A fed-up Wigan resident had to change her working hours because of selfish parents blocking the road where she lives as they drop off and pick up their children at a primary schoolA fed-up Wigan resident had to change her working hours because of selfish parents blocking the road where she lives as they drop off and pick up their children at a primary school
A fed-up Wigan resident had to change her working hours because of selfish parents blocking the road where she lives as they drop off and pick up their children at a primary school

Round-up of the local news stories that drew the biggest online audiences to Wigan Today in 2023

By Sian Jones
Published 31st Dec 2023, 15:45 BST
It’s been a tough and turbulent year for the UK and the world, let alone Wigan.

But there have been heroes and smiles as well as misfortune and sadness locally.

We look back on some of the stories that were drawing some of the biggest online audiences to Wigan Today over the past 12 months.

Tragedy as Pemberton Taxis owner Carl Ashcroft and his wife Kathy were found dead in America in a suspected murder-suicide

21. November

Tragedy as Pemberton Taxis owner Carl Ashcroft and his wife Kathy were found dead in America in a suspected murder-suicide Photo: UGC

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Plans were submitted to Wigan Council to turn the Pit Pony pub in Ashton into flats

22. November

Plans were submitted to Wigan Council to turn the Pit Pony pub in Ashton into flats Photo: submit

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Wigan restaurants were named among the most unhygienic in the UK

23. December

Wigan restaurants were named among the most unhygienic in the UK Photo: s

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Archaeologists are set to be brought into the Galleries redevelopment site in Wigan to look for historic artefacts

24. December

Archaeologists are set to be brought into the Galleries redevelopment site in Wigan to look for historic artefacts Photo: Photographer Michelle Adamson

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