Jan Fulster, 61, is a retired teacher from Wigan. She tells Claire Donnelly why she's helping co-ordinate the WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaign in her region - fighting against ...

Melanie Powell and Wendy Richards are pointing up at the empty shell of the NHS building behind them. “My life was saved up on that floor,” Melanie says, peering inside the worn woodwork of the ...

The leisure, culture and entertainment sectors are being targeted by Step Places, the development partner of Wigan Council for the Wigan Pier complex of historic buildings. The scheme comprises 55,000 ...

The development partner of Wigan Council for the Wigan Pier complex of historic buildings is searching for leisure, culture and entertainment operators. Step Places is engaging the wider market for ...

Multi-million pound plans to transform the historic Wigan Pier into a multi-leisure destination have been revealed. Manchester-based regeneration developer Step Places has been chosen by Wigan Council ...

The final section of the former Wigan Pier Nightclub, popular during the 1990s house and rave scene, is being demolished. Wigan Council is knocking it down to develop part of the pier into a community ...

We have had lots of you sharing your comments and memories about the demise of the once hugely-popular Wigan Pier nightclub, after we reported demolition work on the venue was due to begin this week.

OVER the past few weeks, debates over British fiscal policy have been conducted under the shadow of George Orwell's "The Road to Wigan Pier", a powerful description of the poverty he found in the ...