The Latest Breaking News from Wigan

I stayed in one of Wetherspoon’s award-winning hotels – here’s what I really thought

As Premier Inn is overtaken by Wetherspoons in an influential hotel ranking, Simon Calder checks in

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025

Luke Littler hits out after being denied entry for Players Championship

The world champion had to withdraw from Wednesday’s tournament in Wigan after arriving late due to traffic

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

Luke Littler misses Players Championship in Wigan after being caught in traffic

The reigning world champion has already qualified for next month’s finals in Minehead.

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025

Leigh Leopards refusing to play Super League semi-final over ticket dispute, claim Wigan Warriors

Wigan insist they have offered Leigh a generous ticket allocation for the match on Friday

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025

Police watchdog probing death of man in custody

Ellis Rocks was found unresponsive on the floor of a cell in Wigan.

Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2025

Kickboxer, 15, had fought man, 34, week before fatal bout, inquest hears

Alex Eastwood collapsed after a kickboxing match in Wigan and died three days later.

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025

Father describes how son, 15, died during a kickboxing match: ‘It felt like a lifetime’

‘I would just like people to remember him as a wonderful, beautiful son’

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2025

Inquest hears how boy, 15, collapsed after kickboxing bout

Alex Eastwood died in hospital three days after the event last summer.

Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2025

‘It’s a cliché, but it really was like telepathy between us. He was intelligent, he was a lethal finisher, and we knew where the other one would be all the time': Championship cult hero highlights relationship with lethal strike partner

Championship strike partners might be a thing of the past, but 20 years ago one duo hit it off prolifically

FourFourTwo · Apr 13, 2025

Japan-owned UK glass factory could shut if no buyer found, risking 250 jobs

Closure of Nippon Electric Glass plant would put further pressure on Rachel Reeves’s industrial strategy

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2025