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MP slammed as he admits he DIDN'T support town's bid for millions in Levelling Up cash

Wigan Council's leaders pointed the finger at Leigh's MP after they failed to get Levelling Up funding for the town centre

Manchester Evening News · Jan 20, 2023

Historic Haigh Hall to receive £20 million Levelling Up cash

Wigan Council was successful in their bid to get £20 million of Levelling Up funding for Haigh Hall

Manchester Evening News · Jan 18, 2023

Every Greater Manchester project getting Levelling Up cash in round two - as MP slams 'Hunger Games-style contest'

The boroughs of Wigan, Oldham, and Trafford have all been successful in bids to secure grants from a £2.1bn government pot

Manchester Evening News · Jan 18, 2023

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Hospital urges patients to avoid A&E during nurses strike unless it's a 'life or limb-threatening emergency'

Nurses at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are taking part in a nationwide strike on Wednesday and Thursday

Manchester Evening News · Jan 17, 2023

Labour's Lisa Nandy promises to abolish Tories' 'fundamentally dishonest' levelling up missions

Wigan MP says 2030 targets are too vague and with no details of how they'll be met

Manchester Evening News · Jan 17, 2023

Police issue urgent appeal for missing Wigan pensioner last seen in the early hours

George Newton, 77, was last seen in the Winstanley area of Wigan

Manchester Evening News · Jan 14, 2023

'My little brother said he had a runny nose - 36 hours later he was dead'

Kami Leatherbarrow, from Wigan, says her family have been left devastated

Manchester Evening News · Jan 14, 2023

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Cardiff City transfer news as Hudson issues blunt response to star's links to Sheffield Wednesday and key man a major doubt for Wigan

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Wales Online · Jan 13, 2023

Prison health worker smuggled ketamine into jail after 'forming relationship' with inmate

Megan Woodham, 30, allowed her home in Wigan to be used as a "safehouse" for a multi-million pound drug gang

Manchester Evening News · Jan 10, 2023

Hundreds left without electricity after power cut in Wigan

Engineers are on the way to the scene to investigate the problem

Manchester Evening News · Jan 9, 2023

Massive new housing estate and motorway link road planned for 'scrubland'

Hive Homes, who have been tasked with setting up to support housing growth across the region by GMCA, have promised to retain as much open public space as possible

Manchester Evening News · Jan 6, 2023

Tragedy as husband and wife both found dead at home

Janet and Graham Milner died at their shared home in Wigan on December 31

Manchester Evening News · Jan 5, 2023

The cheapest houses in Greater Manchester that are new on the market in 2023

These bargain homes have just gone up for sale - and are likely to get snapped up quick

Manchester Evening News · Jan 4, 2023

'Exciting projects' ahead for Wigan in 2023 to follow up 'a brilliant 12 months'

“What a brilliant 12 months we’ve had here in Wigan Borough."

Manchester Evening News · Jan 1, 2023

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Manchester Evening News · Jan 1, 2023

‘Old folks don’t want cinemas and bowling alleys – we want decent shops’

The £135million redevelopment plan is set to transform the former shopping centre

Manchester Evening News · Dec 30, 2022

Wigan 'to have its own Altrincham Market' after mill plans given go-ahead

The food hall has been described as Wigan's equivalent of Liverpool's Baltic Market or Manchester's Mackie Mayor

Chronicle Live · Dec 30, 2022

Sunderland's Tony Mowbray admits his Alex Pritchard decision backfired, as he gives injury update

Alex Pritchard limped off with a recurrence of a calf problem at Wigan within minutes of coming on

Manchester Evening News · Dec 27, 2022

I took the Greater Manchester bus journey quite unlike any other - and it's left me very confused

'Hopeful passengers were told by the driver “it’s one off one on now”, before it set off again.'

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Manchester Evening News · Dec 26, 2022

Hundreds hit the town dressed as Teletubbies, traffic cones and whoopee cushions for Wigan's Boxing Day bonanza

'How could you not be buzzing?'

Daily Mirror · Dec 26, 2022

'I collapsed at home with a deadly condition - but my nine-year-old saved my life'

When her mum collapsed to the ground and fell unconscious, quick-thinking 9-year-old Amelia Potts, from Wigan, knew exactly what to do - and wasted absolutely no time saving her mums life

Manchester Evening News · Dec 26, 2022

'I collapsed at home with a deadly condition. What my nine-year-old did saved my life'

Little Amelia Potts, from Wigan, wasted no time springing into action

Daily Mirror · Dec 23, 2022

Gran at head of family drug ring stabbed to death when she stormed house in armed attack

Grandmother-of-three Debbie Twist, her son Jordan Winstanley and Robbie Arnold raided the property in Leigh, Wigan to recover a debt but the head of the ring was stabbed to death

Manchester Evening News · Dec 23, 2022

Details of the first buses under public control in Greater Manchester revealed

All buses in Wigan and Bolton will be franchised from September

Manchester Evening News · Dec 20, 2022

New images reveal what new 38-home apartment block for 'at risk' young people could look like

Plans include teaching and studio facilities, a training kitchen, a meeting space, breakout space, a laundry room, a residents lounge, an indoor and outdoor gym and recreational space outside.

Manchester Evening News · Dec 20, 2022

Wigan Pier's transformation from eyesore to centre of 'beauty and vibrancy' set to start

“It is unfortunate that delays caused by Covid pandemic and inflationary pressures have led to subsequent effects on labour and materials markets."

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