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VIDEO: Mum’s hell as racist thugs make family’s life a misery

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Offensive graffiti outside a store in Wigan

Wigan sees a rise in recorded hate crimes

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Interior of the derelict Royal Court Theatre

GALLERY: Amazing pictures from inside the derelict Royal Court Theatre

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Police probe

HIV misdiagnosis led to crime spree by young heroin addict

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Schoolgirl suffers head injury in road collision

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Wigan man stole his own gran’s funeral fund

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Emergency services rush to help woman sitting on edge of Wigan town centre car park

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Sort it out! Council leader's plea to resolve hospital dispute

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Fury over M6 slip road closure

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Lee Kyte

Wigan cocaine ring swoop leads to hefty jail terms

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Schoolgirl suffers head injury in road collision

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Access has been restricted

Fury over M6 slip road closure

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A section of Bridgeman Terrace, Wigan, is closed as workmen fix a collapsed sewer in the road

PICTURES: Collapsed sewer opens up huge hole in Wigan road

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Services were described as "poor"

Rail satisfaction falls amid poor punctuality and lack of seats

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Expect a lot more delays and cancellations

Rail timetable 'crisis' in northern England expected to last until NOVEMBER

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VIDEO: Mum’s hell as racist thugs make family’s life a misery

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Offensive graffiti outside a store in Wigan

Wigan sees a rise in recorded hate crimes

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Police probe

HIV misdiagnosis led to crime spree by young heroin addict

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Wigan and Leigh Magistrates Court

Wigan man stole his own gran’s funeral fund

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School asks parents to help supply pens, pencils and toilet paper

Education
Westleigh High School students working on the play about mental health

School play urges mental health talk

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Pupils Isla and Jack, both three, emerge from the inflatable brain

Pupils are given a mind’s eye view of mental health

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Dr Geoff Baker

New head pledges to make Cansfield ‘a great school’

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Schoolgirl suffers head injury in road collision

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Access has been restricted

Fury over M6 slip road closure

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A section of Bridgeman Terrace, Wigan, is closed as workmen fix a collapsed sewer in the road

PICTURES: Collapsed sewer opens up huge hole in Wigan road

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Services were described as "poor"

Rail satisfaction falls amid poor punctuality and lack of seats

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Review of medicinal use of cannabis launched by Home Secretary

Health
MPs Lisa Nandy and Yvonne Fovargue

MPs blast credit roll-out

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Ambulances lined up.

Paramedics across the north west are going on strike today - and more could follow suit soon

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Get snapping

Welsh Assembly committee launches pothole photography competition

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IN PICTURES: Wigan through the decades

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Conor McGinn (right)

Service marks anniversary of mining disaster

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Two slip roads have been closed.

Motorway slip roads closed as police deal with 'distressed' woman on a bridge

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Mairead Pindar and Bev Brindle from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

VIDEO: Volunteering is in the spotlight

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The memorial garden for Ellen Higginbottom at Winstanley College

College pays tribute to tragic Ellen Higginbottom with new memorial garden

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Fury over M6 slip road closure

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Celebrating the asset transfer for The One House in Aspull

Volunteers' joy as Wigan community hub gets long-term deal

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Making full use of apps and online services will save time and money too.

Amazon.co.uk gift cards to be won in Wigan, thanks to E.ON

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Swans at the Flashes

Experts say not to be alarmed by Wigan's falling number of birds

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Coun David Molyneux

Sort it out! Council leader's plea to resolve hospital dispute

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Children celebrate the funds

Brains and brawn boost for tots in deprived borough areas

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Charlotte Caldwell, mother of 12-year-old Billy Caldwell, speaks outside Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

Review of medicinal use of cannabis launched by Home Secretary

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