A man has tragically died after collapsing during the Great Manchester Run.
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A new Islamic school, regeneration around a train station and a new Lidl are some of the significant developments put before Greater Manchester this week.
The new school for the Rumworth area of Bolton would be independently run and cater for 200 students, plans have confirmed. Over in south Manchester there are plans to expand the Stockport Exchange next to the railway station to provide more office space for what is a more sought after business hub.
A total of 100 more apartments would be built under these plans as well.
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In the Heaton Norris area of Stockport, a new Lidl with an in-house bakery have also been tabled.
Here is a breakdown of each borough’s submitted planning applications this week
New Islamic school seeks to be ‘catalyst for regeneration’ for whole district
A planned new independent school for 200 pupils has the aim of ‘regenerating a neighbourhood’.
A planning application for the Islamic faith school has been submitted this week for land previously used as a car park at Dinsdale Drive, in the Rumworth area of Bolton.
The application has been lodged by the Hadhrat Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya Foundation, founded in 2021.
Plans for spectacular lakeside café with with decking ‘extending over the water’
Plans for a spectacular lakeside café – with a possible outdoor seating deck over the water – have been unveiled.
The café, along with a shop and a rebuilt boathouse are the subject of a planning application by Pilsworth Fishery, which operates three lakes off Moss Hall Road in Bury. The main lake was originally dug in the mid 19th century to serve the Pilsworth Clough Mills bleach works.
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A man has tragically died after collapsing during the Great Manchester Run.
Nearly 1,500 banks in the UK have either shut their doors or announced their intention to close since February 2022. That's nearly two a DAY across the country.
A massive student accommodation development is the biggest planning application submitted to councils this week.
The clock is ticking towards a bumper bank holiday weekend in Greater Manchester and attentions are turning to what weather could be in store. Either the red or blue half of the city will be celebrating FA Cup success tomorrow evening (May 25).
A spectacular drone display to mark seven years since the Manchester Arena bombing and to remember the 22 innocent victims killed in the tragedy has been cancelled due to weather concerns.
A ‘generation of new towns’ modelled on areas including Hale will be built if Labour wins the next election, according Angela Rayner. The party’s deputy leader was setting out her party’s plans at the UK Real Estate, Investment & Infrastructure Forum in Leeds on Tuesday (May 21).
Greater Manchester is braced for heavy rain this week before conditions turn drier at the weekend.
Manchester Victoria station will fall silent to mark the seventh-anniversary of the Manchester Arena terror attack.
It is known as one of the worst treatment disasters in the history of the NHS. The lives of many in the UK 'continue to be blighted' by the horrific scandal, which saw thousands given contaminated blood or blood products between the 1970s and 1990s.
A spectacular drone display is set to feature as part of events to remember the 22 innocent people killed in the Manchester Arena bombing. Wednesday will mark the seventh anniversary of the atrocity, which happened on May 22, 2017.
Two British Transport Police (BTP) officers who went on a two-hour dinner break on the night of the Manchester Arena attack have been handed final written warnings.
The full result of Greater Manchester’s mayoral election has been revealed — and it shows there is just one suburb where Andy Burnham didn’t win.
Bolton has launched its year as Greater Manchester town of culture with an event at the town’s famous Octagon Theatre. Performances from the theatre’s production of Little Shop of Horrors were among the highlights of the celebration alongside a showcase of local arts and culture.
A festival dedicated to the 'life and work' of the late The Smith's bassist Andy Rourke is set to take place at a legendary Manchester venue this weekend.
Workers climbing up the outside of Old Trafford today have been carrying out routine maintenance work and painting the steel girders around the stadium, rather than working on any specific issues as a result of the heavy rain that engulfed the stadium on Sunday.
Mum-of-three Gemma has been skipping meals so her youngest son can keep going to football training every week. It costs £5. Despite her sacrifices, she says the price of food, council tax and bills continuing to rise means she's continuing to struggle.
The implementation of a cycle lane wouldn't be a problem for most people. But for John Houston, who is visually impaired, it was to prove a grave danger.
The headline ‘Stockport to get Metrolink’ is one that’s been written plenty of times, with the proposals being announced and reannounced by politicians of all colours for years.
Andy Burnham has said the opening of Co-op Live has ‘not been handled well’ after the 23,500-capacity venue suffered a nightmarish start to life.
The mayor of Greater Manchester has defended the £500,000 plus fee spent on the rebranding of buses as part of the new Bee Network system.