COMMUNITY groups are set to benefit from a supermarket funding scheme. A total of 15 causes are due to receive several thousand pounds from the Co-Op’s Local Community Fund. These include The Bridge at Leigh and the Red Rose Steam Society Ltd
PLANS for new facilities at Wigan and Leigh College could be handed a cash boost this week. Greater Manchester combined authority bosses are expected to sign off an "approval in principle" for a £603,000 grant from its Skills Capital fund.
CORAL are the new sponsors of the Rugby League Challenge Cup. The RFL have agreed an historic commercial partnership with the bookmakers to include both the men’s and women’s Challenge Cups in a two-year, seven-figure deal. The two competitions
A DRINK driver who was more than three times over the limit has been banned for more than two years. Carl Thomason, of Wigan Road, Leigh had 118 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath when he was breathalysed on Warrington Road in Wigan
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 31-year-old was stabbed this morning, Monday. An ambulance and two rapid response vehicles were sent to Market Street in Atherton at around 4.10am after a 31-year-old man suffered
THIS month marks the 28th anniversary of the murder of a woman in which her killer has never been found. The body of Manchester prostitute Maria Requena was discovered by two young anglers at Pennington Flash Country Park in Leigh on January 6,
