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Wigan Warriors player charged with drink-driving

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First pictures inside Wigan's newest craft beer and gin bar

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Bargain Booze, Wigan Road

Police hunt knife-wielding robbers after terrifying shop raid

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Noel Rigby

Sordid Wigan pervert admits to court order breach

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Police rule out foul play after body found in canal in Wigan

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Police want to speak to this man after Runshaw College disorder

Crime

This panto in Wigan is definitely for adults!

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Victims of female genital mutilation seen by Wigan health services

Crime

The petition is calling for the government to revoke Article 50

Thousands of Wiganers sign petition to revoke Article 50

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Police are working to identify the man

Man's body discovered in canal in Wigan

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Warning of delays for Bank Holiday travellers in Lancashire

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Parking outside schools

Teachers would back car-free roads outside schools, survey suggests

Education

Mark Ricketts surveys the wreckage

Wigan dad fears wind-blown fencing risks causing a train to derail

Transport

A collision on the M6 southbound between junctions 24 (Ashton-in-Makerfield) and 23 (Haydock) is causing delays after a two-lane closure was put in place.

Further delays and lane closures on the M6 after collision near junctions 24 and 23

Transport

M6 traffic could be set to get even worse this evening

More traffic chaos looms as Brexit "go slow" protest draws nearer

Transport

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Crime More Crime >>

Wigan Warriors player charged with drink-driving

Crime

Bargain Booze, Wigan Road

Police hunt knife-wielding robbers after terrifying shop raid

Crime

Noel Rigby

Sordid Wigan pervert admits to court order breach

Crime

Do you know this man?

Police want to speak to this man after Runshaw College disorder

Crime

Education More Education >>

Appleby Court residents meet for 'cuddle hour' with Little Jigsaw's Children's Day Nursery

Education

Parking outside schools

Teachers would back car-free roads outside schools, survey suggests

Education

Could fines for taking a holiday in term time soon be a thing of the past?

Liberal Democrats call for end to term time holiday fines in the North West

Education

Jane Booth, Chair of the Lancashire Safeguarding Adults Board

New Lancashire strategy launched to prevent hoarding becoming life threatening

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Tyldesley Primary School is one of the trusts four academies

Academy Trust spent thousands on alcohol and dinner

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Business More Business >>

Warning of delays for Bank Holiday travellers in Lancashire

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Naked butlers

There is a national shortage of naked butlers, strippers and nude life drawing models - can you help?

Lifestyle

Parking outside schools

Teachers would back car-free roads outside schools, survey suggests

Education

Mark Ricketts surveys the wreckage

Wigan dad fears wind-blown fencing risks causing a train to derail

Transport

Politics More Politics >>

Thousands of Wiganers sign petition to revoke Article 50

Politics

Screenshot taken at 9am on Monday, March 25, 2019.

Petition to revoke Article 50 has passed 5 million signatures

Politics

Cantona urges Brits to take an exit from Brexit

Eric Cantona is encouraging Brits to make an exit from Brexit

Offbeat

Countdown: Four days until Brexit

Four days until original Brexit date: what do you need to know?

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Wigan tenants at risk of 'revenge evictions' from landlords, campaign group warns

Community

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Reformed addicts: How a woman turned to drink after she was raped in the army

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Granville Road

Coastal living and world-class golf: Breath-taking £1.7m mansion a hole in one

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Lizzie Winkfield and Lucy Hamlin with the cheque

Lottery funding awarded to help people with a learning disability find love in Lancashire and Greater Manchester

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Coun Terry Halliwell outside one of the dilapidated chapels

Huge cash boost for restoration of Victorian cemetery chapels

Community

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LED lighting to save Wigan Council £1m a year

Environment

Hundreds of properties in Wigan are owned by companies registered in offshore tax havens, which campaigners warn could be being exploited by criminals

Hundreds of Wigan houses in off-shore havens

Environment

Wigan is a good place to buy property to let says a new report

Wigan in top ten places for buy-to-let

Environment

Kitchen caddies with biodegradable bags are a familiar sight in Wigan

Council issues reassurance over recycling

Environment

Health More Health >>

Children meet Appleby Court residents for an intergenerational cuddle hour.

Appleby Court residents meet for 'cuddle hour' with Little Jigsaw's Children's Day Nursery

Education

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Reformed addicts: How a woman turned to drink after she was raped in the army

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Little Luca

Mum's fight to give poorly Luca a better life

Health