Paul Barton

Wigan Council chief executive Alison McKenzie-Folan (left) and Deputy chief executive Paul McKevitt (right)

Town hall rich list reveals council bosses who enjoy six-figure pay packages

Greenmount Projects donated £2,000 to Wigan and Leigh Hospice

Wigan charity gets £2,000 boost as award-winning business donates prize money

Businesses will be able to apply for a licence for the A-boards at the initial cost of £100 then £55 every year going forward, Wigan Town Hall (pictured) was told.

Impact of fines for unauthorised advertising boards

Sue Andrews, 52, standing outside her home hit by floods on Stirling Close in Leigh

Cause of flash flooding that hit community still unknown TWO MONTHS on

Why isn't Mesnes Park a riot of colour at this time of year?

Fly-tipping is an increasing problem in Wigan

Council 'disappointed' after incidents of fly-tipping in Wigan more than double

Leigh guided busway

Worries that guided busway's success will cause people to revert to using a car

The fly-tipping before council removal

Stern warning as council bosses crack down on fly-tipping in Wigan

The Galleries and market hall is set to be demolished and replaced with new facilities over the next three years

Anti-social behavour forces early shutdown of Galleries car park

Repeat offenders have been punished for not recycling correctly

Wigan Council one of six local authorities to hand out recycling fines

Dave Lyon (assistant director for environment, Wigan Council), Paul Barton (director for environment, Wigan Council), Angie Brabbs (scheme manager, The Rowans), Keith Rimmer (inventor, founder and chief executive, Thermocill), Councillor Susan Gambles (cabinet portfolio holder for housing, Wigan Council)

Wigan council homes to be fitted with revolutionary tech that saves cash and ene...

Quinton Smith at the mowed site in Atherton where the wildflowers were

Fury after council mows wildflowers

The van stuck beneath the low bridge on Prescott Street

Council van gets stuck under low bridge in Wigan

Council flats in Scholes; many residents are unaware of the caretaker service which is available for them to utilise

Wigan caretakers need to be more visible

The road and pathway flooded on Buckley Street, Wigan, after heavy rainfall after Storm Christoph hit the borough.

Wigan Council facing £100,000 bill for Storm Christoph repairs

Shoppers have not had to pay to park in Wigan as often as they used to

Parking income hit by Wigan Council’s shop incentives
Efforts to lure more shoppers into Wigan came at a price to the council, latest figures show.
Tommy Lumby

It's due to come into force in spring 2022

Clean air zone charges are 'not a congestion charge', Wigan councillors are told

Wigan Council took almost £200k in PCNs for parking, which is well below average

Wigan below average on parking fines but still takes in £189k

Martyn Sharkey, Alyssa Knowles and their sons George and Albert

Family delighted by kind-hearted bin crews

A pianist from the UK played classical music to soothe hungry monkeys in Thailan...

The long grass on the Ashfield Park pitch

Standish Sabres FC dismayed at poor condition of pitch

Rubbish fly-tipped in Prestt Grove in Wigan

Wigan Council determined to tackle fly-tipping as data suggests regional increas...

XR Wigan activists hold a vigil outside the town hall

Wigan green activists demand council does more on climate change

Wigan Council has not reopened children's play areas

Backlash from parents as Wigan children's play areas remain shut

Prestt Grove, Worsley Mesnes

Fly-tipping continues to blight Wigan housing estate

A council employee directs traffic at the recycling centre in Ince

The reopening of Wigan recycling centres hailed huge success

Many people successfully appeal against parking tickets in Wigan

Wigan motorists among the most successful in the country for appealing parking p...
Two thirds of people receiving parking fines in Wigan win appeals and don’t have to pay up.
Charles Graham

Fly-tipped waste in Wigan

Wigan Council: 'We will take the fight to fly-tippers'

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Hundreds of new trees planted in Wigan to mark National Tree Week

Fly-tipping found by a Wigan Council officer at a notorious borough hotspot

Wigan bucking fly-tipping trend as level of incidents falls

Mesnes Park in Wigan town centre

Hundreds of Wiganers want dogs banned from children's play areas and sports pitc...

Jim Gaskell, a foster carer who lives on Prestt Grove

Homeowners "put off" moving into Wigan estate because of litter and vermin

Members of climate action group Extinction Rebellion Wigan with Pete Hewitson centre

Climate change needs to be at heart of all council policies say campaigners

Penalty charge notices

This is how much Wigan Council raises through parking penalties

Police have been using body cameras for several years and local authorities are catching up fast

Borough local authority workers to be kitted out with cameras

Solar panels

Council's ambitious pledge to become greener

The container dumped at Warrington Road Industrial Estate looked very similar to the one left at Three Sisters

Dangerous waste dumped at Wigan beauty spot

The Galleries car park

Wigan town centre multi-storey to close for essential works

The churned up verge

Bid to get Wigan quagmire verge resurfaced

The road will reopen next week

Wigan through-road reopens as barrier is removed

The council is cracking down on fly-tipping

Huge fly-tipping crackdown in borough sees more fines handed out

The Galleries car park

Free town centre parking extended in Wigan and Leigh

Cars queue to use the Kirkless recycling centre

Record numbers recycle in Wigan

Parking charges issued in Wigan

Revealed: Thousands of parking charges issued in Wigan

Fly-tipped rubbish on the lane off Ince Hall Avenue

Fury as selfish fly-tippers dump waste on secluded Wigan lane

Wigan Town Hall

Wigan street cleaners to work evenings to ease traffic woes

Chapel Lane car park

Wigan Council collected Â£2.3m from parking charges but reinvested Â£2m

Police at the scene of a road accident

Borough roads are regional accident hotspots

Flooding in Wigan

You won't believe how much Wigan Council have spent on flood damage

Pregnant Rebecca Asquith and partner Ross Ashton with 10-month-old Lola, Ava, three, and Isabella, two

Rats force family out of their council-rented home

A rat. Library image

VIDEO: Huge rats filmed roaming around pregnant mum's house

Couns Paul Maiden and Bob Brierley with the offending trailer

Trailer is just three centimetres too big for tip

Bin problem

Thirty bins stolen, lost or damaged beyond repair EVERY DAY in Wigan

Fresh flytipping has been condemned by a councillor

Anger at fresh flytipping in Wigan

A serious injury crash in Wigan

Serious crashes soar in borough

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