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  • Coach company Shearings collapses into administration

    The owner of Europe's largest coach tour operator Shearings Holidays has collapsed into administration. More than 64,000 bookings have been cancelled and around 2,500 jobs lost due to the failure of Specialist Leisure Group (SLG). Travel trade

  • Latest coronavirus figures for borough

    THERE have been six more cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the borough. Public Health England figures show that 1,130 people had been confirmed as testing positive for COVID-19 by 9am Thursday morning (May 21) in the borough, up from 1,124

  • PPE donated to frontline Trust staff by firm

    A BUSINESS is donating protective visors to frontline NHS staff at the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trusts as part of a regional-wide effort. Staff and volunteers within the Manchester-based Pilot Group worked to design and manufacture the

  • Firm launches to 'bust' Covid 19

    A HEALTH and hygiene business has launched to provide PPE for people and businesses in Leigh and the north west. COVID-19 Buster provides masks, gloves and 80 per cent sanitiser, as well as food parcels for individuals, family and relatives in care