In July, Wigan Council became one of the first local authorities to adopt and support the Let’s Be Blunt campaign, which is ...

Wigan Council Trading Standards seizes thousands of illegal cigarettes, vapes, and counterfeit goods in crackdown on rogue traders and ...

Tens of thousands of illegal cigarettes and vapes have been seized across the borough this year in a continued crackdown on ...

Wigan council has announced its first ‘no cuts’ budget for over a decade, with council tax set to be frozen for a seventh year in a row. The town hall has seen a ‘significant improvement’ in its ...

Can technology augment a more caring and responsive community? According to Wigan Council, the answer is yes. The metropolitan borough council in the UK's north-west is a decade into a close and ...

Councillors for Wigan confirmed that tax will rise by 4.99 per cent after a majority vote came in following four hours of debate. The town hall was packed out on the first day of March for the first ...

Wigan council has announced a system for electronic permits at Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs) which it says will reduce waiting time from five days to two hours. The new system is part ...

Residents in Wigan seem broadly accepting of a 4.8 per cent rise in council home rents – but they want maintenance and repairs of their ...

Wigan Council will consult on scrapping its arm’s-length management organisation (ALMO) and bringing housing management back in-house. The council reviewed Wigan and Leigh Homes and a subsequent ...

Ray Smith has run a stall selling shoes at Wigan Market for 34 years Worried traders say they are being "kept in the dark" over their forthcoming move into a new indoor market hall being built in ...

The Face of Wigan sculpture in the town centre has had a rainbow Pride makeover Hundreds of people have attended Wigan's first ever Pride festival, which was inspired by actor Sir Ian McKellan, who ...