North West

Rachael Slater, Inspira Area Operations Manager for Blackpool

Inspira: Lancashire employability charity helping 12,600 people a year Jack Marshall

Whelley Middle School pupils swot up on events in 1901 with copies of old editions of the Wigan Observer during a visit to The Way We Were at Wigan Pier on Tuesday 29th of April 1986.

REMEMBERING: The Way We Were museum at Wigan Pier Michelle Adamson

Members of SHARES SCITT celebrating their outstanding Ofsted report

Teacher training earns outstanding Ofsted Sian Jones

St Paul's CE Primary School Teacher Clare Cash with pupils Teegan, Emmanuel, Taiya, Ellis, Hayden, Holly, Dominic and Roman inside the area of playground to be developed.

School receives funding boost for play area Sian Jones

File photo dated 08/03/22 of an electric vehicle being charged. John Walton/PA Wire

North west "lagging behind" electric car uptake - and here's why Catherine Musgrove

A worrying 19 per cent of pet owners in the North West are cutting back on their weekly food shop

One in five pet owners cuts back on weekly food shop to afford its care Amelia Woodward

Country music artist Katie Belle

Arts and Entertainment From Wigan to Nashville: big dreams for country music singer Gaynor Clarke

National Highways has issued a severe weather alert

National Highways issue severe weather alert in parts of the UK Sam Johnson

Members of the 3rd Wigan Scouts celebrate receiving a grant from Miller Homes

Adventures galore for Wigan Scouts thanks to grant to pay for camping gear Gaynor Clarke

A majority of mortgage holders surveyed have said that the cost of living crisis is having a negative impact on their mental health

Six in 10 mortgage holders say cost-of-living crisis affects mental health Melanie Betts

DVLA reveals the most common driving offences in Britain Daniel Mcneil

Miller Homes Development Sales Manger Jo Murray and Wigan Community Grocery Assistant Manager Oliver Ross, Manager Emily Olurankinse and Volunteer Elizabeth Serhan with some of the donated food.

Homebuilder donates to community grocery Sian Jones

Value For Money (VFM) is now open at the Spinning Gate shopping centre in Leigh

New retailer Value For Money opens its doors at Wigan borough shopping centre Gaynor Clarke

Street musicians with all kinds of talents will be taking part in Wigan's summer mini-festival

North West's most talented buskers invited to take part in unique Wigan festival Charles Graham

Lancashire Mind fundraisers

Lancashire Mind: mental health charity embraces virtual coaching Jack Marshall

Read This Usual and unusual ways people prefer to snack on their crisps Richard Jenkins

Lucie De Lison is now working for T Fazakerley & Son

Wigan property firm welcomes new recruit to boost residential sales and lettings Gaynor Clarke

Bowel cancer test

People urged to test for bowel cancer Sian Jones

The weekly figures now include anyone whose death certificate – registered up to 14 days before February 23 – mentions Covid-19 as one of the causes.

Another seven Wigan people die with Covid, taking the total to 1,473 Andrew Dowdeswell

The successful team from St Edmund Arrowsmith High School

Wigan school pupils hailed 'cyber security superstars' Luke Power

The funding will be used to support people with drug and alcohol addictions

More than £2.8m to boost drug and alcohol treatment and recovery in Wigan Gaynor Clarke

NHS Blood and Transplant is urging for more people to donate blood in 2023

NHS appeals to the quarter of a million who signed up to give blood Matt Pennington

Work under way at Robin Park to create Wigan's new Taco Bell drive-thru

Work has begun on one of Taco Bell's first North West drive-thrus - in Wigan Charles Graham

Redrow apprentices Liam Brown and Jospeh Potsid, in red, with Lee Serrio, Shaun Phoenix and Huw Williams

Workers share knowledge with colleagues ahead of National Apprenticeship Week Gaynor Clarke

Representatives from Miller Homes with Amy Madden (centre right), founder of All Ears CIC which received £1000 from the homebuilder's community fund

Miller Homes donates to two organisations Sian Jones

Wigan and Leigh college has been awarded approved provider status for Food and Drink.

Wigan and Leigh College celebrates food and drink seal of approval Matt Pennington

Stephen Robinson, founder of It's Mental

It’s Mental Live: North West gears up for region’s biggest wellbeing event Jack Marshall

Paul Walsh, ERP Manager at Kings Fine Cut Meats

Business Wigan manufacturers help reach investment milestone Matt Pennington

Members of Happy Smiles celebrating its third birthday

Taylor Wimpey sponsors Happy Smiles Sian Jones

Race for Life raises money for research into cancer treatments

Time to get moving as Cancer Research UK's Race for Life returns to Wigan Gaynor Clarke

More than 1,500 North West Ambulance Service staff will go on strike on five new dates

North West ambulance workers announce five more strike dates Sian Jones

Regan & Hallworth

Three-storey 1700s mansion with cinema, gym, and majestic garden hits the market Jack Marshall

Health chiefs are urging people across the North West to get their boosters this 'Jabuary'

Health chiefs urge eligible Wiganers to take up their 'Jabuary' vaccine offer Matt Pennington

Barnardo's

Barnardo’s urges people to donate unwanted Christmas presents to kids in need Jack Marshall

More patients with coronavirus are being treated at hospital across the country

Fifteen people in Wigan died with Covid-19 over the festive period Gaynor Clarke

Tyron Ash

Regal Ribble Valley mansion with open-plan design and cinema hits the market Jack Marshall

There are fewer smokers in Wigan

Fewer people in Wigan are smoking as rising number turn to e-cigarettes Sonja Tutty

Eckersley Mill is set to be transformed

Plans for 'sleeping giant' Wigan mill complex welcomed by Historic England Gaynor Clarke

Ramon Silva

Silva hopes to show his value to Wigan throughout the next 12 months Amos Wynn

Amanda Carey McDermott, MD SSP Health.

Wigan-based GP practice aims to go national Holly Pritchard

Members of the Pupil Leadership Team, who are an integral part of the school's Leadership team.

CLASS ACT: St Wilfrid's C of E Primary Academy, Standish Michelle Adamson

Volunteers with the hampers given last year.

Wigan homebuilder donates £600 Christmas hamper appeal Holly Pritchard

Hospitals in England are dangerously full, say trust leaders

Hospitals 'dangerously' busy warn NHS leaders Nicola Adam