Paul Barton

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

It's due to come into force in spring 2022

Clean air zone charges are 'not a congestion charge', Wigan councillors are told
Daily charges for the most polluting vans, buses and taxis which are due to be introduced next year are ‘not a congestion charge’ councillors have been 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...

Fly-tipped waste in Wigan

Wigan Council: 'We will take the fight to fly-tippers'
Covert “anti-terrorism technology”, body-worn cameras, drones and a beefed up enforcement team are taking the fight to fly-tippers in Wigan.

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