10 days ago
'Fake news': Story saying Wigan GP surgery will be converted to 15-bed HMO 'completely untrue'
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Manchester Evening News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 6 Oct 2026, 04:58 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “'Fake news': Story saying Wigan GP surgery will be converted to 15-bed HMO 'completely untrue'”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
MP Jo Platt said residents deserve accurate information, not 'fabricated headlines designed to cause confusion and concern'
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Manchester Evening News
Wigan's bizarre fake news story about a GP surgery that sparked chaos
- Picked up by Manchester Evening News
'Fake news': Story saying Wigan GP surgery will be converted to 15-bed HMO 'completely untrue'
Reported by 1 outlet
- Manchester Evening News
- Manchester Evening NewsWigan's bizarre fake news story about a GP surgery that sparked chaos