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  • Healthier Together events planned in borough

    SEVERAL events have been planned as part of the Healthier Together consultation. Wigan Borough Clinical Commisioning Group are holding public meetings in order to give out information and listen to people’s opinions about the proposals that would

  • Council needs to save further £41 million

    A FURTHER £41 million in savings needs to be made by Wigan Council in the next three years. Despite having hit its saving targets and cutting its debt, the authority has said it still faces a ‘huge challenge’. The council has already made cuts

  • GPs are flagging for the Commonwealth Games

    A FLAG relay between the borough’s GPs is being planned to celebrate the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Wigan Borough Clinical Commissioning Group and WLCT are planning a commonwealth flag relay which will take place over four days from July 29 to August

  • It's all good at Atherton school

    A SCHOOL which has only been open since 2012 is celebrating after it received a good Ofsted report. Atherton Community School, on Hamilton Street, was rated good in all categories and praised for its students being eager to learn. The report

  • Agonising wait to see if Jake can have life-changing surgery

    A YOUNG boy and his mum are facing an agonising wait to see if he can have a life-changing operation. Jake Rose and his mum Debbie arrived at the University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, America, last week to see