The Latest Breaking News from Leigh

Judy Robinson obituary

Other lives: Community worker and charity executive who advocated for the voluntary sector and its contribution to the welfare state

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025

Six-year-old fighting for her life and girl, 7, dead after tree falls in public park

A six-year-old remains in critical condition after incident, while three other children also injured

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2025

Six-month-old died after pram hit by vehicle in car park, coroner told

Sophia Kelemen, from the Leigh area of Manchester, died following an incident in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, on January 2.

Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025

The Greater Manchester town where the mills, mines and slag heaps of the past have a bright future

A number of spinning mills have been transformed into viable projects to better the community around them in Wigan

Manchester Evening News · Jul 9, 2023

Greater Manchester's new fleet of Bee Network yellow buses spotted on Leigh guided busway

It comes in preparation of the launch of the 'Bee Network' in Wigan and Bolton in September this year

Manchester Evening News · Jul 4, 2023

Tired tennis courts in Leigh to get £30,000 overhaul

Funding from the LTA should see the courts repainted and provided with new nets

Manchester Evening News · Jun 20, 2023

Council pockets nearly £1 million from parking tickets in three years

"This revenue also allows the council to offer free weekend parking in Wigan and Leigh town centres."

Manchester Evening News · Jun 17, 2023

'We've lost everything AGAIN' - Flood victims left in waist-high water filled with human waste

"There are sanitary towels floating around outside the front door"

Manchester Evening News · Jun 15, 2023

Drug dealing nan stabbed to death after storming home to collect £120 debt

Debbie Twist, 47, went to the house with her son and another man to recover an alleged drug debt

Liverpool Echo · Jun 12, 2023

Gran stabbed to death 'in self defence' after storming man's home 'to collect drug debt'

Debbie Twist, 47, was stabbed in the chest when she and two other men raided a house in Leigh, Greater Manchester, to recover a £120 debt, as the homeowner fended off the attack

Daily Mirror · Jun 10, 2023