North West news

• Church turned into 13-bed luxury Airbnb investigated for 'planning breach'

  11-12-2025 15:45 via bbc.com
  The converted Rhos on Sea church is listed on Airbnb as a 6-star property, sleeping up to 34 people.
  
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• Burnham backs Baroness Longfield to chair inquiry

  12-12-2025 07:12 via bbc.com
  Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says "the time has come to let this inquiry do its business".
  
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• Manchester Metropolitan tops sustainability league

  12-12-2025 07:11 via bbc.com
  Manchester Metropolitan University is praised after securing top spot for a record fourth time.
  
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• Sex worker-linked police and staff sacked and suspended

  11-12-2025 20:58 via bbc.com
  An anti-corruption unit investigates "non-legitimate" sex worker contact at Greater Manchester Police.
  
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• Judge halts trial of alleged Rochdale grooming gang

  11-12-2025 18:56 via bbc.com
  A date for a retrial of six men accused of sex offences against two Rochdale schoolgirls is yet to be set.
  
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• Top NHS boss suspended amid internal investigation

  11-12-2025 15:19 via bbc.com
  Mark Fisher is suspended on a "precautionary basis" from his senior NHS role in Greater Manchester.
  
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• 'I'm just a Wigan lad who wanted to prove people wrong'

  11-12-2025 15:17 via bbc.com
  Wigan Warriors wheelchair rugby player, Jordan Burns, hand cycles more than 60 km to show "people with disabilities can achieve".
  
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• 'Grandma was a key person at Bury FC for 48 years'

  11-12-2025 13:55 via bbc.com
  Bury FC are mourning the end of a "Gigg lane dynasty" after the death of a longstanding personality.
  
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• Work completed on roof of 'Downton Shabby'

  11-12-2025 09:04 via bbc.com
  The property is the subject of a High Court battle between a U.S. filmmaker and the local council.
  
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• Mother's anguish over Gaza scholarship visa rule

  11-12-2025 07:07 via bbc.com
  Hayat says her teenage daughter cannot leave Gaza and take up her UK scholarship due to her age.
  
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• Giving tree means 'everyone gets a Christmas'

  11-12-2025 07:05 via bbc.com
  Wigan pupils take part in a Stockport project to make sure less unfortunate children will wake up with a present on Christmas morning.
  
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• Will Manchester Pride return in 2026?

  10-12-2025 22:27 via bbc.com
  There are hopes Manchester Pride will return in 2026 - after the charity behind the event went bust.
  
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• Teen who drove into man used car 'as a weapon'

  10-12-2025 15:45 via bbc.com
  Thomas Baker, 19, from Bethesda, was seen deliberately mounting the pavement to hit his victim.
  
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• Storm bridge traffic chaos should not be repeated, says MP

  10-12-2025 14:39 via bbc.com
  Corroded lampposts at risk of falling in the high winds on the Prince of Wales Bridge had to be removed.
  
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• 'Our sister was murdered but we can't have retrial'

  10-12-2025 13:25 via bbc.com
  Drowned millionaire Paula Leeson's family claim she was murdered by her husband Donald McPherson.
  
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• Why the North West is central to the UK’s next phase of economic growth - newstartmag.co.uk

  10-12-2025 11:09 via news.google.com
  Why the North West is central to the UK’s next phase of economic growth  newstartmag.co.uk
  
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• Image of sexual assault suspect released by police

  10-12-2025 10:09 via bbc.com
  Police investigating a serious sexual assault in Nuthurst park, New Moston, appealed for information.
  
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• Underground sewage tank plan 'threatens our café'

  10-12-2025 09:04 via bbc.com
  Traders are worried because their shopping precinct's car park is due to close for up to a year.
  
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• Council decision-making changes set to go ahead

  10-12-2025 07:49 via bbc.com
  The authority is set to sign off plans to move away from its current committee system.
  
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• Manchester Town Hall set for extra £95m revamp

  10-12-2025 07:18 via bbc.com
  Work on the Grade-I listed Victorian building will now cost nearly £525m and is set for completion in 2027.
  
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• Extra police powers for town centre after disorder

  09-12-2025 22:35 via bbc.com
  Five people are arrested since police in Oldham were given extra stop, search and dispersal powers earlier.
  
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• Nude gladiator statue granted reprieve by council

  09-12-2025 19:00 via bbc.com
  Mr Adamson says he is happy to have stood his ground after council backtracks over statue action.
  
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• Lack of transparency over proposal for a new town 'not helpful'

  09-12-2025 18:52 via bbc.com
  The developer of a potential new town of 20,000 homes says residents were "upset" when they found out.
  
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• We're all Team Ginge - Jungle King's hometown on local 'icon'

  09-12-2025 17:30 via bbc.com
  Staff at the football club where content creator Angry Ginge coaches say he has put Eccles "on the map".
  
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• M4 Prince of Wales Bridge to shut overnight amid Storm Bram disruption

  09-12-2025 16:32 via bbc.com
  Lamp-posts on the M4's Prince of Wales Bridge are at risk of collapse, leading to long tailbacks.
  
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• 'I ran 5k in the morning, hours later I was told I had breast cancer'

  09-12-2025 14:06 via bbc.com
  Ellie Philpot was 23, and a runner and gym-goer working 12 hours shifts - before she found a lump.
  
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• Joey Barton 'thrives on hurting people' says Aluko

  09-12-2025 13:32 via bbc.com
  TV pundit Eni Aluko says the ex Man City footballer's sentence had "sent a message".
  
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• 'My autistic son was let go by Waitrose when he asked for a wage - he starts at Asda today'

  09-12-2025 11:51 via bbc.com
  Tom Boyd has begun working at his local Asda, before beginning a new role at Waitrose in January.
  
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• One killed and another fighting for life after car crashes into home

  09-12-2025 09:49 via bbc.com
  Police say an 81-year-old passenger died in the crash while the driver, 75, remains critically hurt.
  
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• Are Man Utd turning the tide or is a 'bad result just around corner'?

  09-12-2025 01:04 via bbc.com
  Manchester United moved into the Premier League top six with their biggest win of the season - but they still have to prove the doubters wrong.
  
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