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 ...

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 ...

A man has been arrested by police investigating reports that a woman was sexually assaulted in Wigan. A woman reported she ...