The first train powered by newly installed overhead electric lines has run between Wigan and Bolton after £100m of government ...

A retired Wigan police officer is limbering up for a rugby-themed bike ride aimed at clocking up 850 miles and thousands of ...

A bid has been made to extend restrictions on turning houses into HMOs to control the number of conversions taking place ...

Northern Soul began as a musical revolution in Northern England and the Midlands during the late sixties and early seventies.

Two people have been arrested after police found a cannabis farm at a house in Wigan. Officers were called to a property on ...

Watch highlights as Wigan's Jacob Douglas scores a hat-trick in a dominant Super League win against Salford. Pictures ...

Tier one contractor Galliford Try has been appointed to deliver the first major construction phase of the Wigan Galleries ...

The disposable vape ban came into effect from June 1, 2025. It makes it illegal to buy or sell disposable vapes in the UK.

Galliford Try has signed up for the first phase of a scheme to turn a former shopping centre in Wigan into a new mixed-use ...

This West Yorkshire city tops the list for Britain's messiest gardens, with neighbours lodging nearly five complaints a day ...

Wigan Warriors close to within two points of Super League leaders Hull KR as they ease past Catalans Dragons with a clinical ...

Jacob Douglas scores a hat-trick of tries as Wigan Warriors keep up the pressure at the top of Super League by beating ...