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  • Swimming and polo club hold clinic

    A HOST of swimming activities were held at a clinic on Sunday. The Tyldesley Swimming and Water Polo Club organised activities at The Pelican Centre including training sessions for starts and turns, as well as a presentation on butterfly and breaststroke

  • Precept rise to cover bus reforms

    COUNCIL tax bills are set to go up across Greater Manchester this April to fund an overhaul of the region’s bus network – including Andy Burnham’s promised free bus passes for 16-18-year-olds. A proposed increase to the mayor’s annual precept,

  • Man charged after 31-year-old stabbed in arm

    A man has been charged after a 31-year-old was stabbed in the arm yesterday morning, Monday. Kurt Grimshaw, of Old Laurel Gardens, Hindley appeared in court today, Tuesday, after a man was stabbed on Market Street in Atherton at around 4.15am.

  • Saints enter dual registration agreement with Leigh

    SAINTS have entered into a dual registration partnership with Leigh Centurions for the 2019 season. Under the partnership agreement Saints will allow first team squad players to feature for Leigh in the Betfred Championship. Saints Chief Executive

  • Officers praised for range of housing delivery

    COUNCILLORS have heaped praise on town hall officers for their role in delivering a range of housing across the borough. A town hall report revealed Wigan hit its housing target for the first time since the borough’s Core Strategy blueprint was

  • Woman and two young children found dead in Bolton

    A WOMAN and two young children have been found dead at a house in Little Lever in Bolton Police were called to a property in Arthur Street at around 3.50pm yesterday, Monday. They had received reports of concern for the welfare of a woman.

  • Woman punched in face after challenging would-be moped thief

    A WOMAN was punched in the face after challenging a would-be moped thief. Joanne Preston was waiting to get a bus to work last Wednesday morning at around 6.20am on Leigh Road in Hindley Green when she and another resident noticed a man trying