Environment

The waste piled high on Bolton House Road, Bickershawplaceholder image

Illegal waste site clearance halted

Bewick's Swan, half yellow half black bill.placeholder image

Three swans and how to tell them them apart

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Youngsters flock to fifth climate summit

Bolton House Road illegal waste Site, September 2026 placeholder image

Illegal waste site clearance contract signed

Shevington Millbrook Primary School staff celebrate two environmental prizesplaceholder image

Caring for bees earns pupils two major awards

Great spotted woodpecker. A full time resident in Haigh woodlandsplaceholder image

All change! New arrivals and sad leavings

The waste piled high on Bolton House Road, Bickershawplaceholder image

Experts to be brought in to clear foul and illegal tip

The Private Hire Vehicle Support Fund complements Greater Manchester’s existing Hackney Support Fundplaceholder image

New purse for green taxi upgrades

Over the village of Billingeplaceholder image

Take in these spectacular views of Wigan from the skies in 2007

Left to right: the late Tom Bridge Snr, son Tom Jr and grandson Jakeplaceholder image

Three peaks challenge for grieving grandson

Work at Brookside Brook will create a more meandering waterway placeholder image

Waterway to 'get its wiggle back'

Spinning Gate achieve their ninth Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practiceplaceholder image

Green mall lands ninth Apple Award

Could wild beavers be reintroduced into Wigan?placeholder image

Beaver solution to local flood problems

Jimmy and Gillian Morris of Latham House Farm, Kitt Green, have seen off would-be developers of their green belt land before and have welcomed the council's rejection of the latest proposalsplaceholder image

Council bids to ditch green belt sites from development plan

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Rarely seen bird's eye views of familiar Wigan scenes

CGI of how the huge development would look from the East Lancashire Roadplaceholder image

Plans for 1.3 million sq ft 'strategic employment destination'

Developers are consulting on plans for a colossal news business park on the Wigan and St Helens border

Chris Gee

Headteacher Andy Hunt, right, with Steve Kenyon, county business lead at United Utilities, left, and pupils enjoy their new rainwater garden at Golborne Community Primary Schoolplaceholder image

New raingardens tackle school flooding

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Four arrested over illegal waste tip

The sites at Kirkless in Ince, Slag Lane in Leigh, and Chanters in Atherton provide residents with a convenient way to recycle a wide range of household waste responsiblyplaceholder image

Residents urged to recycle household waste correctly

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Council releases top recycling tips

Swap plastic water bottles for reusable bottlesplaceholder image

Plastic Free July: small changes, big impact

An artist's impression of the Gibfield Park developmentplaceholder image

Developer 'responds to residents' feedback and scales back masterplan

Coun Chris Ready and council parks staff Michael Fishwick and Adam Pennington with The Bridgers in Lytham.placeholder image

Parks retain all seven Green Flags

Pupils from Our Lady's RC Primary School, Aspull, with their garden design.placeholder image

Schoolchildren receive brilliant eco education

From left, Dave Mortenson, from the YouTube channel Dave Takes It On, with hotel owner Stephen McManamon, looking at the EV charging units at the Holiday Inn Express Wiganplaceholder image

Hotel hailed as a 'national role model' for its green credentials

Borsdane Brook flowing through Borsdane Woods upstream of Hindleyplaceholder image

Wigan council will spend £3m on a flood defence scheme

An aerial view of the illegal waste dump at Bickershawplaceholder image

Contractor sought to remove illegal dump

Joint efforts to clear an illegal waste site in Bickershaw have taken a big step forward with Wigan Council looking to recruit a specialist contractor.

Charles Graham

Pupils at St. Andrew's Primary School, Springfield, planting trees to create a wildlife area financed by Wigan Groundwork Trust on Thursday March 9 1989placeholder image

A salute to the Groundwork heroes

Part of Winstanley's coveted green beltplaceholder image

Reform questioned over green belt commitment

Janet Penningtonplaceholder image

Wiganers talk about green belt land

The children ready to start litter pickingplaceholder image

Children take on litter picking challenge

The team out collecting rubbishplaceholder image

Preservation group members clean up natural beauty spot

An aerial view of the illegal waste dump at Bickershawplaceholder image

Arrest made over huge illegal rubbish dump

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Major grot spot uncovered

Will Young and pianist Christian Dinh Gulino on stage at The Edge. Pictures from Michelle Charnock Photographyplaceholder image

Will Young's sell-out gig to to help save threatened green belt

RE3 for FCC, Reading, 27th March 2025placeholder image

Residents urged to sort batteries and vapes before taking to recycling centres

An aerial view of the illegal waste dump at Bickershawplaceholder image

King's estate tried to sell toxic site to council

The protest march took place in Athertonplaceholder image

Residents fight to preserve their community's last green space

The Second Chance Saloon at the recycling centre at Slag Lane been unveiled to help the public think about whether the item they are bringing to site could be put to good use by someone else and the Saloon itself provides space for the public to donate items for reuseplaceholder image

Summer recycling centre opening hours published

A huge amount of recycling already goes on at Wigan's recycling centresplaceholder image

New contract will allow more of our household waste to be recycled

The closure order conspicuously displayed on the gates to the illegal tip on Bolton House Road, Bickershawplaceholder image

Closure order imposed on huge eyesore tip before clearance

Platt Bridge was badly affected by flooding on January 1, 2025placeholder image

Flood project gets £329k boost

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16 picture memories from Billinge's Greenslate Community Farm

Makerfield MP Josh Simons Makerfield at the illegal tip on Bolton House Road, Bickershawplaceholder image

Government to assess illegal dump site for clearance

Volunteers on a previous council-run litter-pickplaceholder image

Call to join borough-wide spring litter-pick

There was outcry when protected trees off Pepper Lane, Standish, were felled during work preparing for a new housing estate. The council's investigations are continuingplaceholder image

Developer's pledge to allow accidentally felled trees to re-grow

Pop star Will Youngplaceholder image

Pop's star fund-raising show to support legal fight

Mesnes Park will lose 15 of its treesplaceholder image

Mature trees in town centre park to be chopped down due to infection

The new Acorns estate off Pepper Lane, Standishplaceholder image

Villagers' outrage over name of new estate where trees were illegalled felled

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Enjoy 25 years' worth of pictures taken at Wigan and Leigh's flashes

Outdoor trails to enjoy this springplaceholder image

Spring strolls in Wigan: 12 of the best walks to take in scenic locations around...

Officials at the tip site on Bolton House Road, Bickershawplaceholder image

Court bid to block second illegal dump over the road

The decibel reading taken from close to the siteplaceholder image

Residents' dismay over 'cruise ship' warehouse dins

Debbie Yates, of Wigan Road, said the plans "make her blood boil"placeholder image

Crusade to prevent 'concrete jungle' plan for green fields

Diggers have been spotted by a drone camera transferring waste from one side of the illegal dump at Bickershaw to anotherplaceholder image

Digger activity spotted at notorious Wigan tip

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