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School where 'reading skills and attendance need improvement' hit with negative Ofsted report

Ofsted visited the school in Wigan on March 7 and 8 before rating it as 'Requires Improvement'

Manchester Evening News

Wigan council local elections 2023 results in full

75 seats were contested across Abram, Ashton, Aspull New Springs & Whelley, Astley, Atherton North, Atherton South and Lilford, Bryn, Douglas, Golborne and Lowton West, Hindley, Hindley Green, Ince, Leigh Central and Higher Fold, Leigh South, Leigh West, Lowton East, Orrell, Pemberton, Shevington with Lower Ground, Standish with Langtree, Tyldesley…

Manchester Evening News

Firefighters scrambled to car on fire at side of Wigan canal

A black Audi vehicle was seen on fire by the side of the canal

Manchester Evening News

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Things to do in Greater Manchester over King's Coronation weekend

Across Greater Manchester there will be events to mark the occasion, from street parties to afternoon teas and family fun days, alongside all the usual Bank Holiday events

Manchester Evening News

Inside 'fizzy drink addict' hoarder home with mounds of plastic bottles covering floors

Wayne and Lee Moran run a house clearing business but were left slack-jawed at one home in Wigan, where they had to wade through three feet of rubbish to get around the property

Daily Mirror

London to Istanbul race launches – with only walking and public transport allowed

Exclusive: Wigan-based travel firm launches ‘Trans-European Race’ – with extra prizes for lowest cost and most countries visited

The Independent UK

Greater Manchester borough one of top 10 best places to raise a family in the UK

The study looked at house prices, education, crime levels and more

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Full list of King's coronation street parties and road closures across Greater Manchester

Manchester residents have submitted a number of applications for road-closure street parties, with more than 52 roads closed for street parties celebrating the coronation over the weekend

Manchester Evening News

Mum and son get lost in the woods for two hours before stranger steps in

Leanne Pate and her son Theo from Wigan had been at the beach and headed to Formby Pine woods but became lost for hours with no water or phone reception

Daily Mirror

Major railway line to close for SIX days as passengers issued warning

The route has two railway lines running in either direction, which means a total of 13 miles of track will eventually have overhead electric lines installed above to power cleaner, greener trains.

Manchester Evening News

Full list of King's coronation street parties and road closures in Wigan

King Charles III’s coronation will take place on Saturday, May 6

Manchester Evening News

England's Jake Wardle relives freak moment he crashed through advertising hoarding into fans

Wigan Warriors centre, 24, needed treatment after ending up in the stand following spectacular collision in Test against France but went on to score one try and create another on his full debut

Daily Mirror

Ethan Havard keen to keep England place after starring on debut against France

Havard was one of 13 international debutants in Shaun Wane’s squad for the one-sided mid-season international.

The Independent UK

The Wigan go-go dancer who's 'changing the way people club' with cheeky queer rave night

'I’ve essentially brought together all the best bits from Manchester’s queer night scene in the last 17 years and put them in one place to create the best night possible'

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'Revenge of the Tories' and 'the rise of Independents': The makeup of Wigan ahead of the all-out elections in 2023

Polls will open on May 4 as voters in Wigan are set to decide the newest makeup of their borough council

Manchester Evening News

''Tens of thousands of steps, hundreds of hours of work and broken shoes": A day in the life of a council candidate

All the council candidates in Wigan have been busy leafleting ahead of the local elections on May 4

Manchester Evening News

'He was Wigan through and through': Tributes paid to former rugby club vice chairman

‘He was a man who loved to perform but always had time for everybody’

Wales Online

What Cardiff City's late win over Rotherham United means in Bluebirds' relegation fight with Reading and Huddersfield

Cardiff City scored late on against the Millers to give themselves a huge shot in the arm

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Leigh band open pop-up shop in home town in quest for number one album

The band's latest album is released this week and they want to 'help put Leigh on the musical map'

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Wigan to get new drive-thru Burger King

The new drive-thru fast food restaurant will fill the vacant land formerly occupied by the old Labour Club

Manchester Evening News

Police probe 'linked' incidents that saw gun discarded in bag and residents 'attacked with bats' after huge brawl

Police are investigating 'targeted' incidents that occurred after a huge brawl broke in Wigan

Manchester Evening News

The 'lowest ever turnout' town where 'people think voting won't change things'

Only 5.34 per cent of eligible voters turned up to poll stations in Ashton for the by-election back in December 2022

Manchester Evening News

Tragedy as man dies after crashing car at major Wigan junction

An air ambulance was called to the scene

Manchester Evening News

Network Rail hit back at claims they're making school children walk 'dangerous' routes

Work on the railway bridge in Hindley have led to road closures that have caused disruption to transport routes

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: In a flash

The artist who talks up Greater Manchester’s villages, towns and boroughs with a wry smile

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