Families with young children living near Tyldesley’s huge ‘cruise liner’ warehouses have complained to the government’s health and safety regulator – the HSE – over claims they have developed asthma ...

There were fewer former council homes in Wigan sold off under the Right to Buy scheme last year, new figures show.

Voters in Wigan have delivered a resounding snub to the council’s controlling Labour group by electing the town’.

A major housebuilder has submitted a full planning application to Wigan Council for the restoration of historic Winstanley Hall.

Voters in Wigan have delivered a resounding snub to the council’s controlling Labour group by electing the town’s first Reform UK councillor. Ex-Royal Military Policeman Lee Moffitt swept to victory ...

Reform UK won a “staggering” six council by-elections overnight, and was just 63 votes shy of pulling off a complete clean sweep of all seven seats up for grabs. The party began by holding a seat on ...

Five council by-elections this week, with two Labour defences, a Conservative defence, a Reform defence and a triple independent defence.

Voters in Wigan have delivered a resounding snub to the council’s controlling Labour group by electing the town’s first Reform UK councillor.

Wigan is being defined as the town of the future with plans unveiled for town centre living, an Etihad-style sports village, a transport gateway along the West Coast Mainline, growth ...

A councillor has raised concern at claims Halifax’s Square Chapel Arts Centre could be used as a dressing room for The Piece Hall gigs on a long-term basis – and for five months of the year.

On Monday 29 September 2025, Wigan Council hosted the Progress With Unity Children and Young People’s Health Summit at The Edge Conference Centre, Wigan. The event brought together council officers, ...

Councillor David Molyneux MBE, leader of Wigan Council, said: "High Street Rental Auctions zones are a great way to re-engage with landlords of long-term empty buildings and make our town centres ...