Wigan & St Helens News
A man has been charged with a series of crimes which ended in a Wigan rooftop stand-off with police
A man is facing burglary, dangerous driving and other charges relating to an incident that ended on…
A teen's car is seized after he performed 'doughnuts' at a Wigan retail park
Stunt driving in full view of Wigan police HQ sees a 17-year-old’s car impounded under new legislat…
A Wigan home was badly damaged by a mystery fire while the owners were away on holiday
Firefighters stress the importance of smoke alarms after they alerted neighbours to a serious Wigan…
A Wigan thief twice fraudulently used a bank card he had stolen earlier from a woman
Guilty pleas have been entered by a Wigan man accused of bank card theft and fraud
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A compassionate Wigan woman is spearheading a campaign to create hedgehog highways
Hedgehogs are in alarming decline and the Wigan owner of a hedgehog hospital has joined a national …
Repair work progresses at Wigan arts venue and is expected to be completed within months
Work is progressing at The Old Courts in Wigan, which has also received a £50k grant from Greater M…
Tony Porter ponders: Burnham's innocuous speech and a charity shop warning to the high street
In his latest column, Tony Porter talks about his fears for high street businesses
Wigan borough MP hits out at a swastika being painted on a mural celebrating UFC star Tom Aspinall
“The discovery of a swastika sprayed onto the Tom Aspinall mural in Atherton is utterly disgusting …
Have your say on the future of a Wigan library at the heart of the community for more than a century
A look at the history of Ashton Library, as Wigan residents are given the chance to share their tho…
Frustration as Ashton town centre regeneration work is set to run into 2027
Work to improve Ashton town centre was originally expected to take 10 months to complete.
Wildlife columnist Graham Workman introduces us to a Wigan all-year resident: the great spotted woodpecker
Wildlife columnist Graham Workman waxes lyrical on some all-year-round feathered friends of a Wigan…
A Wigan 21-year-old is remanded into custody after facing strangulation and other domestic abuse allegations
It is alleged that a young Wigan subjected his then partner to more than four years of domestic abu…
Wigan woman awaits her punishment for wrongly claiming £28k in universal credit
She will be sentenced in January after pleading guilty.
A new falls prevention scheme piloted in Wigan shows the benefits of identifying people at risk earlier
Work trialled in Wigan to prevent the elderly and vulnerable from suffering falls has been so succe…
A not guilty plea is entered by a Wigan man accused of launching a savage attack
A new court hearing date is set for a Wigan man after he pleads not guilty to a very serious assault
An ambitious £18m contract is awarded as the expansion of Wigan SEND school gets under way
A sneak peek is given of what a Wigan special school will look like once construction work, now und…
A Wigan dad and son are charged over a dangerous dog attack in Nottinghamshire which injured two people
It has been alleged that a Wigan father and son were in charge of a dangerous XL bully which attack…
Happy and sometimes scary memories of two 2014 Wigan comic cons
Comic cons have become part of the Wigan events calendar over recent years and are always colourful…
Remembering a zany beach party held on Wigan's King Street in 2009
There was plenty of sand, but not so much sunshine as a beach party weekend came to Wigan in the su…