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Motorist cheats death after car flips onto roof on busy Wigan road

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Patrick Lannon

Crack addict jailed for four years

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Demonstrators outside the hospital

Hospital staff in new protest

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Wigan Town Hall

Cheat crackdowns leads to £88k saving for Wigan Council

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Wigan vs Warrington: The battle for HS2

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VIDEO: Officers raise game to tackle the menace of Wigan's off-road bikers

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Wigan teen rushed to burns unit with serious injuries following chip pan fire

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Louise Hughes and son George

‘Thank you for all your support’ says wife of heart transplant dad

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Pat and Dave Walsh

Wigan fostering heroes urge carers to keep siblings together

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Director jailed after giving speed cameras the finger

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The overgrown Springs Branch line - set for a 46m investment

New £46m Wigan home for trains provides jobs boost

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More trains to London for Wiganers

Capital gains for Wigan rail passengers

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The M58

Motorway closures after 'serious collision' near Wigan

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A photo of the scene posted by Assistant Chief Constable Terry Woods.

M6 closed following "serious injury collision" involving car and lorry

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Crime More Crime >>

Crack addict jailed for four years

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Some of the bikes being crushed

VIDEO: Officers raise game to tackle the menace of Wigan's off-road bikers

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Tree Tops farm

Arsonists attempt to torch Wigan farm stables

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Timothy Hill

Director jailed after giving speed cameras the finger

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Education More Education >>

More than 1,000 students sign up to compensation claim

Education
Ofsted report

Ofsted tells Wigan school it must improve

Education
The number of Wigan children attending one of their chosen primary schools has risen

Success for Wigan parents on National Offer Day

Education
Thousands of Wigan schoolchildren got one of their preferred schools

Joy for thousands of Wigan families on National Offer Day

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Rose Bridge Academy in Ince, which is estimated to be losing a staggering 371,440 between 2015 and 2020.

Scope of Wigan school cash cuts finally revealed

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Business More Business >>

Wigan vs Warrington: The battle for HS2

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Timothy Hill

Director jailed after giving speed cameras the finger

Crime
The overgrown Springs Branch line - set for a 46m investment

New £46m Wigan home for trains provides jobs boost

Transport
More trains to London for Wiganers

Capital gains for Wigan rail passengers

Transport

Politics More Politics >>

Cheat crackdowns leads to £88k saving for Wigan Council

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Jeremy Corbyn

Labour to press ahead with new public holiday plans

Politics
BIG BREXIT SURVEY

BIG BREXIT SURVEY: Two-fifths of people in Wigan think we would be better off economically in Europe

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PM Theresa May

Borough MPs' alarm over Parliament being sidelined on Syria

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Community More Community >>

Stunning charity feat for Wigan Pier musical hailed

Community
Alfie Evans

Alfie Evans' parents to appeal against High Court's Rome travel ban ruling

Community
Left, The Duchess of Cambridge, right, royal fans are interviewed by journalists outside the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London

ROYAL BABY: It's a boy for William and Kate

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A visit from the emergency services for excited youngsters at St Bernadette primary school playgroup in Shevington

RETRO GALLERY: Party like it’s 1999!

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The Duchess of Cambridge

ROYAL BABY: The Duchess of Cambridge admitted to hospital in early stages of labour

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Environment More Environment >>

Snowy mountains reflected in Buttermere Lake in the Lake District

UK braced for April snowfall as temperatures drop

Environment
Needles recovered from the footpath

Residents' fury over Wigan path drug syringes haul

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Health More Health >>

Demonstrators outside the hospital

Hospital staff in new protest

Health
A man and woman (both centre), believed to be members of a German air ambulance crew, exit Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital after they were asked to leave the hospital

Alfie Evans 'struggling' following High Court ruling

Health
New app being tested to highlight effects of cannabis use

'Am I Stoned' app to highlight effects of cannabis

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