Showing the number of children living in relative poverty and absolute poverty between 2015 and 2024, the DWP figures show that 15,097 children were described as being in relative poverty in Wigan ...

offering sessions at Wigan Life Centre's pool and are planning to dive the SS Thistlegorm of the coast of North Africa. They also offer dives in local quarries like Eccleston Delph, in the Lake ...

Wigan Pride is set to mark its 10th anniversary with a return to the town centre and a new headline sponsor. Organisers have announced that Wigan Pride 2025 will take place in Wigan town centre on ...

Now, after four successful years, it will be opening a new flagship venue in the arches in Wigan town centre. In a social ...

Dress yourself in rainbows, find your flags, and get ready to celebrate a fabulous, feel-good, summer party in style: Wigan Pride is back for 2025 and will celebrate a decade of events.

​Lewis King, 26, of Lockgate Place, Ince, and 58-year-old Liam Dunn, of Miller Street, Eccles, appeared before a Bolton Crown ...

The US has deployed anti-ship missiles to the Luzon Strait, near Taiwan, for the first time as part of annual military drills ...

The trans sports debate was reignited on Sunday when two players, who were assigned male at birth, competed for the women's ...

Haigh, which is less than 30 minutes away from Bolton by road, has been named one of the UK’s poshest villages and its woodland park is said to be “teeming with winding trails and exquisite manicured ...

Discover brand new Shots! TV episodes looking at hilarious garden falls, beloved football mascots and the vinyl shop that was ...

It will be ‘bigger than ever’ with organised walking groups taking you along scenic canals, through country parks and much ...

CHRIS Forino came up with an incredible late winner against bitter rivals Wigan Athletic to breath fresh life into Wanderers ... testing the wide Wanderers centre-backs. Maleace Asamoah Jnr ...