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This vacant bungalow would've been demolished to make way for the Pepper Lane residential development

Councillors defy recommendation to refuse homes plan

Annie Valentine is sick of people putting rubbish in the recycling bins.

'It grinds me down...it's not low-level crime when you live with it'

Coun Steve Jones on the attack over changes to Wigan council's constitution

Labour group accused of stifling town hall democracy

The buildings in Downall Green Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield which could now be converted into a pub, subject to certain conditions imposed by planners

Green light for pub licence at second attempt

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

Coun Karen Bruce claimed that a Pop Tart was to blame for a dramatic toaster fire that nearly torched her kitchen.

I put a Pop Tart in toaster - my kitchen almost went up in flames

Elaine Rogers, Mrs Sedman and pupils from Nicol Mere Primary School with their artwork

Councillors and children officially open underwater world exhibition in Wigan

Philip Waller, 65, returned from a shopping trip last week to find that a broadband firm had erected the pole outside his house in Barnsley, South Yorks. Lee McLean/SWNS

Watch: Broadband pole was put outside my home but I had it taken down

1000s of households to get direct payment worth £125 - how to apply

How the houses on Silk Mill Street, Mosley Common, could look

Plans for 99 homes on former green belt land look set for go-ahead

Michael Perkins is fighting for right to park on his own drive in Warndon, Worcester

Watch: Council ban owner of 'eyesore' motorhome from parking on drive

James Palmer during his visit to Wigan Town Hall in 2003, when he was just 16

Councillor inspired by town hall visit as a teenager wants voting age lowered

Church Lane, Shevington, outside St Bernadette's Primary School has more than its share of craters at the moment

Borough pothole repair programme

How the Morris Homes are likely to look

New housing estate expected to get green light

Daisy Daycare in Hindley

Neighbours angry at nursery expansion approval

Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting

Councillor was spotted washing her windows during a live-streamed council meeting

Tom Morton

From left: Coun Lawrence Hunt, Coun Ron Conway, Coun Michael McLoughlin, Coun Laura Flynn, Coun George Davies and Coun Chris Ready on a canal towpath between New Springs and Haigh Hall.

Councillors appeal to local businesses to help make towpath usable again

What the new 34-home development off Alderley Lane in Leigh could look like

D-Day for controversial housing development

Haigh Hall in Wigan as it undergoes a multi-million-pound transformation

Progress of iconic landmark's makeover is hailed

A taxi rank in Wigan town centre

Taxis operating in Wigan but registered in Wolverhampton spark concerns

The pothole on Greenland Avenue measures around six inches deep.

Councillors' fears over lack of action taken on "dangerous" pothole

Ormskirk Road, Up Holland, behind which plans have been unveiled to erect 16 new homes

Plans have been submitted to build 16 homes behind existing addresses

Important deadlines to be aware of to vote in May elections

Polling station

Everything you need to know about registering to vote in May elections

Wigan Life Centre

Gyms and leisure services hailed as “fantastic” despite being £1.8m overbudget

Coun Ron Conway presents the medals to the brothers

Brothers receive medals after supporting Wigan Warriors for 140 years

Coun Michael McLoughlin, Willpower theatre directors Tim Smith and Caroline Joynt, Coun George Davies and Coun Lawrence Hunt

Wigan youth group will tread the boards in musical with funding boost

The show will go on for young actors in Wigan – thanks to a donation from ward councillors.

Gaynor Clarke

The bungalow being transformed into six-bed home on Bowland Avenue in Ashton

The street row over a new Wigan home that "turned racist"

Nicola Bulley went missing on January 27

Nicola Bulley: Councillors remove contact details over harassment

The construction of the new Aspull health and wellbeing centre back in September

Health and well-being centre to open its doors

School pupils receive the new books from councillors Chris Ready and Laura Flynn

Wigan councillors buy books to help school pupils learn about health topics

Members were puzzled as to how this mystery resident had been on the list for so long

Wigan resident waiting 44 YEARS for a council house leaves panel baffled

Mayor Coun Marie Morgan, Coun Pat Draper, award winners Sue Seager and Maggie Skilling, and Coun Mary Callaghan

Women hailed for their community work during special ceremony at Wigan Town Hall

People came together at the Christmas tree on Wigan Lane, Swinley

Wigan community turns out in force for carol service around Christmas tree

Jill Scott celebrates after England's UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final victory over Germany

Jill Scott to be awarded freedom of the city of Sunderland

One of Wigan's many dumped shopping trolleys

Council has a whole policy to deal with trolley dumping

The new youth hub building

New Youth Hub at Leigh Sports Village ‘for kids with nothing to do’ complete

Councillors David Molyneux and Chris Ready, seated, at Sunshine House

Councillors support Wigan teens hoping to get first step on career ladder

Abram Bryn Gates Primary

Bosses vow to fight for future of Wigan primary school

Residents are not happy with the use of off-road vehicles

Residents voice anger at the rise of illegal off-roads driving incidents

The bungalow saved from the wrecking ball

Councillors block plans to replace Wigan bungalow with six-bedroomed house on "h...