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Tyldesley's Ella Toone awarded MBE in New Year's Honours list
Tyldesley's Ella Toone awarded MBE in New Year's Honours list
TYLDESLEY’S England and Manchester United footballer Ella Toone has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list for services to football
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December 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Tyldesley's Ella Toone awarded MBE in New Year's Honours list
Cigarettes, tobacco and vapes valued at £145,000 seized in huge crackdown
Cigarettes, tobacco and vapes valued at £145,000 seized in huge crackdown
Wigan Council Trading Standards seizes thousands of illegal cigarettes, vapes, and counterfeit goods in crackdown on rogue traders and underage sales.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Cigarettes, tobacco and vapes valued at £145,000 seized in huge crackdown
Bar owner 'incredibly proud' of staff in the face of abuse over the Christmas period
Bar owner 'incredibly proud' of staff in the face of abuse over the Christmas period
The owner of Society Cocktail Bar in Atherton has said he and his staff faced 'an increasing level of abuse' over the Christmas period
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December 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Bar owner 'incredibly proud' of staff in the face of abuse over the Christmas period
Firefighter who died over Christmas period remembered as a 'true gent'
Firefighter who died over Christmas period remembered as a 'true gent'
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue mourns Andy Leyland, Atherton Community Fire Station watch manager, who died over Christmas
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December 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Firefighter who died over Christmas period remembered as a 'true gent'
How to avoid the ‘Christmas crush’ at borough's recycling centres
How to avoid the ‘Christmas crush’ at borough's recycling centres
Wigan's three recycling centres are preparing for the annual Christmas rush.
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December 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
How to avoid the ‘Christmas crush’ at borough's recycling centres
Body found in search for missing 19-year-old student
Body found in search for missing 19-year-old student
Body found in search for missing 19-year-old Lancaster University student
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December 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Body found in search for missing 19-year-old student
Vital community hospice brings back Christmas tree collection scheme
Vital community hospice brings back Christmas tree collection scheme
Wigan and Leigh hospice returns this festive season with its Christmas tree collection service, helping local families to recycle their trees, while supporting the hospice.
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December 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Vital community hospice brings back Christmas tree collection scheme
Portable classroom approved for pupils at Atherton Community School
Portable classroom approved for pupils at Atherton Community School
Wigan Council approves temporary double-classroom Portakabin at Atherton Community School, Manchester, to ease space issues and support SEN pupils until 2030.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Portable classroom approved for pupils at Atherton Community School
Plans for 24-hour adult gaming centre approved in Leigh
Plans for 24-hour adult gaming centre approved in Leigh
Plans to transform a former travel agency in Leigh into an adult gaming centre have been approved.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Plans for 24-hour adult gaming centre approved in Leigh
Council issues guidance around flooding this Christmas period
Council issues guidance around flooding this Christmas period
Wigan residents are being urged to plan ahead this Christmas bearing flooding risks and advice in mind.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Council issues guidance around flooding this Christmas period
Leigh pensioners to be able to use their bus pass anytime in 2026
Leigh pensioners to be able to use their bus pass anytime in 2026
Greater Manchester to offer free, unlimited Bee Network bus travel for older and disabled people from March 2026, with all fares frozen through 2026
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December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Leigh pensioners to be able to use their bus pass anytime in 2026
Closure order slammed on property after 'persistent anti-social behaviour'
Closure order slammed on property after 'persistent anti-social behaviour'
A CLOSURE order has been slammed on a property in Atherton linked with persistent anti-social behaviour and criminality.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Closure order slammed on property after 'persistent anti-social behaviour'
Motorcyclist taken to hospital following crash with car
Motorcyclist taken to hospital following crash with car
A MOTORCYCLIST was rushed to hospital after a crash with a car in Golborne.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Motorcyclist taken to hospital following crash with car
Fanatics GUILTY of plotting 'deadliest terror attack in UK history', jury rules
Fanatics GUILTY of plotting 'deadliest terror attack in UK history', jury rules
Two men have been convicted of planning an Islamic State-inspired gun attack on a mass gathering of Jews in the Manchester area.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Fanatics GUILTY of plotting 'deadliest terror attack in UK history', jury rules
See inside this detached home in Leigh going for over £310,000
See inside this detached home in Leigh going for over £310,000
Detached home for sale in Leigh, Greater Manchester, offers over £310,000. Features 2–3 bedrooms, garden, garage, top schools, and direct busway to Manchester.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
See inside this detached home in Leigh going for over £310,000
Thousands of ex-mineworkers get pension boost after long campaign
Thousands of ex-mineworkers get pension boost after long campaign
Thousands of ex-mineworkers in the UK receive a £100 weekly pension boost and £5,500 lump sum as the government transfers £2.3bn to the BCSSS.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thousands of ex-mineworkers get pension boost after long campaign
Driver taken to hospital following two-car crash on country lane outside farm shop
Driver taken to hospital following two-car crash on country lane outside farm shop
A DRIVER was taken to hospital after being involved in a crash on a country lane.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Driver taken to hospital following two-car crash on country lane outside farm shop
Two women killed and teenager arrested after horror crash on country road
Two women killed and teenager arrested after horror crash on country road
Two women, both believed to be pedestrians, were killed this morning and a teenager was arrested after a crash on a major road.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Two women killed and teenager arrested after horror crash on country road
Andy Burnham among mourners at Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield's funeral
Andy Burnham among mourners at Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield's funeral
MAYOR of Greater Manchester and former Leigh MP Andy Burnham was among the mourners at the star-studded funeral for Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Andy Burnham among mourners at Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield's funeral
Neighbours raise almost £14k for family who fled 'devastating' Leigh house fire
Neighbours raise almost £14k for family who fled 'devastating' Leigh house fire
The neighbours of a Leigh family who fled their homes as it became engulfed by flames last week have raised almost £14,000.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Neighbours raise almost £14k for family who fled 'devastating' Leigh house fire
Woman found dead at railway station after police called to station
Woman found dead at railway station after police called to station
A WOMAN was found dead on the railway track after police were called out to Bryan station.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Woman found dead at railway station after police called to station
Police staff dismissed after pretending to work using key-jamming methods
Police staff dismissed after pretending to work using key-jamming methods
Greater Manchester Police sacks four staff for “key jamming” in anti-corruption probe, with misconduct hearings ongoing and remote working privileges revoked.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Police staff dismissed after pretending to work using key-jamming methods
Award-winning farm shop issues plea to residents over cheap priced supermarket veg
Award-winning farm shop issues plea to residents over cheap priced supermarket veg
ANOTHER local Warrington business has issued a plea to residents over cheap priced supermarket veg offers this Christmas.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Award-winning farm shop issues plea to residents over cheap priced supermarket veg
‘OK, put our rents up, but speed up repairs and maintenance’ – say council tenants
‘OK, put our rents up, but speed up repairs and maintenance’ – say council tenants
Residents in Wigan seem broadly accepting of a 4.8 per cent rise in council home rents – but they want maintenance and repairs of their properties to be sped up.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
‘OK, put our rents up, but speed up repairs and maintenance’ – say council tenants
Last chance to view 'unusual multi-coloured' meteor shower in UK tonight
Last chance to view 'unusual multi-coloured' meteor shower in UK tonight
Tonight (December 20) is the last chance to see the Geminid meteor shower in the UK. Here is how best to spot it.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Last chance to view 'unusual multi-coloured' meteor shower in UK tonight