- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- 'Anxious' teacher 'set self alight'
- 'Crush racism' in football: PM
- Protesters refused cathedral appeal
- Man accused of starting riots blaze
- PM urges 'thorough' fraud probe
- Fox urges Budget business tax cuts
- UK reporter dies in Syria onslaught
- Private firm to run police station
- Ex-bouncer guilty of Nikitta murder
- Third chance to get Olympic tickets
Business News
Fresh hope for JJB’s surivival
SHARES in Wigan retail giant JJB Sports jumped by 20 per cent yesterday amid talk of recovery “green shoots.”
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Increase in houses being repossessed
MORE and more Wiganers are being affected by the threat of having their house repossessed according to the latest figures.
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Energy Park coming to Wigan
THIS is the vision of the UK’s first zero cost energy park – and it’s coming to Wigan soon!
10 commentsLegal costs defended
COUNCIL chiefs today strongly defended cash spent on paying external companies for legal advice.
Shops send out an SOS
ALMOST a quarter of Wigan’s town centre shops are empty as the economy shrinks even further.
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Jobs
One in five workers at Wigan Council low paid
ONE in five Wigan Council workers are paid below the living hourly wage rate, it has been revealed.
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Jobs boost in store?
SUPERSTORE wars are threatening plans for a major jobs boost in the borough, it was claimed today.
23 commentsTeenage skills courses
YOUNG people in Wigan are being offered a unique opportunity to learn new skills to gain employment thanks to a new funding programme.
Workers’ holiday woe
NEW research commissioned reveals that increasing workplace pressures are taking their toll on the traditional British holiday, as almost a third (29 per cent) of holidaymakers head abroad for breaks lasting just five days.
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Weather for Wigan
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 10 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Light rain
Temperature: 3 C to 11 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: West
