Encouraging youngsters to be curious about learning is a focal point of teaching at Aspull Church Primary, the latest school to feature in our Class Act picture profile. Headteacher Howard Smout said: ...

Wigan Athletic striker Paul Mullin says he is hopeful of a swift return to action after he hobbled off the pitch during ...

Wigan Athletic manager Ryan Lowe says his side must “dust themselves down and go again” after a bruising week that saw them ...

Anti-social behaviour by youths – including alcohol-related incidents and items being thrown at cars – led to police implementing a second dispersal order in the borough.

The man – named only as Anthony – was last seen at around 3.20pm at the Spinning Gate Shopping Centre in Leigh. Police say ...

A Wigan 38-year-old has been accused of savagely attacking a man he was trying to mug. Kristopher Ayre, of Broom Road, ...

Black people in Greater Manchester are more than twice as likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act as white people, ...

A 74-year-old from Leigh has been charged with a series of historical child sexual offences. Maurice Smith, of Patterdale Road, appeared before Wigan magistrates to face four allegations of sexually ...

Ryan Lowe admitted he may have to be tougher on his Wigan Athletic squad after Saturday's defeat to Cardiff City.