Makerfield MP Josh Simons launched an online fund-raising appeal to help residents whose homes had been affected. It raised a total of £2,655, which has now been given to Platt Bridge Community Group ...

Find below the latest list of all the most significant roadworks in the borough that are going to be affecting Wigan ...

He writes: "This isn’t just about unpredictable rain - it’s not the weather ’s fault. It is the fact that no progress was ...

Medics were summoned to the gym and paramedics were called. Alex, from Fazakerley, Merseyside, was taken by ambulance to the ...

A coroner has urged the government to protect children taking part in combat sports after a 15-year-old kickboxer died from a ...

A post office worker has said she was "shocked" when she arrived at work this morning to find a digger had crashed into the building. Ebonny said, the digger hit and knocked down a traffic light ...

The parents of a teenage kickboxer have said they "don't want other families to suffer in the way' they have. Alex Eastwood, ...

A coroner has raised urgent concerns over regulations in child combat sports following the tragic death of 15-year-old Alex ...

Drivers faced heavy traffic in a Wigan suburb as part of a major road was closed off after a 'digger crashed into a Post Office'. The A58 Platt Street and Warrington Road, in Platt Bridge ...