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The Latest Breaking News from Wigan

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

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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

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Every Greater Manchester project getting Levelling Up cash in round two - as MP slams 'Hunger Games-style contest'

The boroughs of Wigan, Oldham, and Trafford have all been successful in bids to secure grants from a £2.1bn government pot

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Hospital urges patients to avoid A&E during nurses strike unless it's a 'life or limb-threatening emergency'

Nurses at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are taking part in a nationwide strike on Wednesday and Thursday

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Labour's Lisa Nandy promises to abolish Tories' 'fundamentally dishonest' levelling up missions

Wigan MP says 2030 targets are too vague and with no details of how they'll be met

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Police issue urgent appeal for missing Wigan pensioner last seen in the early hours

George Newton, 77, was last seen in the Winstanley area of Wigan

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'My little brother said he had a runny nose - 36 hours later he was dead'

Kami Leatherbarrow, from Wigan, says her family have been left devastated

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Cardiff City transfer news as Hudson issues blunt response to star's links to Sheffield Wednesday and key man a major doubt for Wigan

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Prison health worker smuggled ketamine into jail after 'forming relationship' with inmate

Megan Woodham, 30, allowed her home in Wigan to be used as a "safehouse" for a multi-million pound drug gang

Manchester Evening News

Hundreds left without electricity after power cut in Wigan

Engineers are on the way to the scene to investigate the problem

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Massive new housing estate and motorway link road planned for 'scrubland'

Hive Homes, who have been tasked with setting up to support housing growth across the region by GMCA, have promised to retain as much open public space as possible

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Tragedy as husband and wife both found dead at home

Janet and Graham Milner died at their shared home in Wigan on December 31

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The cheapest houses in Greater Manchester that are new on the market in 2023

These bargain homes have just gone up for sale - and are likely to get snapped up quick

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'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."

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‘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

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Wigan 'to have its own Altrincham Market' after mill plans given go-ahead

The food hall has been described as Wigan's equivalent of Liverpool's Baltic Market or Manchester's Mackie Mayor

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Sunderland's Tony Mowbray admits his Alex Pritchard decision backfired, as he gives injury update

Alex Pritchard limped off with a recurrence of a calf problem at Wigan within minutes of coming on

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I took the Greater Manchester bus journey quite unlike any other - and it's left me very confused

'Hopeful passengers were told by the driver “it’s one off one on now”, before it set off again.'

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Hundreds hit the town dressed as Teletubbies, traffic cones and whoopee cushions for Wigan's Boxing Day bonanza

'How could you not be buzzing?'

Daily Mirror

'I collapsed at home with a deadly condition - but my nine-year-old saved my life'

When her mum collapsed to the ground and fell unconscious, quick-thinking 9-year-old Amelia Potts, from Wigan, knew exactly what to do - and wasted absolutely no time saving her mums life

Manchester Evening News

'I collapsed at home with a deadly condition. What my nine-year-old did saved my life'

Little Amelia Potts, from Wigan, wasted no time springing into action

Daily Mirror

Gran at head of family drug ring stabbed to death when she stormed house in armed attack

Grandmother-of-three Debbie Twist, her son Jordan Winstanley and Robbie Arnold raided the property in Leigh, Wigan to recover a debt but the head of the ring was stabbed to death

Manchester Evening News

Details of the first buses under public control in Greater Manchester revealed

All buses in Wigan and Bolton will be franchised from September

Manchester Evening News

New images reveal what new 38-home apartment block for 'at risk' young people could look like

Plans include teaching and studio facilities, a training kitchen, a meeting space, breakout space, a laundry room, a residents lounge, an indoor and outdoor gym and recreational space outside.

Manchester Evening News

Wigan Pier's transformation from eyesore to centre of 'beauty and vibrancy' set to start

“It is unfortunate that delays caused by Covid pandemic and inflationary pressures have led to subsequent effects on labour and materials markets."

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