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Hickory's Smokehouse opens first site in Greater Manchester with play area and kids cinema
Manchester Family
The company has family-friendly restaurants in Poynton and Wilmslow
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'Just please come home': 100 friends, family and loved ones take to street in desperate search for Darren Orme
Wigan
"He was always joking and laughing"
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Wigan Athletic manager makes emotional statement over popular missing fan Darren Orme as police issue new plea
Wigan
The search for the 54-year-old is in its second week
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Major search continues into second week to find missing Wigan Athletic fan
Wigan
It has now been over a week since Darren was last seen
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The Greater Manchester pies officially named as some of UK's best at top awards ceremony
Street food
It's been another good year for pies in Stockport and Wigan in particular
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South Manchester Spanish bar and city centre blues venue named most romantic in the country
Restaurants
A number of Greater Manchester venues have been named as perfect for Valentine's Day
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"What a joke": Outrage over 'unbelievable' traffic through Greater Manchester town
Standish
A main road in Standish has been becoming completely gridlocked
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'This incident shows the dangers of evading capture and the devastating consequences'
Wigan
All three have been arrested
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Three teenagers arrested after 'stolen vehicle' police chase ends in crash
Standish
The vehicle crashed on Wigan Road in Standish before three suspects were detained
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Police issue update after pedestrian killed in three-vehicle M6 horror crash
Wigan
A man in his 30s died at the scene
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Pedestrian tragically killed after horrific lorry crash on M6 sparks huge emergency response
M6
The fatal incident closed the motorway near Wigan on Sunday (January 12)
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Family-friendly restaurant Hickory's Smokehouse to open first site in Greater Manchester
Manchester Family
The smokehouse is a firm favourite with families
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The six postcodes in and around Greater Manchester where house prices have dropped the most
House Prices
Property prices have fallen by as much as 18 percent in one area
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Wigan general election 2024 results in full
General election
The elected MP and how people voted in the constituency which includes the areas Aspull, New Springs, Whelley Douglas, Ince, Pemberton, Shevington, Standish and Wigan
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The neighbouring Greater Manchester towns heading in different directions
General election
One's 'on the up'... the other's 'gone downhill'
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It's 'like Paris, but between Wigan and Chorley' and people travel miles for it
Wigan
The popular Patisserie, located in Standish, is run by Bake Off: The Professionals star Andrew Harwood and his wife Sarah
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Man arrested after reports of break in at Lidl supermarket as CSI descend on scene
Standish
The supermarket on Preston Road in Standish was reportedly closed amid police investigations
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Hotel to start removing asylum seekers three months earlier than planned
Standish
Asylum seekers will be moved on from a hotel in Wigan from today
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New private health clinic planned for village in Greater Manchester
Standish
The new private health centre would offer mental health support, physiotherapy and podiatry services
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The quiet Greater Manchester village rocked by a second asylum seeker hotel
Standish
Kilhey Court Hotel was chosen as a migrant hotel by the Home Office back in August
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Tragedy on M6 as man who 'fell from bridge' dies after being hit by HGV
Traffic and travel
The motorway was closed in both directions for several hours
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Closure date for migrant hotel announced as council claims they were 'sidestepped' by Home Office
Standish
Kilhey Court is one of 50 migrant hotels set to close announced last week by immigration minister Robert Jenrick
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Controversial asylum seeker hotel plan to be scrapped after just two months
Wigan
The hotel has been used to house migrants coming into the UK
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The bizarre reason for delays to a Greater Manchester housing development
Standish
It's been two years since permission was granted, but things have stalled
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