Ray Whittingham

The work was supposed to be completed last year

Developer threatened with court action

Andy Irving next to the site where Standish homes are planned

Residents' anger over yet more homes for rapidly expanding community

Standish Cricket Club

Cricket club's housing plan could get green light

Coun Ray Whittingham at Ashfield Park, Standish, which has been prioritised for improvements by Wigan Council

Park to receive upgrade after years of campaigning

Macdonald Kilhey Court Hotel is scheduled to close to guests on September 9 to begin welcoming asylum seekers instead

Protest and counter-protest planned over asylum seeker hotel plan

The pothole on Greenland Avenue measures around six inches deep.

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

The war memorial in Standish has been repaired after being damaged in October last year.

Wigan township war memorial fully repaired after being damaged last year

A number of sightings around Standish have been reported to the council.

Wigan township residents concerned by alarming amount of invasive plant

Friends of Standish Library (FOSL) community liaison officer Yvonne Winstanley and Standish councillor Debbie Parkinson

Special reading bench is unveiled outside Wigan township's library

Standish ward councillors and Standish Voice, part of Standish Coronavirus Support, deliver 70 free Christmas meals to vulnerable residents

Pandemic support scheme which helped many Wigan residents comes to an end

Work has started on a new path for Rectory Lane, Standish

Paving the way to improved Wigan township estate safety

L-R Coun Whittingham, Coun Parkinson, and then Standish Voice’s Gill Foster and Paul Ogden with Coun Marsh

Petition launched opposing Standish road widening scheme

Coun Marsh and Whittingham on land off Preston Road, Standish - which could be a parade of shops and a car park

Councillors slam 'wholly inadequate' Standish parking plan

Coun Ray Whittingham on the land off Chorley Road, Standish, near Worthington Lake - the area is being treated for Japanese Knotweed

Concern as land is treated for Japanese Knotweed

The development on Rectory Lane, Standish

Fight against housing plan on Wigan estate

Seasonal flowers being delivered by Standish Coronavirus Help

Festive bloom time is gift to Wigan community

A Covid-19 support group has spread some Christmas cheer with the delivery of seasonal flowers to those they have supported this year.

Ben Butler

Coun Adam Marsh at one of the bus stops affected by the bus service change on Bradley Lane, Standish

Blow as bid to reinstate vital Wigan bus route suffers setback

Coun Ray Whittingham stands near to the grass verge on Rectory Lane, Standish

Busy Wigan road set to get extra pavements

A new footpath has been created on Rectory Lane

Footpath wish is granted at Wigan leisure centre

Coun Adam Marsh

Councillors call for bus route to be reinstated

Roadworks on Preston Road, Standish, are causing traffic problems along the road and nearby junctions

Roadworks causing traffic chaos on major Wigan route

The planters in Standish

Missing planters in Wigan township replaced BUT complaints about long grass

Cars parked on the road are causing anger among residents

Plea for Wigan motorists to use car parks rather than park on pavements

Some of the packs ready to go out to the vulnerable

Essential packs sent out to Wigan's vulnerable

Councillors standing against Government proposals to allow exploratory drilling for shale gas to be waved through under permitted development.

Wigan councillors fighting fast-track fracking

Coun Ray Whittingham at the fenced-off play area on Woodhurst Drive in Standish

Delays to play area work criticised

Coun Ray Whittingham at Ashfield Park play area

Councillor swings into action at play park

Work to improve a children's play area and make it safer is almost complete.

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