A huge wealth shift is underway as trillions move from older generations to younger ones, with women now inheriting more ...

New Year’s Day was a time of heartbreak and devastation as a huge storm hit with a vengeance. One of the worst hit ...

A Wigan man who struggled with his mental health after being released from prison died after being hit by a train, an inquest ...

Emergency services rushed to a house in Leigh when a blaze broke out. Nel Pan Lane was closed to traffic while firefighters ...

Wigan health chiefs welcomed England Rugby League’s head coach Shaun Wane to declare two new theatres at Wrightington ...

Police are appealing for help to find a missing teenager who was last seen in Wigan town centre. The girl – named only as ...

Already one of Wigan’s most exciting projects, Cotton Works has now been given a huge boost that will see further phases of ...

St John Rigby College is celebrating a stunning sporting success as Year 12 Sport and Exercise Science student Elizabeth ...

Darren Jones, 38, of Keats Avenue, Worsley Mesnes, appeared before Wigan magistrates to plead not guilty to a single charge ...

One of Wigan town centre’s main thoroughfares is set to re-open to traffic later today after work to make safe a blaze-hit ...

Luke Kemp, from the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, is one of the talking heads in the BBC's new history ...

Christmas will officially begin in a Wigan village next weekend when its popular festive market returns, promising a day ...