It comes only three years after it was granted permission to erect two cell blocks to the Barracks Road complex in Bickershaw ...

Hoping to become the next councillor for Wigan central are: Adam Boon (Labour), John Burley (Liberal Democrats), Gareth ...

A Wigan woman who was “overwhelmed by grief” took her own life shortly after the death of her partner, an inquest heard.

People whose homes have been flooded twice in 10 months have said they are now terrified of rain. Residents of Craville Grove ...

Wigan is being defined as the town of the future with plans unveiled for town centre living, an Etihad-style sports village, ...

Voters in Wigan have delivered a resounding snub to the council’s controlling Labour group by electing the town’.

Can technology augment a more caring and responsive community? According to Wigan Council, the answer is yes. The metropolitan borough council in the UK's north-west is a decade into a close and ...

HOSPITALITY, one of the UK’s leading hotel management companies, has signed an agreement to manage and operate the new ...

The Hampton by Hilton Wigan is a cornerstone in Wigan Council’s redevelopment of the former Galleries shopping centre in the heart of the town centre. The local authority is working with development ...

The bid by the owners of Wigan Warriors rugby league side to take over the town’s stricken football club has been given council backing. Wigan Council says it supports Warriors’ owner Ian Lenagan’s ...

Construction work has begun on the Hampton by Hilton Wigan hotel. Hilton Hotels signed a franchise deal with Wigan Council ...

Ray Smith has run a stall selling shoes at Wigan Market for 34 years Worried traders say they are being "kept in the dark" over their forthcoming move into a new indoor market hall being built in ...