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  • Curfew for teenager who received 2 stolen motorbikes

    A TEENAGER who received two stolen motorbikes has been handed a curfew order. Dillon Marsh, of The Poplars, Golborne was given an eight-week curfew after dishonestly receiving the motorbikes in November last year, which he knew were both stolen

  • Atherton Colls 3 Stalybridge Celtic 0

    BRAD Cooke's team notched their first ever Step 3 league double against play-off protagonists Stalybridge Celtic. The reverse fixture had been played out on Tameside in mid September where goals from Tom Bentham and Brad Lynch had facilitated the

  • Highways teams driving forward scheme to improve roads

    HIGHWAYS teams have been driving forward the council’s multi-million-pound investment scheme to improve the condition of the borough’s roads. In preparation for National Pothole Day tomorrow, Wednesday, Wigan Council officers have been out in Worsley

  • Man charged in connection with Ladbrokes armed robbery

    A MAN has been charged in connection with an armed robbery at a betting shop. Police were sent to the Ladbrokes store at Spinning Gate Shopping Centre in Leigh shortly after 2.30pm on Saturday to reports of an armed robbery. READ MORE > Reward

  • Number of school exclusions in borough rises

    THE number of permanent school exclusions in the borough went up by more than seven times and fixed period exclusions increased by more than eight per cent over the space of a year. In the latest Department for Education (DfE) figures released