'This plan will turn a 200-year-old canal into a ticking time-bomb'
The homes of those living on Johnson Close and Norley Road sit nine metres below the banks of the Leigh branch of the ...
Police issue stern warning after kids spotted on frozen canal for second time in two days
Police have issued a stern warning after youngsters were seen playing on a frozen canal. A picture shared on social media ...
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'This plan will turn a 200-year-old canal into a ticking time-bomb'
Andy added: "I would like to remind Wigan planning and Taylor Wimpey that the Leigh Section of the Leeds/ Liverpool Canal is over 200 years old and also a number of breaches have occurred on this ...
Leigh Journal11d
Leigh residents fear landslip and floods with Firs Lane home plans
People living near a canalside site in Leigh say plans for a 470-house estate will turn the area into a ‘ticking time bomb’.
Hundreds forced to leave homes as floods batter region
Hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes after heavy rain and floods battered large parts of north-west England, leaving cars abandoned and cancelling trains.
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Britain hit by New Year flood chaos: 'Major incident' is declared in Manchester with people trapped in homes, car parks left underwater and canal breaches for first time in 50 ...
People have been left trapped in their homes, cars have been abandoned and a canal has breached ... Manchester Airport, Liverpool Lime Street and Leeds. Fire crews in Cheshire had to use rafts ...
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Major incident stood down after widespread flooding sees 1,000 evacuated and a canal to collapse
The clean up operation has begun after severe flooding saw nearly 1,000 people evacuated, train lines and roads closed, and a canal ... both Liverpool and Manchester to Huddersfield, Leeds and ...