Nick Jackson

1 day ago | theboltonnews.co.uk | Nick Jackson

Some 20 people who live in the flats on Maldwyn Avenue in the Morris Green area of the town have signed the petition saying they are tired of waiting months for work to be carried out. In one of the buildings – Pollard House – a steel acrow prop has been holding up the ceiling on the landing outside 80-year-old Sandra Hamer’s flat since October 2024, she claims. It appears to have been spruced up with flowers to make it seem less unsightly.

3 days ago | manchesterworld.uk | Nick Jackson

Furious residents on a 250-home estate in Standish where some were sold for more than £300,000 have hit out at developers over what they claim is a failure to complete the build. They point to pothole-strewn access roads on the Churchfields and Fairways estate, off Rectory Lane, that have never been tarmacked. Weeds grow through the surface, and they say raised manholes present hazards to drivers.

1 week ago | leighjournal.co.uk | Nick Jackson

New Wigan mayor Jenny Bullen consort Andrew Bullen 19502893 LONGSTANDING Wigan councillor Jenny Bullen has been elected to serve as the new mayor of the town council. Former teacher Cllr Bullen switching from her role as portfolio holder for children and families to operate in a ceremonial capacity for the authority for the next 12 months. She will be mayor alongside her husband and consort Andrew Bullen who is also a fellow ward councillor for Asthon-in-Makerfield South.

1 week ago | messengernewspapers.co.uk | Nick Jackson

New figures this week reveal that nearly 16,000 residents received help and support from the six Trafford hubs – Altrincham, Old Trafford, Partington, Sale, Stretford, and Urmston – in the year 2024 to 2025. The hubs, which work in partnership with the council, were set up in March 2020 by voluntary organisations working with the authority as part of the response to the Pandemic. They have since grown and developed to meet the needs of their own particular communities now and in the future.

2 weeks ago | leighjournal.co.uk | Nick Jackson

Work to complete the Sandyforth Green Gateway, which sits alongside the northbound M6 at Bryn between junction 25a and junction 26, can now be completed. The £260 million motorway upgrade was fully-opened to traffic in December. This was after the Smart Motorway Alliance Programme’s (SMP Programme) partner Costaine added an extra lane as well as new technology and emergency areas in both directions along the M6 between Warrington and Wigan.