<![CDATA[Wigan Today - Local]]> Feed http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local_2_1937 Copyright 2012, Johnston Press Plc http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local_2_1937/wwwi_news_local_feed_1_2944 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:01:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 <![CDATA[Avoid the risks of big freeze]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/avoid_the_risks_of_big_freeze_1_4226137

WIGAN people have been urged not to “dice with the ice.”

]]> 1.4226137 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:01:35 +0000 <![CDATA[Wigan Infirmary hit by injury claims]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/wigan_infirmary_hit_by_injury_claims_1_4226085

EMPLOYEES at Wigan Infirmary have claimed nearly £200,000 in compensation for injuries they received at work.

]]> 1.4226085 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:46:26 +0000 <![CDATA[Youth Zone starting to take shape]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/youth_zone_starting_to_take_shape_1_4225991

DAY by day the town’s landscape is changing forever - for work is now seriously under way on the much anticipated Wigan Youth Zone.

]]> 1.4225991 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:23:20 +0000 <![CDATA[Walkers’ shooting terror]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/walkers_shooting_terror_1_4225970

POLICE are investigating claims that a pheasant shoot at a beauty spot near Wigan endangered walkers’ lives.

]]> 1.4225970 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:16:24 +0000 <![CDATA[Nightclub stamper avoids jail]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/nightclub_stamper_avoids_jail_1_4225929

A YOUNG mum was caught on camera repeatedly stamping on another woman outside a nightclub.

]]> 1.4225929 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:00:20 +0000 <![CDATA[Cashier pinned down by masked attackers]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/cashier_pinned_down_by_masked_attackers_1_4221163

THIEVES pinned down a terrified cashier before plundering cash and cigarettes from a Wigan store.

]]> 1.4221163 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:06:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Alert as temperatures start to plummet again]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/alert_as_temperatures_start_to_plummet_again_1_4221837

FIRE crews are urging motorists to take care after a series of weather related accidents.

]]> 1.4221837 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:48:20 +0000 <![CDATA[Leisure trust bucks trend on cash flow]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/leisure_trust_bucks_trend_on_cash_flow_1_4221823

WIGAN’S Leisure Trust is bucking the economic downturn, it’s been revealed.

]]> 1.4221823 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:43:28 +0000 <![CDATA[Police hunt thief]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/police_hunt_thief_1_4221800

A VULNERABLE man’s wallet was stolen after a stranger invited himself into the victim’s home.

]]> 1.4221800 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:39:21 +0000 <![CDATA[Police swoop on huge cannabis factory]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/police_swoop_on_huge_cannabis_factory_1_4221736

POLICE have seized tens of thousands pounds worth of cannabis.

]]> 1.4221736 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:21:32 +0000 <![CDATA[Fire guts shop]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/fire_guts_shop_1_4217029

A CORNER shop in Bamfurlong was completely gutted by fire in the early hours of Sunday morning.

]]> 1.4217029 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:32:16 +0000 <![CDATA[Police seize one knife every day]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/police_seize_one_knife_every_day_1_4217002

A KNIFE a day is being seized by police on Wigan’s streets, according to the latest figures.

]]> 1.4217002 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:27:14 +0000 <![CDATA[Warning over cyber scam]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/warning_over_cyber_scam_1_4214278

CYBER-crooks are targeting Wigan in a population survey scam aimed at discovering personal information.

]]> 1.4214278 Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:11:16 +0000 <![CDATA[Man had a knuckle duster]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/man_had_a_knuckle_duster_1_4214269

A MAN has been jailed after he was found carrying a knuckle duster.

]]> 1.4214269 Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:53:13 +0000 <![CDATA[Conman tricks pensioner]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/conman_tricks_pensioner_1_4214268

A ROGUE workman escorted a pensioner to a cash machine to get paid for shoddy work he never finished.

]]> 1.4214268 Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:48:13 +0000 <![CDATA[Police raid Wigan home]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/police_raid_wigan_home_1_4214257

A YOUNG Wigan man who was running a cannabis farm at the home he shared with his partner has been jailed for 14 months.

]]> 1.4214257 Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:36:14 +0000 <![CDATA[Probe into care staff complaints]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/probe_into_care_staff_complaints_1_4212275

STAFF at one of Wigan’s largest care providers claim they are being underpaid and do not have the correct equipment to do their job.

]]> 1.4212275 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:30:17 +0000 <![CDATA[Work starts on wonky historic church steeple]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/work_starts_on_wonky_historic_church_steeple_1_4209031

A WIGAN church’s famously wonky steeple is to be put straight.

]]> 1.4209031 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:45:32 +0000 <![CDATA[Arson attack leaves two cars wrecked]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/arson_attack_leaves_two_cars_wrecked_1_4209007

ARSONISTS set fire to a car outside a Wigan pub, which spread to another vehicle.

]]> 1.4209007 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:42:31 +0000 <![CDATA[Car thief found hiding under bed]]> http://www.wigantoday.net/car_thief_found_hiding_under_bed_1_4208973

A WIGAN man has been jailed after he stole a car for “a trip to the shops” and was later caught by police hiding under a bed.

]]> 1.4208973 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:37:21 +0000