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VIDEO: Brave Wigan teen talks about being caught up in Manchester bombing

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Photos of the Central Park Way crash taken by traffic police.

Drug driving arrest after two hospitalised in Wigan multi-car crash

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Warriors fans at the Magic Weekend in Newcastle

GALLERY: Wigan Warriors fans at the Magic Weekend

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Wigan Infirmary

Borough's hospitals still axing hundreds of operations

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Complaints about drones in Wigan rise by 266%

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Rail services in Wigan hit by cancellations wave

Transport

Train users across the country face chaos amid timetable change

Transport

Police cordon off Wigan road after four vehicle collision

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Jon Roscoe and Danielle Roscoe with baby Otis

Parents’ plea to help baby Otis

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A bowl with syringes in inside the house

‘Dirty’ Wigan house order after drugs warrant

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Rail services in Wigan hit by cancellations wave

Transport
Train users across the country have been caught up in delays following the timetable change

Train users across the country face chaos amid timetable change

Transport
The Northern website says the issues are due to a shortage of train drivers.

Delays and cancellations on Northern trains

Transport

M6 closed between J18 and 19 after 'serious' crash

Transport
Diana Johnson said there was a "scourge of motorbikes being used for anti-social behaviour"

Call for garages to stop selling petrol to people riding motorbikes illegally

Transport

Crime More Crime >>

VIDEO: Brave Wigan teen talks about being caught up in Manchester bombing

Crime
Photos of the Central Park Way crash taken by traffic police.

Drug driving arrest after two hospitalised in Wigan multi-car crash

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Drones surge in Wigan

Complaints about drones in Wigan rise by 266%

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Craig Cropper

Wigan dad jailed for killing his friend 'Baggo'

Crime

Education More Education >>

MP's crisis plan for failing school

Education
Parents hold a rally with their children in Preston Park, Brighton, in protest at controversial Sats tests for six and seven-year-olds. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday May 3, 2016. The Let Our Kids Be Kids campaign has organised the day of action in protest at children being "over-tested, over-worked and in a school system that places more importance on test results and league tables than children's happiness and joy of learning". See PA story EDUCATION Sats. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Sats are a testing time for parents as well as children

Education
Exam season is here

As exams loom: 10 ways to nurture children so they don't fear failure

Education
Abuse shame

Abused Wigan children not hitting education targets

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Rail services in Wigan hit by cancellations wave

Transport
Diana Johnson said there was a "scourge of motorbikes being used for anti-social behaviour"

Call for garages to stop selling petrol to people riding motorbikes illegally

Transport
There are already rules banning travel with liquids, gels and pastes

Air passengers advised not to take food on flights

Transport
Remote control parking is included in a number of high-end models

Remote control parking to be legal from next month

Transport

Politics More Politics >>

New leader's listening pledge and praise for Wigan economy

Politics
The referendum in June 2016

Tory MP calls for a Brexit bank holiday in June

Politics
The bill would prohibit cash machine charges

Labour MP: Ban rip-off cash machine charges

Business
New leader - Coun David Molyneux

New leader of Wigan Council names his top priorities

Politics

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VIDEO: Blind and partially sighted experience the thrill of the racetrack

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National Garden Scheme

Beautiful Lancashire gardens available to view via National Garden Scheme

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Counter-terrorist specialist firearms officers (CTSFOs)

Top police marksmen to be issued with night vision and silencers

Community
Driver Tim Pollard, left, with Abigail Bates in the passenger seat

WATCH: Galloway's Society for the Blind in Penwortham gives blind and partially sighted people a driving experience in Wigan

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Great excitement for Downall Green schoolchildren as they receive a surprise visit from Postman Pat in 1997.

RETRO GALLERY: Wigan through the decades

Nostalgia

Environment More Environment >>

Farmer ordered to clear equipment from land because it spoiled views

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Protesters from Meadow Brook Estate

Mixed feelings as Wigan link road gets blessing

Environment
FC Britannia are presented with the new kit

Young Wigan footballers get new kit from council grant

Environment
Volunteers have helped plant thousands of trees and shrubs

Bringing site back to life with thousands of trees and shrubs

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Health More Health >>

Wigan Infirmary

Borough's hospitals still axing hundreds of operations

News
A bowl with syringes in inside the house

‘Dirty’ Wigan house order after drugs warrant

Health
Vinny Patterson with mum and dad Sam and Mark, and his Dexcom G5 Mobile device, which regularly checks glucose levels and alerts him and his parents if there are any issues

VIDEO: The tiny device that transformed the life of diabetes sufferer Vinny

Health