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Manchester Oxford Road has been named as the British station with the most delayed trains, according to consumer product researcher Which.

Eric Wright Group has started building the long-awaited extension of Chorley’s Market Walk shopping centre, nearly two years after a £17m funding package was signed off for the project.

Plans have been submitted to develop a mixed-use building on a vacant site in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, made up of apartments and ground floor retail.

Work has begun on The Spine, the Royal College of Physicians’ £35m Northern headquarters in Liverpool, being built by Morgan Sindall.

Orbit Developments has added a restaurant to the line-up at Middlebrook Retail Park in Bolton, as chain TGI Friday's takes over a 10,500 sq ft unit previously occupied by Next.

The £140m overhaul of Liverpool Lime Street railway station has completed with all the station's platforms now brought into full use, following a 12-month upgrade programme that also saw an emergency closure in January.

Preston-based consultancy PWA Planning has made two appointments, recruiting Matthew Wyatt from JWPC as a senior planner and Joe Davis from KPMG as a graduate planner.

Developers Capital & Centric and Henry Boot Developments have released artist's impressions showing the public realm and restaurant spaces they are planning to deliver as part of the £250m Kampus project in Manchester. [GALLERY]

Wellesley House, a prominent 46,000 sq ft office block in Stockport town centre, could be converted into 77 apartments under plans put forward by developer Mandale Homes.

Stockholm-based hotel investor Pandox has entered into an agreement to buy The Midland in Manchester for £115m, and is planning to start an £11m refurbishment of its rooms later this year.