Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Wigan Council

The Greater Manchester town where only four people sleep rough

Mo and Will have come through dark times

Manchester Evening News

Peel submit new plans for massively controversial Wigan development

The overall number of homes in the plan has reduced from 1,100 to 1,050

Manchester Evening News

Cost of multi-million pound town centre redevelopment still could change due to inflation

Costs of the Galleries regeneration project is still under the microscope

Manchester Evening News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Police issue dispersal zones across town ahead of planned 'car meet'

Council bosses say no permission has been granted for the event

Manchester Evening News

Old school building to be bulldozed and replaced with 'eco' facility

“We are very excited to welcome all of our students and families into a building that reflects not only our traditional values."

Manchester Evening News

Housing development earmarked for area 'already at breaking point'

Parr Bridge Retail Park hosts a wealth of businesses including a Starbucks, a Lidle and a nursery - with much more still to come

Manchester Evening News

Council 'instructed by government' to raise tax for residents

“This is not a decision we have taken lightly, it is something the government has instructed us to do."

Manchester Evening News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

More social workers hired in the wake of damning Ofsted report for council

Children's Services, run by Wigan Council, received a 'Requires Improvement' rating by Ofsted in 2022

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester town is between two motorways - but it's a fight to get from one side to the other

The £220m dream could end Greater Manchester's 'north - south' divide

Manchester Evening News

Accommodation for the homeless in Wigan given the green light

Government capital grant across the Warwick Road and Ridyard Street sites is £504,987

Manchester Evening News

Homeowners slam 'lazy' football fans for barricading them in

Locals are expecting another nightmare scenario when Manchester United Women host Everton at the weekend

Wales Online

'It's carnage': The streets where people are trapped inside their homes by 'football fans who won't walk'

"If someone rang an ambulance or the fire brigade you’d have no chance of getting them down here"

Manchester Evening News

Wigan council using 'covert surveillance' to crack down on crime

Wigan Council use covert surveillance to investigate incidents of fly tipping, underage sales or alcohol and tobacco and anti-social matters

Manchester Evening News

Tory chair up in arms about 'blatant political messages' from Wigan council

“The tweet is party political in nature and should not have been issued in its current form."

Manchester Evening News

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Family attacked by fleas as rat infestation causes son to develop flesh-eating disease

A mum-of-three claims that her son had to have life-saving surgery after he developed a flesh-eating disease from a rat and flea infestation that's has taken over her garden

Manchester Evening News

Derelict hotel could be demolished for 26 homes

The proposal is looking to bring the site of Rockleigh Hotel in Ashton-in-Makerfield with 26 affordable homes

Manchester Evening News

Disappointment for Wigan's failed bids despite £20 million success for Levelling Up cash

Leigh and Ashton town centres missed out on Levelling Up funding despite Haigh Hall getting £20 million

Manchester Evening News

MP slammed as he admits he DIDN'T support town's bid for millions in Levelling Up cash

Wigan Council's leaders pointed the finger at Leigh's MP after they failed to get Levelling Up funding for the town centre

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Manchester Evening News

Historic Haigh Hall to receive £20 million Levelling Up cash

Wigan Council was successful in their bid to get £20 million of Levelling Up funding for Haigh Hall

Manchester Evening News

Petitioners rejected by council in their bid to block massive 1,100 home development in Mosley Common

The petition gained 3,124 valid signatures from the people of the borough

Manchester Evening News

Dates for work on £130 million town centre redevelopment completion confirmed

“This is a phased build programme, which the Council and our developer partner Cityheart are committed to completing as efficiently and effectively as possible.”

Manchester Evening News

Vacant church to be converted into flats for affordable housing development

The site was once part of the local Roman Catholic communion until numbers dwindled and another local church in the area combined communion leaving the St William Church unused.

Manchester Evening News

'Exciting projects' ahead for Wigan in 2023 to follow up 'a brilliant 12 months'

“What a brilliant 12 months we’ve had here in Wigan Borough."

Manchester Evening News

‘Old folks don’t want cinemas and bowling alleys – we want decent shops’

The £135million redevelopment plan is set to transform the former shopping centre

Manchester Evening News

New teaching block for oversubscribed school to meet high student demand

Plans comes after a £1.2 million budget release was granted for construction by Wigan Council back in April.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Greater Manchester Police

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Manchester United Women

24 stories

Jigsaw Homes

13 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.