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The Latest Breaking News from Wigan Council

Objectors "very angry" about plans for 'music and dance events' at popular Pennington Flash nature reserve in Leigh

'Selling alcohol and nature reserve just do not go together really'

Manchester Evening News

Top 5 spots in Greater Manchester borough with the most noise complaints revealed

Of the 2,013 complaints, almost half of these came from non-neighbour related noise disturbances such as construction and industrial works

Manchester Evening News

Residents' relief... and council's dismay: Reaction to HS2's 'Golborne Spur' being scrapped

“To say I have put hundreds of hours into this campaign would be an understatement."

Manchester Evening News

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Former school land to be replaced by 47 homes in Wigan where affordable housing is in dire need

"It is the latest housing development aimed at meeting the needs of the borough’s residents."

Manchester Evening News

MP Lisa Nandy blasts Tory neighbour for 'Lexit' plan to split Leigh from Wigan council

James Grundy has been in talks with Michael Gove over 'Lexit'

Manchester Evening News

Derelict site set to become Wigan borough's seventh Lidl

"Overall, residents have expressed support for the Lidl proposal."

Manchester Evening News

Teenagers arrested as objects chucked at cars and visitors 'intimidated' in town centre

Police believe underage drinking is fuelling incidents

Manchester Evening News

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Greater Manchester local elections 2022: In-depth analysis of every borough... including an 'all out' race, our political hot potato and a controversial new battleground

Boris Johnson will be tested at the ballot box for the first time since the Downing Street lockdown parties scandal

Manchester Evening News

Nearly 100 staff at a Greater Manchester council suspended over allegations including sexual harassment in three years

Wigan Council spent £485,000 on wages while they were suspended

Manchester Evening News

The wards up for grabs in the upcoming local elections in Wigan 2022

Heading into the election on May 5, Labour control 57 seats in Wigan Council, Conservative and Shevington Alliance hold nine, and the Independent Alliance hold seven.

Manchester Evening News

Woman warned 'lose weight or you'll go blind'

Gill Worsley said she was 'up and down' with her diet before receiving the terrifying diagnosis

Liverpool Echo

Woman who was told she could go blind because of her weight loses five stone

Gill Worsley was diagnosed with a rare condition which results in a build-up of pressure in the brain

Daily Record

"I'm so upset and angry": Heartbroken woman films council workers cutting down the WRONG tree

An 'urgent investigation' into the error has been launched

Manchester Evening News

Woman told she could go BLIND because of her weight

"This definitely made me sit up and listen"

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'It's just disgusting': Piles of rubbish DUMPED at Greater Manchester cemetery

"Why keep the plot tidy but make the surroundings look a mess?"

Manchester Evening News

'Lexit looming': MP James Grundy reveals when proposal for Leigh's exit from Wigan could be on the table

"There has been a long standing feeling that Wigan Council does not care about Leigh"

Manchester Evening News

'It is getting out of hand': Calls made for independent inquiry into Haigh Hall mistake that cost Wigan Council millions

“You have wasted millions on this thing and we have a great asset here"

Liverpool Echo

Police issue update after laughing girls desecrate baby's grave

One video showed a girl throwing a Thomas the Tank Engine toy at the headstone

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Liverpool Echo

Laughing girls desecrate baby's grave and throw object at headstone

The video was circulated on social media

Manchester Evening News

Shocking video shows girls laughing as they mess with child's grave

"We do not condone this behaviour in any way..."

Manchester Evening News

Campaigners feeling ‘fobbed off’ seek ways to have more say on Wigan town centre development

“It’s time for us to explore what we agree on"

Manchester Evening News

Scrapping controversial HS2 branch would ‘jeopardise’ Wigan's future and impact ‘already fragile’ economy

Wigan Council's leader has written to the Transport Secretary for clarification after Sir Graham Brady claimed he’d had ‘assurances’ the Golborne Spur will not go ahead.

Manchester Evening News

All the candidates standing in the Wigan Council local elections 2022

The people standing in the wards including Abram, Ashton, Aspull New Springs Whelley, Astley Mosley Common, Atherleigh, Atherton, Bryn, Douglas, Golborne and Lowton West, Hindley, Hindley Green, Ince, Leigh East, Leigh South, Leigh West, Lowton East, Orrell, Pemberton, Shevington with Lower Ground, Standish with Langtree, Tyldesley, Wigan Central, Wigan West,…

Manchester Evening News

Manchester Airport mayhem 'an example of Covid's re-emergence' as sub-variant surges, Wigan health boss warns

"Covid is absolutely not over”

Manchester Evening News

Wigan Council see rise in claims after being targeted by 'no win, no fee' organisations

They account for the significant increase in claims received

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