- Cowell 'puzzled' by BBC's The Voice
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- Home-working side-effects revealed
- Three held after far-right protest
- Spain 'snubs Queen's jubilee lunch'
- Figures show fall in railway crimes
- Short apprenticeships 'no benefit'
- Double record for kidney donor
- PM queries single currency survival
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- Watts 'terrified' at Diana role
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- Old films bring back the memories
- 2,800 jobs axed as card shops close
- Cameron and King urge euro action
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Plumbers called in at swimming baths
EMERGENCY plumbing works forced the sudden closure of Wigan Life Centre baths today.
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Threat to blow up computer
A WIGAN man is warning against potential computer scammers after receiving a bogus phone call saying his computer would be blown up if he didn’t supply his credit card details.
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Mystery over Valentine’s Day death
A BIKER left with a legacy of injuries from a crash was found dead in his prized motorcycle workshop.
Sport
The Wigan Observer alternative football awards
THE ‘Smashing the stereotype’ award for pre-match entertainment: Swansea welcome the Premier League to the Liberty Stadium back in August with a set from Max Boyce before the clash with Latics.
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Martinez hails McCarthy attitude
ROBERTO Martinez has hailed the mental toughness of James McCarthy for overcoming personal trauma to help keep Wigan Athletic in the Premier League.
Lionel clocks up half a million miles
WIGAN Wheelers stalwart Lionel Lea has achieved his lifetime ambition and clocked up 500,000 miles on the road.
Wane’s Giant dilemma
SHAUN Wane is facing a front-row dilemma ahead of Friday’s table-topping duel with Huddersfield.
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Boyce and Al Habsi urge Martinez to stay
WIGAN Athletic must pull out all the stops to keep hold of in-demand boss Roberto Martinez – according to Ali Al Habsi and Emmerson Boyce.
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The Great Escape 2012 video
WIGAN Athletic have done it again - performing near miracles in the latter stages of the season to ensure top-flight football at the DW Stadium continues.
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Table tennis stars head to Wigan
IT’S not often you get a chance to compete against two international sports stars.
Fancy dress bicycle trek
IT was like a game of Spot the Lookalike as costume-clad Wiganers took to the streets for charity.
Facebook blood donors
A NEW collaboration to help boost the number of people on the Organ Donor Register has been launched by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and Facebook.
Andrew’s 100-mile challenge
A FORMER Wigan man will trek 100 miles in 10 days to raise funds for research into an incurable disease which has burdened his father.
Community
Wigan joins campaign to address local shortage
A NEW campaign has been launched to address Wigan’s shortage of foster carers.
Scrap and search
SCRAP yards across Wigan have joined forces with Police to combat destructive metal theft.
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Green-fingered launch
WIGAN and Leigh Housing have launched their annual gardening competition at The Hollins, Leicester Avenue, Hindley.
Resident’s anger over dog mess
A RESIDENT is calling for action at a popular green space he claims is being blighted by dog fouling.
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Thursday 17 May 2012
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