckon.
If the kebab pie isn’t for you though, there are plenty more pastry delights to choose from / Image: Whittles Pies
There is a whole host of local, independent pie shops in Wigan that give the big dogs a run for their money – and Whittles seems to be very much up there, alongside the likes of The Rolling Pin, Muffin Man, Dawsons, and Galloways.
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Whilst we’ve seen some great pies coming out of Manchester lately, including this amazing sausage roll steak and ale pie hybrid, we have to say that we think Whittle’s doner kebab pie might just have to take the crown this time.
Check the menu out on Whittle’s Facebook page here. You’ll find Whittles Pies at the rear of 1 Tunstall Lane, Pemberton.
The ‘most complained-about’ show in Britain over the last five years has been revealed
Danny Jones
The TV show with the in Britain over the past half-decade has seemingly been confirmed, and we can’t exactly say it’s given everyone watching a good morning…
Yes, it’s GMB.
Well, that’s according to research by Aura Print, anyway; they dug down into the official Ofcom data to try and discover which British TV programme got the most complaints – an unwanted accolade that was earned quite comfortably by Good Morning Britain.
This might not come as too much of a surprise to many of you, especially regular viewers over the last few years, with GMB often popping up in headlines alongside phrases like ‘viewers complain’ and ‘Ofcom’. Either way, here’s what the study found:
Rank
Programme
Service
Number of complaints (2021-2025)
1
Good Morning Britain
ITV1
91,890
2
Love Island
ITV2
66,252
3
Julia Hartley-Brewer
TalkTV
18,525
4
Dan Wootton Tonight
GB News
9,207
5
King Charles III: The Coronation
ITV1
8,389
6
This Morning
ITV
7,387
7
Celebrities: What’s Happened to Your Face?
Channel 5
7,082
8
Oprah with Meghan and Harry
ITV
6,456
9
I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
ITV1
6,203
10
Jeremy Vine
Channel 5
4,982
11
Big Brother
ITV1 / ITV2
4,678
12
Lorraine
ITV
4,675
13
Breakfast with Kay Burley
Sky News
3,467
14
Emmerdale
ITV1
2,405
15
Vanessa
5
1,986
16
Loose Women
ITV
1,799
17
Married at First Sight UK
E4
1,748
18
Coronation Street
ITV
1,348
19
Lee Anderson’s Real World
GB News
1,668
20
Friday Night Live
Channel 4
1,630
21
Headliners
GB News
1,498
22
Ant Payne
Capital FM
1,430
23
Naked Education
Channel 4
1,413
24
The Brit Awards
ITV1
1,157
25
Today with Samantha Washington
Sky News
1,270
As you can see, GMB has racked up nearly 92,000 complaints over the past five years, which is well over 25k more than the next most inflammatory.
The rest of the top five is also made up of other mainstream news commentary programmes (four out of five), bar the second runner-up in Love Island, with 66,252.
It’s also worth noting that ITV is the most complained-about broadcaster of any network on the list. GB News came in second with three different shows on the list: Dan Wootton Tonight, Lee Anderson’s Real World and Headliners.
Certainly not surprising whatsoever was the particular episode that received the most complaints of all those in the history of Good Morning Britain, which went out on 8 March 2021.
In case you haven’t guessed which one this is already, it was the infamous Piers Morgan episode discussing Meghan Markle’s mental health, which was reported to Ofcom a whopping 57,973 times.
This feels like a lifetime ago, but we remember it receiving most Ofcom complaints Britain had ever seen at the time.
Yes, more than half of the complaints they have ever received come after ONE viral moment.
In terms of particularly divisive presenters, second only to Piers Morgan, Julia Hartley-Brewer was the next most complained-about presenter, racking up a total of 18,500 complaints.
GB News’ Dan Wootton came in at number three with 9,207 complaints, but also worth noting that plenty of what most would consider popular mainstream entertainment IPs like I’m A Celeb and Big Brother racked up over 10k collectively during this period.
You can find the full breakdown of Ofcom data from 2021-2025 right HERE.
Parents of Rochdale three-year-old mauled to death by ‘out of control’ dog jailed
Emily Sergeant
The parents of a young boy who was mauled to death by a dog described as ‘dangerously out of control’ have now been jailed.
Emergency services were called to Carr Farm, on Tunshill Lane in Rochdale, at around 1:10pm on Sunday 15 May 2022, after Daniel Twigg – who was three years old at the time – was attacked by a dog, believed to be a Cane Corso named Sid.
Despite the best efforts of emergency services at the scene, and trauma staff at Manchester Children’s Hospital, Daniel sadly died from multiple head and neck injuries later that afternoon.
The dog was one of eleven kept on the property, which the family moved into two months earlier, and the tragic incident occurred when Daniel entered a dog pen unsupervised, where Sid and another dog were housed in ‘poor conditions’.
Specialist officers from Greater Manchester Police‘s (GMP) Tactical Aid Unit and Dog Unit attended the scene, securing the area and safely removing the dogs.
The parents of a Rochdale three-year-old boy mauled to death by ‘out of control’ dog jailed / Credit: GMP
Sid, who was said to be showing signs of ‘extreme agitation’, was subsequently humanely destroyed at the scene by a firearms officer.
The two parents, Mark Twigg and Joanne Bedford, were sentenced at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court las week after they were found guilty of being a person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury.
Joanne was sentenced to three years and six months in prison, and is disqualified from keeping a dog for 15 years, and Mark received a custodial sentence of two years and eight months, as well as being disqualified from keeping a dog for 15 years.
Speaking following the sentencing of the parents last week, Detective Sergeant Mark Evans, from GMP’s Major Incident Team, said: “This was a deeply tragic and traumatic incident that has left a permanent mark on everyone involved from Daniel’s family and neighbours to the officers and medical professionals who responded that day.
Georgina Pellant -
5th October 2021 
