I WAS invited to attend a Deer Seminar last week organised by the Forestry Commission and the Community Forests. The growing number of deer in Wigan has quite a few impacts that people are not aware of (and that was myself included!)

HARDLY the start we wanted, or expected.

GREEN Belt zones slap the brakes on land-hungry builders anxious to turn this land into a red brick and pleasant one.

I AM beginning to lose count of the number of articles I have written about the imposition of what are rather drily called Section 30 Dispersal Order zones around Wigan borough.

IN a beautifully-tended cemetery in northern France lies my great-uncle George Smith along with thousands of his fallen fellow comrades.

THE site which greets visitors to the Kirkless Industrial Estate is nothing short of a disgrace.

RARELY can there have been so titanic a sporting struggle as the one played out over almost six hours at Melbourne Park at the weekend.

IN the end Stephen Hester had little choice.

IT is always good to see young members of our community going the extra mile for a good cause.

THERE was a common misconception about the Michael Maguire-Shaun Wane partnership.

GRIEF but it’s been cold this weekend!

THE verdict of shoppers and a Wigan retailer on what the town centre has to offer is an admittedly downbeat one.

I WAS inspired this month by a group of women from Wigan who have used their own tragic experiences to help others.

I CERTAINLY don’t agree with every austerity measure this Government is taking, nor some of the gut-wrenching concessions it is still making to those who could afford to spend more.

I TAKE plenty of stick for some of my fogeyish views.

IT is part of the job that journalism sometimes carries an element of risk.

COUNCILS, the police and even members of the public have few more sensitive issues to wrestle with sometimes than roadside memorials.

I DON’T know how he does it, but Roberto Martinez was his usual bubbly mixture of positivity and optimism when I popped into the training ground this morning for our weekly chat.

WE were leaving Borsdane Wood just as the sun had set and were treated to a fantastic sight of a tawny owl.

A HEALTH magazine has named a meal served in three Wigan pubs as the nation’s least healthy sit down.