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A new report on low pay among the regions reveals the north-west has the joint greatest number of people by volume receiving less than the ‘living wage’. It means the workers affected cannot afford a basic living standard. The area shares the figure of 570,000.

There are union worries that expected job losses at Royal Bolton Hospital will have an effect on patient care.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) force has been fined over a stolen USB device containing vital data.

Nearly one-third of the staff at a Salford plant will be axed after the owners went into administration. There are 138 employees in total, and administrators say 42 jobs will go following a prior meeting with staff.

Wigan-based JJB Sports has gone into administration with 2,200 job losses. The company struggled to cope with the economic downturn. The present owner of Wigan Football Club, Dave Whelan, founded JJB Sports 41 years ago, before selling it in 2007.

The head of Blessed Trinity RC College in Ormerod Road, Burnley, defended the use of surveillance cameras. Richard Varey said the two cameras were not in the changing room or toilet areas.

“The UK’s North West region is fast becoming a major supply chain hub for the automotive industry.” That is the verdict of Paul Dyer, who is managing director of DHL Supply C

A North-West based gang were sent to jail after a metal theft raid. Michael Seward of Old Lane, Little Hulton pleaded guilty to burglary and was jailed for three years.

This week an explosion took place at an industrial building in the Radcliffe area of Greater Manchester. The blaze ignited in Schofield Street on Thursday night.

New around the clock shifts will be initiated at the Halewood plant as from Tuesday (August 14, 2012). The 4,500-strong staff at the Liverpool site will work in three shifts, to manufacture the Range Rover Evoque and updated Land Rover Freelander 2.

Cumbria Fire Service has been called out to a number of incidents since the beginning of August. Craig Drinkald, station manager at Carlisle West Fire Station, said that kids may be thinking they are up to high jinks by playing with matches but they are putting lives at risk.

Bolton Station toilets that were upgraded as part of major improvements to the waiting rooms on the north and southbound platforms have been defaced.