Wigan

The latest news and updates for the borough of Wigan including towns such as Standish, Shevington, Leigh, Atherton, Abram and Orrell. Includes breaking news updates, weather forecasts, latest traffic and travel, court and crime news as well as events and what's on information. Subscribe to our newsletter, follow MyWigan on Facebook and Twitter.

EducationParents 'furious' with school's plan to ban skirts for girls

CrimePolice reveal where and how long four people are banned from in Greater Manchester

Wigan'Mr Wigan Athletic' Darren Orme makes emotional 'final journey' to stadium as hundreds turn out

Greater Manchester NewsAndy Burnham defends scrapping Clean Air Zone charges after parents slam 'epidemic'

NHS'Illegal levels of pollution' choking hundreds of Manchester kids as hospital admissions soar, campaigners say

Leigh'That can't be right': Horror as beloved man, 21, becomes third fatality in hotel pool in FIVE years

PoliticsEvery Greater Manchester green bin charge, collection change or rules update - borough by borough

RentingHow much it costs to rent in every Greater Manchester borough as prices continue to soar

NHSGreater Manchester's 'dentistry deserts' where almost HALF of patients are still denied treatment

ParentingDad praised for calling out daughter's behaviour towards pensioner on the 610 bus

PoliticsAre there any local elections in Greater Manchester this year?

NHSNHS gives deadline ending this week ahead of May Day bank holiday amid 'serious consequences' warning

St George's DayNearly 100 pubs in the North West to celebrate St George’s Day with 2,000 free pints - full list of locations

WiganPolice storm home in dawn raid after neighbours' lives made a misery

Greater Manchester NewsWhy there are no Local Elections in Wigan on May 1

LeighMy wife didn't believe me when I told her my true identity... until I showed her

Pubs and bars‘Well-loved’ pub located on outskirts of beautiful nature reserve to get six-figure revamp

WiganDaughter calls for Wigan-born wrestling legend British Bulldog to be honoured in hometown

SalfordThe Greater Manchester darts club that kids are quitting football for

The University of Manchester'I didn’t have any symptoms that would make me think that there was anything wrong'

CrimeHundreds of crimes committed at churches across Greater Manchester every year

WiganThe secret code that alerts midwives to very special ‘rainbow babies’

WiganCoroner concerned over GP surgery's 'missed opportunity' in tragic death of 22-month-old toddler

LeighSeveral injured after crash involving bus and car with major road closed

What's On

EducationParents 'furious' with school's plan to ban skirts for girls

Greater Manchester NewsAndy Burnham defends scrapping Clean Air Zone charges after parents slam 'epidemic'

NHS'Illegal levels of pollution' choking hundreds of Manchester kids as hospital admissions soar, campaigners say

ParentingDad praised for calling out daughter's behaviour towards pensioner on the 610 bus

St George's DayNearly 100 pubs in the North West to celebrate St George’s Day with 2,000 free pints - full list of locations

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