"PATIENCE is a virtue" is certainly a saying that applies to fishing. Sixteen-year-old Callum Gregory, from Atherton, spent a full day at Bee Fold Fishery looking to make a big catch with no luck. The Wigan and Leigh electrical engineering
WIGAN Council’s highway maintenance services have been named the best in the UK by a body that recognises public sector excellence. The local authority fought off tough competition to be named winner of best service team in the Highways, Winter
IT was a hive of activity at the fifth Leigh Canal Festival this weekend. Canal boats moored up near Leigh Miners Welfare Institute where more than 30 stalls were set up along with a funfair. Traders at the side of the water had art, crafts
THOUSANDS lined the streets on Saturday to watch some of the world's best cyclists in action. The final stage of the 2019 OVO Energy Tour travelled through Hindley, Hindley Green, Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley with residents cheering the riders
EMOTIONAL Micky Higham finished his farewell match in tears as Leigh suffered play-off heartbreak, losing 34-18 at home to Featherstone. With a trip to York City Knights awaiting the winners, Centurions rarely threatened to gain a season prolonging
TYLDESLEY town centre is set to be given a new lease of life from a £95m Government investment fund. Wigan Council and community group, Driven, submitted applications to create Heritage Action Zones (HAZ) on King Street in Wigan and Elliott Street
POLICE are hunting a hit-and-run driver after a crash left a 46-year-old pedestrian in hospital in a critical condition. The crash happened at around 6.20am on Sunday, September 15, on the junction of High Street and Alder Street in Atherton between
PLANS have been approved to make structural changes to a historic building to turn it into a nursery. An application was issued to make internal alterations to grade II-listed Tyldesley Top Chapel on Elliott Street and last week Wigan Council gave
