A CHARITY strongman competition has raised £1,034.51 for The Brick, a Wigan-based charity. Leigh's Strongest 2025 was held in August at House of Grit & Glory and saw competitors take on tyre flips and ...

A PLAN to convert a house into a care home for up to six teenagers has been withdrawn. The proposal, submitted for 251 Chapel Street, Leigh, aimed to change the property 's use from a dwelling to a ...

A NEW automatic number plate recognition parking system has been introduced. The system has been rolled out by the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) across ...

A DETACHED four-bedroom house with its own private putting green is on the market in Banbury Close, Leigh. The property, listed at offers in the region of £800,000, is described as rare for the area ...

Messi’s two-goal effort also propelled him past Nashville’s Sam Sturridge in the race for the Golden Boot award.

Tributes continue to be paid to former Liverpool Women’s manager Matt Beard after he died at the age of 47. Beard won two Women’s Super League titles at Liverpool and was described as “a person of ...

A song complaining about the amount of media coverage Nigel Farage’s Reform UK receives features in the latest songbook for the Liberal Democrats’ traditional end-of-conference bash. The Impartial ...

Former Chelsea boss Emma Hayes has hailed Matt Beard as “one of the best humans” and a “champion in the women’s game” after his death at the age of 47. It was announced on Saturday night that the ...

The UK is braced for disruption as heavy rain is set to bring flooding, with hail and thunder also possible. More than 20 red flood warnings are in place across the West Midlands and north-west of ...

The Government announced plans at the start of the year to reduce aid spending to 0.3 of national income to fund greater defence spending.

Several international airports are experiencing disruption after an alleged cyber attack on a technical partner.

The battalion established its first remotely-piloted air system (RPAS) platoon at the start of the year, becoming the first in the regiment to do so. Formed in 2006, the Royal Regiment of Scotland ...