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'I created device to help people with dementia stay safe'

Mark Aldred, of Wigan, dreamed up the device to help people with dementia if they get lost.

Hannah Payton, who has Down's syndrome, teaches the accessible classes in Greater Manchester.

The couple's decision is due to the cost of living crisis and wanting to spend more time together.

Andy Burnham says proposals to link Leigh and Bolton to Metrolink will be revealed next month.

Mashal Ilyas was found unconscious in October 2024, with her cause of death given as asphyxiation.

Mashal Ilyas was murdered six months after flying to the UK to get married, a court hears.

Zach Porter has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after he robbed two Wigan stores in a night.

Morecambe and parts of Blackburn and Wigan are lacking in life-saving defibrillators, a charity warns.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has not been able to trace any descendants of Private Price.

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