The property had been, since Georgian times, been a family home. Over its front door is, famously, the face of a little girl ...

One of Wigan town centre’s main thoroughfares is set to re-open to traffic later today after work to make safe a blaze-hit ...

Every generation has its light-bulb moments: published in 1937, George Orwell's socialist hymn The Road To Wigan Pier set the tone for mid-20th century politics. Owell's examination of working-class ...

Ray Smith has run a stall selling shoes at Wigan Market for 34 years Worried traders say they are being "kept in the dark" over their forthcoming move into a new indoor market hall being built in ...

Work is under way on a "game changing" entertainment destination in a Greater Manchester town centre. The Stack leisure venue is being built over two floors of the former Debenhams store inside the ...

A police officer who tasered a knife-wielding attacker who had repeatedly stabbed a teenager in Wigan town centre says he was just doing his job and is “totally shocked” at winning a top prize for ...

The fire that engulfed former nightclub Jumpin Jaks on King Street, Wigan on Saturday night, November 22, is being treated as arson, police ...

A demonstration is taking place in Wigan town centre today (Saturday, September 27). It is part of 'the Great British National Protest', a series of events taking place across the country. Organisers ...

Work to save a 1970s concrete civic centre built in Wigan that was once under threat from demolition has been completed after a major restoration. The Brutalist building on Millgate opened in 1970 and ...

A serial shoplifter is behind bars after flouting a ban preventing her from entering most of Wigan town centre for the second ...