- Towns regeneration contest launched
- Lottery couple defend benefit claim
- Fire crews tackle Mayfair blaze
- Navy 'sends submarine to Falklands'
- Police control rival demonstrations
- CCTV shows man 'jump' from ship
- Man arrested over teacher murder
- New cancer cases 'up 30% by 2030'
- House price confidence 'improves'
- Britain braced for widespread snow
- Five held in Syria embassy protest
- Court martial for WikiLeaks soldier
- Rhyming plea over library closures
- Widespread snow looms for weekend
- PM picks up shopping on way home
- Met and FBI call 'taped by hackers'
- PM accepts White House invitation
- I feel fantastic, says Robin Gibb
- Paedophile jailed over porn seizure
- Three die in Legionnaires' outbreak
Local News
Warning over cyber scam
CYBER-crooks are targeting Wigan in a population survey scam aimed at discovering personal information.
Man had a knuckle duster
A MAN has been jailed after he was found carrying a knuckle duster.
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Conman tricks pensioner
A ROGUE workman escorted a pensioner to a cash machine to get paid for shoddy work he never finished.
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Police raid Wigan home
A YOUNG Wigan man who was running a cannabis farm at the home he shared with his partner has been jailed for 14 months.
Probe into care staff complaints
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.
Regional News
Kate meets recovering addicts
The Duchess of Cambridge has made a private visit to an addiction charity to meet alcohol and drug users being successfully treated and she will soon be arriving in Liverpool.
Air ambulance seeks public opinion
North West Air Ambulance (NWAA) is asking its supporters to have their say on where the life-saving service is headed.
Parish clubs organiser charged
An official from Wigan who ran a network of parish clubs for a Roman Catholic diocese is to appear in court later this month after being charged with harassment.
Freed nurse loses appeal over job
A Cheshire nurse arrested then freed over the poisoning deaths of patients at Stepping Hill Hospital has lost her appeal for her job back.
Wedding cash jury discharged
A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a man whose wife stole up to £200,000 from her employers to help pay for their wedding in Lancashire.
National News
Towns regeneration contest launched
The Government has launched a competition to find 12 areas to share £1 million under a drive to regenerate town centres.
Lottery couple defend benefit claim
A couple who scooped a £10.2 million lottery jackpot have defended their right to claim benefits more than six years later.
Fire crews tackle Mayfair blaze
One hundred firefighters have been tackling a blaze in one of London's most exclusive streets.
Navy 'sends submarine to Falklands'
The Royal Navy is sending a nuclear submarine to the Falkland Islands amid heightened tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed islands, it has been reported.
Police control rival demonstrations
Hundreds of protesters have taken part in two marches by the English Defence League and Unite Against Fascism.
Showbiz News
Walliams overcomes BGT buzzer fear
David Walliams has overcome his reluctance to buzz contestants on Britain's Got Talent - and is now happy to put them out of their misery.
Tulisa to tell life story in book
X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has promised fans there is "lots to tell" after it was revealed she is releasing her autobiography later this year.
Griffin O'Neal jailed over crash
The son of actor Ryan O'Neal has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for his involvement in a drug-fuelled, head-on car crash that injured another driver.
Rape trial shock for Corrie viewers
Viewers were left stunned tonight as they saw Coronation Street's scheming Frank Foster walk free from court after he was found not guilty of raping Carla Connor.
'Upbeat' Holden set for BGT return
Amanda Holden is expected to return to Britain's Got Talent next week.
Columnists
CHARLES GRAHAM - Warnings from history
IN a beautifully-tended cemetery in northern France lies my great-uncle George Smith along with thousands of his fallen fellow comrades.
COMMENT - Foul eyesore
THE site which greets visitors to the Kirkless Industrial Estate is nothing short of a disgrace.
CHARLES GRAHAM - Ultimate sporting contest
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.
COMMENT - A fine effort
IT is always good to see young members of our community going the extra mile for a good cause.
Letters to the Editor
Time to end scourge of the metal thieves
IT is a disgrace that metal thieves have got away with their ill-gotten gains for so long.
Stamp out this silly idea post haste...
Industry regulator Ofcom is consulting on proposals which Royal Mail executives say will allow their business to become profitable again, but which could see second class stamp prices rocket from 36p to 55p.
The United Kingdom has been a success
The United Kingdom has, for 300 years as a union, been very successful and influential on the world stage in both trade and commerce, to the benefit of its peoples.
Taxpayers should be told of salary savings
WITH reference to your article on Monday, January 9, regarding the early retirement of the chief executive, who is on a very large salary from Wigan council but still has time to hold another position of which we are told she does not receive any monies.
Haven’t I Sween you somewhere before?
WHILE reading the Christmas holiday TV schedules, I thought for a moment I’d been given a part in Life On Mars.
Education
Councillor’s anger over Academy’s plan
BOSSES at Wigan’s first academy school are being accused of moving the boundaries in a bid to exclude pupils from a local council estate.
Book buddies
PUPILS shared their love of the written word with elderly residents in a care home as part of a themed storytelling week.
Latics ‘keeper Chris urges children to read
LATICS goalkeeper Chris Kirkland is urging youngsters in Wigan to get reading.
New regulations will help discipline teachers
TEACHERS facing allegations of misconduct are expected to escape disciplinary action due to the abolition of the General Teaching Council for England.
Behaviour worse in schools
PARENTS are most likely to blame their child’s friends for naughty behaviour in the classroom.
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Weather for Wigan
Saturday 04 February 2012
Today
Light snow
Temperature: -1 C to 1 C
Wind Speed: 21 mph
Wind direction: South
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Wind Speed: 8 mph
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