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Painter Tai Shan Schierenberg reinterprets celebrated Greenwich riverscapes to mark Scenic Eclipse II's

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What was making the news in Wigan in mid-July 2016

Wigan news from mid-July 2016

Take a look at these slices of Wigan life pictured in 1953

The Wilcox hearse at Queen Elizabeth II's funeral

Chairman speaks out as firm enters administration

Wilcox Limousines, on Swan Lane, Hindley Green

Family-run funeral coachbuilding firm will cease trading

Geoff Halliwell pictured with his chapter in the John Charnley memoir Memories of a Knight and His Lady

Stepping back after 50 years in operating theatres

Sir Patrick Duffy

Former MP and defence minister dies at 105

Members of the Astley & Tyldesley Cycling Club

Wigan-based Cycling Club receives Royal seal of approval!

Members of staff from the Coops factory in Dorning Street heading off to Blackpool

Looking back at Wigan in the 1950s

Some parts of the tower are beyond salvage like this carved head which has had to be reimagined

Church spire restoration on track

Until a few months ago 105-year-old Edna Fairclough was still living in her own home in Appley Bridge

Local 105-year-old is mourned

Al and Al outside Haigh Hall

Artists want sculptures removed from new garden

Les Ward, chairman of the IAWPC

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Until a few months ago 105-year-old Edna Fairclough was still living in her own home in Appley Bridge

Edna gets birthday greetings from second monarch on 105th birthday

A VE Day street party in Dakins Road, Leigh, in 1945

Definitive list of Wigan borough VE Day street parties requiring road closures

Rev Andrew Halliday, Rector of St Wilfrid's CE church is delghted as the restoration on a Wigan landmark is about to begin after a successful fund-raising appeal

Church restoration work begins after mammoth scaffolding operation
Work has begun on a £500,000 scheme to renovate Standish’s St Wilfrid’s Church spire.
Sian Jones

The guidebook will range money for the restoration project

Guidebook launch to help raise money for spire restoration

Photo taken through the window of the '90% completed redevelopment of Wigan Pier'. How many years to get to this??

Tony Porter Ponders: Will the Wigan Pier ever open again. Is it really 90% compl...

Kate Middleton's favourite perfume would make the perfect Mother's Day gift

Mother's Day gift ideas: Perfumes worn by the Royal Family

Rector of Standish, Rev Andrew Holliday promoting the St Wilfrid's spire appeal last year

Major steeple restoration project about to start

The view from the Castle Hotel over Windsor Castle and the Guildhall. Credit: Castle Hotel

The historic Windsor hotel that is a must-visit for Royal fans

Seven decades on: Queen's first Wigan visit and other 1954 events

Looking back: see what was happening in Wigan in 1953

Rolling back the years: pictures of Wigan people and events in 1952

Jake Daniels-Shipsmith with his incredible city map which he has been working on for seven years.

Detailed map of imaginary city took teenager seven years to draw

Escape taxing times to enjoy luxury Lisbon 'Liberty'

Princess Diana’s brother-in-law Lord Fellowes has died at 82 (Photo by Getty Images)

Princess Diana’s brother-in-law Lord Fellowes has died at 82
Lord Robert Fellowes was also private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II and was married to Lady Jane Spencer, the second daughter of the late Earl Spencer, and elder sister of Princess Diana.
Marina Licht

Standish Parish Church is Wigan's only grade I listed building

New push for church spire restoration donations

Princess arrives by helicopter for secret visit

Singer Peter D Hill at a performance in December 2023

Wigan singer hopes to wow fans at concert with iconic Concorde

This is when banknotes with the face of King Charles will come into circulation

This is when new King Charles banknotes will enter circulation

The Queen appeared on more UK coins than any other British monarch and approximately 27 billion coins bearing her likeness are still in active circulation.

Royal Mint reveals rarest Queen Elizabeth II coins - some worth £100s

Queen Elizabeth’s death date & cause of death

The event will take place next month

Diggers festival to return next month

Historian Stan Aspinall

Historian joins campaign to save church spire with reprinting of popular book

CLASS ACT: Aspull Church Primary School

King Charles

King Charles pays tribute to troops to mark Armed Forces Day 2023

King Charles III

King Charles makes major change to royal family’s summer tradition

Trooping the Colour takes place on Saturday, June 17

Met Office weather forecast for Trooping the Colour ceremony

Denise Welch

Denise Welch to star as late Queen in Princess Diana musical

Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, with a childhood drawing of Queen Elizabeth II drawn by a very young King Charles.

Childhood drawings by King Charles to fetch thousands at auction

Radio 2 in the Park: Tears for Fears & Kylie Minogue confirmed as headliners - full line-up, dates, tickets

Radio 2 in the Park - entire line-up & tickets

King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation on May 6.

King Charles makes major change to Trooping of the Colour ceremony

Upcoming UK bank holiday’s

Bank holidays 2023: When is the next UK bank holiday?

Queen Elizabeth II Coronation carriage and procession coming through Admiralty Arch on the way from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace

A look back at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation

King Charles III

King Charles and Queen Camilla to visit Chelsea Flower Show

The Mayor of Wigan Coun Marie Morgan.

Outgoing Mayor reflects on her year in office

Queen Elizabeth II: Government forked £162 million on state funeral

Breaking Cost of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral revealed by Government

The Prince and Princess of Wales with their three children

Royal tradition involving Prince William to be “done away with”

Buckingham Palace

King Charles drops major hint about future of Buckingham Palace

People out celebrating the coronation

King Charles coronation events’ viewing figures

King Charles

King Charles fingers: What is Dactylitis? King’s medical condition

King Charles and Queen Camilla

Watch the build-up to the coronation of King Charles III live

Monday May 8 will be a national bank holiday

Why Monday May 8 is a bank holiday after King Charles’ coronation

Camilla with son Tom (left) and daughter Laura (right)

Will Camilla Queen Consort Camilla’s children get titles?

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