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The waste piled high on Bolton House Road, Bickershaw

Illegal waste site clearance halted

One in five workers are putting parenthood plans on hold

Employees delay parenthood due to concerns over parental leave

The top side hustling cities include Bristol and London

Half of Brits work a ‘second shift’ after hours on side hustles

How "King Street Social" will look with a food hall on the ground floor and basement and apartments above. They are set to occupy what was previously Evolution and before that Liquid nightclubs. The work has stalled of late, however

Town centre food hall opening date set

A Ford Fiesta similar to the one Emiljan Beraj drove illegally in Wigan town centre

Suspended jail term for road ban breach

Olympic gymnast Max Whitlock says: "Understanding when your body needs rest is just as important as knowing when to push"

Brits ditch exercising after 33 days - here's the REAL reason why

The new office will increase Carplus’s operational capacity

Ad Feature Carplus opens new office as part of continued business growth

CGI of how the new Golborne railway station is set to look

Work begins on new railway station

Work will take place on Wigan Road, Aspull for the whole of August

Gas pipe work to begin on busy road

Belong at Home Wigan is the top not-for-profit home care service in the country.

Belong at Home: top carers again

The winning moment!

Florist wins coveted RHS honour

Access to employment support programmes can reduce recruitment costs

New funding helps employers recruit young talent

The lynx: wouldn't it be wonderful to have this iconic cat back in the UK?

Plans on reintroducing the Eurasian lynx into the UK

Rectory Lane, Standish, will be closed so the bridge can be assessed

Five upcoming road closures

David Stanley holding dry eye products at Jackson Opticians in Wigan.

Opticians drive dry eye change

One of the two land trains that will shuttle visitors between Haigh Woodland Park courtyard and the newly-restored Plantation Gates on Wigan Lane

Express service for Plantation Gates visitors
A beloved feature of Haigh Woodland Park is on track to make a glorious return this summer.
Charles Graham

Wigan Museum will close until next summer

Museum to close for revamp

MBH Partners celebrating 55 years

Solicitors mark 55 years of local service

Painter Tai Shan Schierenberg reinterprets celebrated Greenwich riverscapes to mark Scenic Eclipse II's

Ad Feature World’s most luxurious yacht to dock in London marked with new artwork

Left to right: Wigan Council director of place, Aidan Thatcher, Kelly Allen, deputy director of Curious Minds, Wigan Council's former leader David Molyneux and Curious Minds chief executive Derri Burdon outside Mill 2 last year

Pier building's conversion to charity HQ soon to start

CMI is calling for government, educators and employers to work together to bridge the divide

Ad Feature Less than one in 10 managers think young people are ready for work

Mosley Common residents invited to nominate a good cause for £500 donation

Residents urged to name good causes for cash gift

Seven in 10 employees use their work laptops to apply for jobs, online shop, and book holidays

Seven in 10 employees use their work laptop for personal things

Fairhurst Accountants

Practical steps that can be followed to tackle cashflow concerns

The Work Project at 105 Victoria Street will be the operator's third location in London

Ad Feature Premium flexible workplace to open in net zero office development

Flooding turned a street into a river on New Year's Day 2025. Picture by David Hurst.

Council pledges £3m to prevent floods

Estates and Facilities colleagues at the celebration event

Unsung hospital heroes are celebrated
Estates and Facilities colleagues at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) have been recognised at a special celebration event, to mark Estates and Facilities Day
WWL NHS FT

The TANK 5 features an upgraded 2K DLP projector with 220 lumens of brightness

Ad Feature 8849 launches TANK 5 - the world's first rugged flagship smartphone

GCSE results day

What are your child's options post-GCSE?

Groundwork beginning on Frith Street, Newtown, earlier this year for a new Aldi supermarket

New supermarket to open

More than half believe the contribution of working animals is often overlooked

Can you spot the working animals hidden in this scene?

Logitech's new Mobi Fold pretty much rewrites the compact mouse rule book

Logitech Mobi Fold review: I tested a new folding mouse before launch

Next generation of creatives unveil work at local college end of year exhibition

Students impress at end-of-year exhibition

Head of teaching and learning Academy, Karen Anderton

Watchdog praises college fo teacher training

Wrightington Hospital staff

Hospital waiting lists continue to fall

Life in Wigan's former Debenhams store

Looking back at Wigan's Debenhams store

Cadbury &More has partnered with social media star, Nella Rose, to launch a ‘Bed Retreating Service'

A third of Gen Z would happily book a day off work to 'bed rot'

One in eight young people are not in education or employment

Ad Feature Occupational therapists are the 'missing link' to help unemployment

PROCare win Supply Chain Partner of the Year award at Northern Housing Awards 2026

Firm celebrates major housing award

Ashton Library, which is currently closed

Update on future of library shut for nearly two years

Mather Lane, Leigh will be closed from Tuesday, May 26 to Sunday, May 31

Upcoming roadworks revealed

Representatives of local causes who will now benefit from Wigan Rotary Club grants

Latest beneficiaries of Rotary Dragons's Den process revealed

Cast
Left to right: Nicola Reynolds, Mark Fenton and Rebecca Moran

Next up for Little Theatre is dark satirical comedy

Ishank Gupta and Manish Agarwal co-founded Humyn Labs

Ad Feature Humyn Labs launches report for AI voice benchmarking

Award win for Wigan and Leigh College

College apprenticeship provision feted at awards night

Gracie debuts as the first cross-domain agentic capability in GRC, convening AI experts across risk, compliance, audit and third-party domains on a single task

Ad Feature SureCloud launches AI agent team for GRC operations

Harvey is used by 1,500+ customers in 60+ countries.

Ad Feature Harvey launches purpose-built legal agents

Upgrade your home office for less with this best-selling desk, which is now on sale - and with next day delivery available.

Upgrade your home office with this best-selling desk, now on sale

Fathers are ready for change

Ad Feature Half of the world’s fathers feel unsupported, study suggests

SentiPulse's goal is a digital human system capable of sustained interaction with users in a continuous operating context.

Ad Feature SentiPulse launches SentiCat

Wigan wastewater treatment works

£230m investment in wastewater works

Nearly six in 10 think animals working with humans is something we’ve largely chosen not to think about in society.

Half of adults think animals working for humans is a thing of the past

Temporary work was carried out at Walmsley bridge earlier this year

‘Activity’ to be expected around bridge

How one of the event rooms at the hall is visualised

How £50m will be spent on Haigh Hall's transformation

Kairos closes the gap between AI's capability overhang and operational reality

Ad Feature Firstsource launches Kairos - the operating system

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