A Wigan borough community where a schoolgirl was brutally murdered more than four decades ago is keeping her memory alive.

The filming of a major new BBC drama in Wigan has set tongues wagging but is cloaked in mystery so far. Westwood Park car ...

PARENTS are forced to carry their kids to school through ankle deep floodwater which they say comes from a monstrous ...

A PRIMARY school has received approval for a new outdoor canopy. St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School, Manchester Road, Tyldesley, applied for permission to install the new feature near the side ...

On the commercial scene catching up with the local club news, the Alliance saw their current club champion Colin Pellow ...

Footage from the officer's body-worn camera has also been released, capturing the moment Sgt Beck fires his Taser at Mohamed. "You're going to get Tasered mate, get on the floor," he shouts at him ...

A POPULAR café in a local nature reserve is set to expand. The plan to enlarge the Hide Coffee House at Pennington Flash Nature Reserve, near Leigh, has been lodged by Wigan Council. Details of the ...

Former Derby County and Leicester City forward Martyn Waghorn reflects on the 12 years of ups and downs endured by both sides ...

A Wigan 48-year-old has been remanded into custody after being accused of a string of domestic abuse charges plus dangerous driving in Tameside.

From queer Georgians to Russian sleeper agents, authors have this year thoroughly transformed our understanding of the past ...

Tower blocks, bulldozers, resilience and rebirth - residents tell the story of a neighbourhood shaped by big ambitions, ...

Fly-tipping is spiralling across Greater Manchester, costing taxpayers more than £2m in a year and blighting streets, parks and nature reserves. Neal Keeling reports.