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  • Leftover cafe takes pressure off foodbank

    A POP-up cafe has been making a little bit of leftover food go a long way. Based at the old Bluecoat School in the shadow of the Wigan Parish Church, the Fur Clemt Cafe has been serving scores of eager shoppers and town-centre visitors throughout

  • Council make plans to boost number of new houses

    PLANS are being made to boost the number of new homes for people to buy and to rent in the borough. The latest figures show that fewer than 4,000 new homes are being completed every year in Greater Manchester instead of the 9,000 to 10,000 needed

  • Visual impairment reading group recieves funding boost

    A READING group for the visually impaired is being set up thanks to funding from a Leigh-based housing provider. Adactus Housing Association awarded Wigan and Leigh Culture Trust (WLCT) £800 from its neighbourhood fund to set up a visual impairment