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Veteran's struggles on Bonfire Night

Back to basics: The £59.99 Roberts wind-up radio offers a straightforward alternative to cheaper, feature-packed emergency gadgets as demand surges following new Government preparedness advice.

Why I'd pay £59.99 for this Roberts emergency radio

George Rose at her mural next to the steps at Greensway shopping centre

Stunning murals celebrating local stories unveiled

Energy bills continue to rise

Everything you need to know about plug-in solar panels

Then mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham on a Bee Network bus

Northern outpost 'not a gimmick' says Burnham

The land-based sector adds £2.5 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA) and supports 452,900 jobs, often in rural and remote areas.

Ad Feature Failure to invest in agricultural training risks UK food security

Jo Platt

Jo Platt MP: delivering a fairer deal for working people

Users answer a short set of questions about their business and receive a step-by-step roadmap.

Ad Feature Free tool helps small firms cut energy bills and go green

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Most popular petitions revealed

More than 325,000 SMEs in the engineering and manufacturing sectors are the backbone of the UK economy.

Ad Feature Policy centre to "future-proof" British manufacturing and engineering

Dua Lipa is among the names urging the UK government to honour their manifesto promise of cracking down on ticket touts.

UK musicians urge Government to honour ticket touting crackdown

Figures from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero show 28,454 Energy Company Obligation measures have been installed in Wigan since the scheme launched in 2013

Tens of thousands of homes undergo energy efficiency improvements

Trainee at DMR cutting through a block of insulation foam.

Firm wins Government funding to deliver NVQ Retrofit courses in insulation

Figures from the Ministry of Justice showed there were 23 repossessions by county court bailiffs following a Section 21 notice – known as a no-fault eviction – in the year to June in Wigan

Latest local no fault eviction figures released

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the average Wigan house price in the year to June was £186,461 – a 0.4 per cent decrease on May

Local house prices no longer rising

Research shows eight of the 40 neighbourhoods in Wigan were considered "high heat" areas, meaning they experienced the hottest temperatures in 2022 and are likely to be exposed to future heatwaves

Local heatwave hotspots revealed
A number of Wigan are in danger from heatwaves, new research suggests.
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(Left to right, photo caption: Andrew Bridge - Head of Employer Delivery and Engagement in England, CITB. Mathew Bewley – Managing Director, 3B Training.)

CITB launches building safety project to upskill façade workers

Heathrow Airport says it’s time for an “honest conversation” about expansion.

Heathrow Airport in runway expansion plea and Evri-DHL merger probed

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Controversial PIP voucher plan update as new reforms threaten support

New NHS England figures show around 95 hospital admissions of people aged between 10 and 24 years because of self-harm were recorded in Wigan the year to March 2024 – down significantly from about 125 the previous year

Child self-harm figures encouragingly decline

Provisional figures from the Office for National Statistics show the average private rent in Wigan reached £680 per month in the year to February – up nine per cent from £624 a year previously

Local home rents soar

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World Oral Health Day: A quarter of parents ‘forget’ to brush their kids teeth

Green Growth Awards announces winners

Business stories in 2 minutes: Trump tariffs threat to steel industry

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Financial Matters with Gary Edgerton: Government funding for AI Projects to boos...

All electric future (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Accelerating towards a petrol-free future!

West Lancashire College honoured with Multiply Award

West Lancashire College honoured with Multiply Award
West Lancashire College are immensely proud to announce that they have been honoured with the award for "Best Provision to Support Care Leavers" through the UK Government-funded Multiply programme.
West Lancashire College

Urgent suspected cancer referrals have hit a record high

Record number of urgent suspected cancer referrals in Greater Manchester

With the UK Government planning on cracking down on ticket resales at exorbitant prices, where should you be getting Glastonbury Festival tickets when resales occur in Spring 2025?

Where to get Glastonbury tickets if you missed out on general sale

Josh Simons

Josh Simons MP: the chancellor made the right decisions in the budget

Garswood Street is one of the Ashton thoroughfares to be affected by the proposals

Have your say on Ashton town centre plans

. Lifeskills+ is an innovative eight-week programme designed specifically for 16–25-year-olds.

Youth Zone launches employability programme

Advertising boards promote vaping devices outside a shop in Manchester (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

UK to ban disposable vapes - but when will they be taken off shelves?

Heat pumps grant rises to £7.5k as UK Government warned it won’t meet 2050 net zero target

Breaking UK government increases heat pumps grant in effort to achieve net zero

By comparing historical and contemporary maps, the charity has estimated 50 miles of protected footpath has been lost in the former Wigan area since the turn of the 20th century.

Dozens of miles of footpath lost over past century

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Yvonne Fovargue MP: Tories the architects of NHS crisis

Atherton and Leigh Foodbank is holding a stall outside St John Baptist's Parish Church to provide more information about the Guarantee our Essentials campaign.

Foodbank joins campaign to ensure everyone can access essential items

The median rent per property paid by tenants across 3,160 homes in Wigan in the year to March this year was £550

The average home rent in Wigan rose during the coronavirus pandemic

Amazon will use AI to find fake reviews on the shopping site

Amazon to crack down on fake reviews with AI

Huge changes are coming to WhatsApp messenger app

WhatsApp now allows users to hide intimate chats - how it works

Rishi Sunak has declared his wife’s shares in a childcare agency set to benefit from budget amid investigation

Breaking Rishi Sunak declares wife’s shares in firm amid investigation

Suella Braverman listens on as prime minister Rishi Sunak announces the Illegal Migration Bill

Breaking Deportation flights to Rwanda could be started “by the summer”

Smoking is now at least 15% more expensive following Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023 - Credit: Adobe

Breaking Bad news for smokers: Cigarettes now cost more than ever

Michael Caine in Zulu

Michael Caine defends ‘Zulu’ following right wing incitement claim

dangerous domestic abusers will be recorded on the violent and sex offender register under new government proposals (Photo: Adobe)

Domestic abusers could be added to violent and sex offender list

Energy bills are on the rise still across the country

Energy boss gives warning that higher bills are here to stay

Foreign Office issues Peru travel warning amid political protests

There will be no mandatory Covid-19 testing for passengers travelling to the UK from China

UK will not reintroduce covid testing for passengers from China

Deadline set for scrapping 100ml liquid limit and other airport security rules.

When 100ml liquid limit & more airport security rules will be scrapped

Wigan Warriors

Warriors post operating loss of more than £1.75m

People on benefits will get a one off Christmas bonus payment. (Photo Illustration by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

DWP Christmas bonus - benefit recipients to receive cash boost

Millions of low-income households in the UK are set to receive an extra cash boost of up to £300 on top of the £650 cost of living package in November.

Millions set to receive £300 boost on top of cost of living payment

Gary Lineker at the FA Cup semi-final in April 2022

Gary Lineker slams James Cleverly comments on LGBT fans in Qatar

How long a fridge freezer will last during blackout power cuts

National Grid Chief John Pettigrew has spoken out about the potential blackouts amid the energy crisis.

Will the UK see energy blackouts this winter?

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