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  • Hospital safety week

    VIOLENCE and aggression are regular hazards at hospitals in Wigan borough. Raising staff and public appreciation of such incidents and giving advice on how to react to it is one of the themes of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust's Health & Safety

  • Landmark pub set to open doors

    LEIGH'S newest pub opens on Monday following a £1.8 million development project. JD Wetherspoon has spent the past seven months transforming the former Hippodrome Theatre and Classic Cinema into the child-friendly The Thomas Burke in Leigh Road. Forty

  • MP calls for transport re-think

    CONGESTION charge plans for Greater Manchester should be shelved unless there's a massive upgrade of public transport in the Leigh area. MP Andy Burnham said he believed congestion charging was a non-starter unless there is major investment in public