- Pay to freeze for MPs in 2012/13
- Airport tweet 'made law look silly'
- Mills will give evidence to Leveson
- Milly killer appeal bid rejected
- Gazza's phone-hacking 'distress'
- RBS boss 'underestimated' bonus row
- Met in gang crime crackdown boost
- Falkland military claims rejected
- River Cottage badly damaged by fire
- Drink-drive Merson handed road ban
- Harry Redknapp cleared of tax dodge
- Pensioner struck by stolen car dies
- Elderly suffering from care cuts
- Moves to combat scrap metal theft
- Lagerfeld: Singer Adele too fat
- More scrutiny for Lansley reforms
- TUC warns over pension reforms
- MPs warn over Libyan operation
- Job vacancies up, but more applying
- O2 staff in Olympics rehearsal
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Nightclub stamper avoids jail
A YOUNG mum was caught on camera repeatedly stamping on another woman outside a nightclub.
Wigan Infirmary hit by injury claims
EMPLOYEES at Wigan Infirmary have claimed nearly £200,000 in compensation for injuries they received at work.
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Youth Zone starting to take shape
DAY by day the town’s landscape is changing forever - for work is now seriously under way on the much anticipated Wigan Youth Zone.
Walkers’ shooting terror
POLICE are investigating claims that a pheasant shoot at a beauty spot near Wigan endangered walkers’ lives.
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Sport
Duo ruled out of Leeds Clash
WIGAN have been struck a double blow ahead of Saturday’s showdown with champions Leeds.
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Beausejour ready for survival scrap
JEAN Beausejour says he’s confident that his move back up to the Premier League will not prove to be short-lived.
Oman I’m proud - Al Habsi
ALI Al Habsi has spoken of his immense pride at the prospect of returning to Oman with his Wigan Athletic team-mates later this month.
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Tuson admits Warriors were complacent
CHRIS Tuson has blamed complacency for Wigan’s shock opening-day defeat.
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Fear factor costs Latics
JAMES McCarthy admits Wigan Athletic paid a high price for the fear factor in the camp as Everton sneaked a point at the DW.
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Trio’s film success video
A TRIO of local cinema enthusiasts are hoping to take the festival circuit by storm after their first feature-length film was premiered in the borough.
Lifestyle
A new canal age sets sail
A WIGAN boater has given a guarded welcome to the biggest canals shake up in six decades.
USA trip for midwife
A LOCAL student has won one of the UK’s top midwifery prizes for her work in challenging new ways of childbirth.
Jack is aiming to make a splash!
A YOUNG sportsman is going the extra length to raise money to help his junior rugby team enjoy a tour to Wales.
Major Bond gets a hug from mum
A WIGAN nurse has returned from a demanding tour in Afghanistan working at the busiest trauma hospital in the world – and received a special welcome from his mum.
Shelley is inspired by her nephew to jump from plane
A LOWTON woman will take part in a hair-raising skydive for the charity who have helped her nephew.
Community
MP blasts plan for green belt
AN MP has blasted a controversial planning review which it is claimed could destroy Wigan green belt land.
Meeting on house plans
RESIDENTS concerned abo-ut proposals to build hundreds of new homes in Lowton and Golborne are being invited to a community consultation meeting next week.
Fears of tip site closure chaos
THE controversial closure of a Wigan tip could lead to a fly-tipping epidemic.
Book buddies
PUPILS shared their love of the written word with elderly residents in a care home as part of a themed storytelling week.
Police in park crackdown
POLICE are clamping down on nuisance youths who are causing havoc at a Wigan children’s play area.
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Weather for Wigan
Wednesday 08 February 2012
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