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click on this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyWigan News'.Atherton councillor James Watson has agreed to support this amendment.He said spending this quarter of a million pounds on green spaces will have a 'more significant impact' on residents' lives than a 'short-lived art exhibition'.The Atherton Independent Network, which Coun Watson belongs to, will also be putting forward two amendments of their own regarding regeneration.They want £7m of the £47m set aside for the

in Scholes when the alleged incident happened. They were inside treating a patient when a man “smashed his way into the cab of the ambulance and stole property”, police say.

Wigan will soon be able to do a large food shop for just £3. Following the success of their flagship store in Wythenshawe, charity The Message Trust will open the 'Edge Community Grocery' shop in Wigan town centre next month.

Wigan town centre's footprint.

Bolton TV star Vernon confessed he was a bit of a late bloomer and said his first kiss happened when he was 17 or 18 in neighbouring town Wigan. "My first kiss was in, it must have been upper sixth," he told his fellow I'm A Celeb campmates.

Wigan pub has been forced to close after breaching coronavirus regulations, a council said. The Black Bull, on Market Street, Standish, was served a direction notice by Wigan town hall and Greater Manchester Police under new powers granted by updated Covid-19 regulations.

here“What we do know is that Leigh does have a problem with alcohol-related issues."Leigh and Wigan town centres are designated by the local authority as "cumulative impact zones" which means there is evidence that the number, type and density of premises selling alcohol in those areas, such as bars, pubs and off-licences lead to serious problems of nuisance or crime and disorder.For this reason anyone applying for a licence is expected to show that the operation of the premises will not add to

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Wigan town centre were ordered to shut a fortnight ago, to 'reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus'.

A £125m redevelopment of The Galleries will take at least seven years, a Wigan Council boss has revealed.The council purchased the 3.2-hectare site, which includes the Makinson Arcade and Marketgate Shopping Centre, in 2018 for £8m.The council wants to reverse the decline of the shopping centre, which accounts for almost a quarter of Wigan town centre's footprint, with plans for residential, leisure, food and drink uses, office space and a new market.A formal procurement process is now underway

Wigan town centre. Police were called to the church, in Bishopgate, shortly before 7.50pm on Thursday.An air ambulance had already been sent to the area and paramedics attempted to treat the victim but he died at the scene.

Wigan town centre.

A Greater Manchester council is planning to stop drivers from using a town centre road at the weekend in a bid to create more space for social distancing.Wigan town hall is proposing a temporary closure of Market Street in Atherton to allow businesses to set up outdoor seating areas and give more space for pedestrians.The road would only be shut on weekends, but it is hoped that closure will come into effect from Saturday, July 11, and last through the summer months.The proposals will prevent

A long-awaited £20 million link road connecting Wigan town centre with the M6 motorway has been completed.The new A49 route intends to alleviate congestion and air pollution south of the town by bypassing the busy Poolstock road and bridging over the Leeds-Liverpool canal.More than two kilometres of new dual carriageways have been laid to connect Warrington Road and Goose Green to Westwood Park.The existing Westwood Park internal access road has been widened along with the road bridge’s junction

Fly tippers will still face financial penalties during lockdown, Wigan council has warned, after one resident was fined for dumping bin bags full of rubbish in a borough beauty spot.

A beloved Wigan bakery has revealed a number of social distancing measures as it reopens more than half of its shops.

A popular Wigan bakery is set to reopen more than half its shops next week.

Police are searching for a wanted man in connection with a robbery in which a victim's throat was slashed in Wigan.

Two men attacked a shop worker with a baseball bat in one of two 'frightening' robberies in Wigan .

Three shops are being probed by Trading Standards after they were caught selling cigarettes to an underage undercover teenager.

Staff at a town centre supermarket tried to fight back after being attacked by a gang of shoplifting yobs.

A man has been arrested after being caught running through Wigan town centre armed with a huge knife.

A man who was caught on camera hurling a beer barrel through a bank window in Wigan town centre has been jailed.

A man has been arrested after a beer barrel was hurled through the window of a bank in Wigan town centre.