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Blairgowrie’s Kevin Donald has thanked the community for its support as he passes on the reins of the town’s popular Mitchell’s Newsagent after 13 years.

Plans for the regeneration of Whitefield include aspirations for a new ‘heart’ for the town – including a new health centre. Residents and businesses are being asked for their views on the latest plans to improve the town.

A crime crackdown plan in Rochdale has been approved.

A prized historic asset and iconic part of Rochdale’s skyline has been brought back to its former glory.

Stalybridge could soon be transformed after town hall bosses approved massive regeneration plans. There are proposals to rejuvenate the high street and town square; repair historic assets; and improve public transport connectivity.

Levelling up minister Michael Gove has been asked step in and order Wigan council to look again at two controversial planning applications which will see 1,000 homes built on green belt land at Mosley Common. Independent Network councillor James Fish, who represents the area, has written to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities asking him to ‘call in’ the applications.

Todd Gilchrist editor “Miller’s Girl,” about a relationship that develops between a wise-beyond-her-years teenager and her intellectually undernourished teacher, feels like catnip for the circular discourse of Film Twitter, but it’s hard to tell where a study of post-#MeToo power dynamics will land with moviegoers in the real world. Written, produced and directed by Jade Halley Bartlett, the film is both impressively erudite and unrelentingly self-aware, a combination it bravely attempts but doesn’t quite fully balance.

Trafford council is considering closing its town hall one day a week as well as ‘changes’ to the borough’s children and adult services as it prepares to finalise its budget for 2024-25. A meeting of the authority’s executive will on Monday (January 29) consider a review by Trafford’s scrutiny committee chair Coun David Acton of the budget proposals.

WIGAN is set to get an affordable homes boost thanks to a new £22million deal between homebuilder Northstone and affordable housing provider Torus. Plans for the 113-home development off Stothert Street in Atherton – to be known as ‘Popple’ – were approved by Wigan council last month.

Plans for a large ‘destination’ sports bar on the outskirts of Bolton have been unveiled. A planning application lodged this week reveals ambitious plans to create Smashley’s Sports Bar in three units at Dunscar Business Park on the northern outskirts of the town, near Egerton.

A teen drug dealer who supplied a town's addicts has been locked up. Ryleigh Howard, 18, was caught after CCTV showed him buying a top-up card for a mobile phone he was using to send "flare" messages to users.

As former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley took the stage at CNN‘s town hall in New Hampshire, her chief rival in the state’s primary took to another interview on Fox News.

CNN has dropped plans to hold a Republican debate on Sunday, after former UN ambassador Nikki Haley said that she would only participate in the event if former President Donald Trump did. That left Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as the only candidate who had committed to participate.

Searchlight has a population of less than 500 people. And it is such a relic from the past. LOVE that this mining town is still around and being cared for by stewards of its rich history!

Being close to a bustling town centre is a key priority on many families’ property check list.

A man is set to appear in court over 24 alleged shoplifting offences.

A popular seaside town has had a helping hand - or paw - with its tourism in recent years, in the form of a much-loved local cat. Parsley has built up a huge social media following for his antics in Oban, and has even had visitors from all over the world.

Town hall bosses in Wigan have hailed the success of a ‘cultural manifesto’ which has seen £35million flood into the town since its launch five years ago. The manifesto, badged The Fire Within, kicked off in 2019 with the aim of attracting external investment into Wigan to strengthen and grow its cultural organisations.

Dozens of new affordable homes could be built in Ashton following an application for a three-storey apartment block.

A couple who went searching for a forever home in the countryside had their dreams 'ruined' by a small town 'with everything'. Pauline and David, from High Wycombe, appeared on a recent episode of BBC's Escape to the Country, a property show which sees the hosts help people living in the city move out to the country.

Tony Murphy has seen first-hand the devastating impact that ketamine can have on young people and their families.

A town "with everything" ruined a couple's experience on BBC's Escape to the Country property hunt.

Every time Kevin Croft needs to visit a bank, he hops on a double-decker to Bury. He hasn’t had a choice since the last one closed in Radcliffe three years ago.

Eight elderly people in one town have been targeted in 24 hours in a scam in which fraudsters pose as police officers. All the incidents happened yesterday in Warrington.

Grantchester star Robson Green lives a quiet life in an idyllic market town, a place which has an average house price of £297,643.The new series of Grantchester returns tonight (Thursday, 11 January) as we welcome back the Cambridgeshire village and its crimes taking place during the 1950s. Actor Robson, 59, is best known for his role as Detective Inspector Geordie Keating on the ITV detective drama, which he has held since 2014.

Protesters briefly interrupted a Fox News town hall with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who in campaigning in Iowa in the final days before that state’s caucuses.

To outsiders, it was a no-brainer. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the decision to pedestrianise a street in Ramsbottom town centre brought a taste of European café culture to the foothills of the West Pennines.

of almost 20 years, was photographed smiling and holding hands with her actor husband as she left HBO's afterparty at Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood.The mother of three for the special occasion, stepping out in a sultry black bustier dress with a high slit and molded cups. Since the evening was rather chilly, as so many red carpet guests noted, Barroso topped everything off with an oversized black tuxedo jacket.

Locals are being asked to nominate "soul-destroying" towns in Scotland and the UK in the hunt for the most "depressing" place to live.

Ellie Leach has enjoyed a glitzy night on the town with her mum.The Coronation Street actress, who won Strictly Come Dancing with Vito Coppola in 2023, celebrate her mum's birthday in style. Both Ellie and her mum, Karen, visited 20 Stories in Manchester for food and then headed to One Eight Six for drinks.The 22-year-old looked stunning in a sheer top and black flare jeans, paired with a leather-look trench coat Mum Karen, wore a dazzling black suit, featuring a diamante encrusted blazer and matching pants.