Politics

The entente cordiale between Wigan and Angers has been fostered for decades now. Here are volunteers flying the French flag at last year's Rotary Club community day in Wigan town centre

Wigan borough's twin town is to be celebrated in a cultural week Charles Graham

Residents are being encouraged to take part in the Great British Spring Clean

Residents urged to pick up their litter-pickers Sian Jones

Those who don't know Wigan and have some kind of Orwellian image of the place in their heads will be surprised to learn that it's a leafier place than most

Wigan has higher tree coverage than English average Andrew Dowdeswell

Wigan Youth Zone

Wigan Youth Zone to receive Believe Star and be added to Walk of Fame Charles Graham

Wigan neighbourhood policing teams to get dozens of extra officers Charles Graham

A general view of Beacon Park Golf Course, Up Holland in 2020, which hit the news because the state parts of it because Serco had established a landfill site next to the first hole

Public to be consulted on alternative plans for a golf course near Wigan Charles Graham

Hundreds of walking aids were handed in during the trial

Return of scheme to give new life to used Wigan walking aids Charles Graham

Coun Susan Gambles

Thousands helped by Wigan Council's cost of living crisis support scheme Charles Graham

The census survey taken across England and Wales in March 2021 shows of the 329,330 usual residents in Wigan, 166,333 are women – accounting for 50.5 per cent of the area's population.

What Census 2021 shows about women in Wigan Sonja Tutty

(L-R) Ann and Pete Quigley with Brenda Wainwright standing at a bus stop on Market Street, Atherton

The Wigan borough town where people feel trapped by public transport George Lythgoe

Road works on Preston Road, Standish, near Pepper Lane junction.

Road narrowing work to be partially reversed Charles Graham

Families across the borough have been affected by the cap on universal credit

Wigan families having their benefits capped despite not being expected to work Adam Care

Analysis of the figures by QS Supplies, a bathroom supplier, shows there are 13 publicly available toilets in Wigan – five of which are accessible to those with disabilities.

Toilet map shows just a handful of accessible conveniences in Wigan Will Grimond

Wigan Council cabinet members Coun Jenny Bullen, Coun Paul Prescott and Coun Susan Gambles with members of the Be Well play team at Norley Hall Adventure Playground

Masterplan for adventure playground revealed Sian Jones

An economically inactive person is aged 16 and over and did not have a job in that time period, could not start work in the next two weeks, or had not looked for work in the month before.

Two in five Wigan residents economically inactive Andrew Dowdeswell

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy

Lisa Nandy MP: The Government is letting our veterans down Lisa Nandy

A Queen's coronation street party held in Albert Street, Ince, in 1953

Call made for Wiganers to throw a party and get volunteering for the coronation Charles Graham

Bolton West MP Chris Green

Chris Green MP: PM’s success in key negotiations Chris Green

Wigan Council chief executive Alison McKenzie-Folan

Women earn more than men at Wigan Council Will Grimond

Ian Rogers, who appeared in Wigan Town Hall representing the Wigan Taxi Drivers and Owners Coalition

Black cab fares in Wigan have been hiked George Lythgoe

Coun Danny Fletcher, Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue, Wigan Council leader Coun David Molyneux, Coun Jenny Bullen and Coun Andrew Bullen in Ashton town centre

Wigan borough MP welcomes £6.6m windfall to transform Ashton town centre Gaynor Clarke

Wigan Civic Centre on Millgate has been unused for several years

Specialist in restorating concrete buildings wins civic centre makeover contract Charles Graham

Coun Keith Cunliffe

Care workers to be paid real living wage after council bosses give green light George Lythgoe

A total of 58 hackney carriage drivers voted in favour of the new fares and 23 voted against

The price of taxi fares could go up as cabbies respond to cost of living crisis George Lythgoe

Figures show 6.3 per cent of residents in Wigan said they were in "bad or very bad" general health in the 2021 census

More than one in 20 Wigan residents in poor health Andrew Dowdeswell

Wigan Council leader Coun David Molyneux

Second time lucky as Wigan Council receives £6.6m for regeneration Gaynor Clarke

Speeches were given during the meeting at Little Fifteen

Impassioned speeches by trade union leaders as members gather in Wigan Gaynor Clarke

Dave Grundy receives the Heart of the Community award from Mayor of Wigan Coun Marie Morgan

Grandad with terminal illness is 'legend' after decades of volunteering Gaynor Clarke

Teaching staff and supporters of the NE) on the picket line outside St Paul's CE Primary School in Goose Green

Teachers walk out of schools for second day of strike action in pay dispute Gaynor Clarke

Volunteer Brian Muscroft receives the Heart of the Community Award from councillors Ron Conway and Chris Ready

Community award for 'legend' who has volunteered at park and school for 65 years Gaynor Clarke

An eviction notice

Hundreds being kicked out by landlords through ‘no fault evictions’ George Lythgoe

Lavana Davies, four, from Ince, is hoping to collect 100 chocolate eggs to donate to residents of a local care home and for children in the Rainbow Ward at Wigan Infirmary at Easter. She's wearing her favourite Mary Poppins costume that she also recently sported at World Book Day

Tot aims to collect 100 Easter eggs for care home residents and poorly children Charles Graham