Wigan’s centuries-old tradition of making things – from clay pots and clogs to mint balls and popular music – is celebrated ...

The court heard a post-mortem examination was carried out at Wigan Infirmary and it established Mr Strode died from multiple ...

(originally Verve) are an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in 1989 at Winstanley Sixth Form College, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and ...

An urgent search has been launched to find a missing teenager who may have travelled to Wigan. Police are conducting ...

This is the moment a police officer chased down a self proclaimed drug lord who dubbed himself "Lil Billy" and rapped about "swerving the feds". William Bates ran a heroin and cocaine county line that ...

This comes after Monday, 17 February 2025, when the force continued to roll out the government pilot of Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (DAPOs) in Greater Manchester. After 12 weeks in Bury, and six ...

Five new school-based nurseries are to open in Greater Manchester following a government cash injection. Whilst eight ...

Two police officers were allegedly attacked after confronting a man outside a house in Wigan. The officers tried to detain ...

Two Wigan police officers were assaulted as they attempt to arrest a man in his 30s during a call out to a domestic-related incident.

A toddler died in her sleep just hours after she was sent home from a hospital with a viral infection diagnosis - when she ...

A man is fighting for his life after he was hit by a double decker bus. Emergency services were called to the junction of ...