Christopher Morris, of Farr Close, Poolstock, appeared at the town's magistrates' court to plead guilty to unlawfully having the offensive weapon in the McDonald's outlet on Gower Street on ...

Pupils from St Johns Primary Abram pose with the new street sign Grimshaw Park named after John Grimshaw VC Credit: Wigan Council Twitter The bravery of a Wigan soldier awarded the Victoria Cross ...

Tom Williamson, 30, died from his injuries in Charles Street, Tyldesley, Wigan in the early hours of 25 September. Greater Manchester Police said an 18-year-old man was charged with murdering Mr ...

A man is in hospital with a life-threatening head injury after being found collapsed in a street in Greater Manchester ... the pavement in Wallgate area of Wigan at 01:25 GMT.

Two men have been charged after a man was attacked and seriously injured in a Wigan street. Thomas William Wood, 31, of Montrose Avenue, Wigan, has been charged with section 18 assault.

Street named after fallen soldier A fallen soldier from Wigan will have a road named in his honour today. Kingsman Jamie Hancock died in Iraq in 2006, aged just 19.