Crime

Police have revealed that a large blaze on a Wigan industrial estate is being treated as an arson attack.

A man found with a wrap of heroin had been using drugs in the toilets at Wigan North Western railway station, a court heard.

A man has denied a number of serious offences relating to the abuse of a man in Wigan.

Scammers who ripped off a pensioner in the borough for hundreds of pounds after offering to do work on his garden have been slammed.

Fines for dog fouling are set to DOUBLE in Wigan as council bosses clampdown on irresponsible owners who show a ‘lack of respect’.

Police have identified a woman who was stabbed to death in the borough.

A Bolton Wanderers fan says the behaviour of his fellow fans during their visit to the DW Stadium last weekend was "the most disgraceful I have ever witnessed."

A Wigan man has been accused of a string of sex crimes against a girl - the first alleged to have happened when he himself was only 11.

Specialist police officers are investigating after racist material allegedly from a neo-Nazi group was delivered to homes in Earlestown and Newton-le-Willows.