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The regeneration game – Cash boost for Leigh community (10/03/2010)
A Leigh community is set for a quarter of a million pound makeover as Wigan Council pledges to invest in the future of Plank Lane.
Sugar, Spice And All Things Nice (10/03/2010)
ONE of the region’s largest gatherings of chocolatiers, confectioners, cake bakers and ice cream makers will descend on Wigan town centre this weekend.
Wigan Borough Is A “Biodiversity Hotspot” (10/03/2010)
WIGAN’S wet and wild side has been given the seal of approval. The borough’s rich industrial past has helped to create the most biologically diverse place in the whole of Greater Manchester; and the endorsement for that fact doesn’t get much higher!
Wigan Life – Change4Life (10/03/2010)
That’s the message from community leaders and health specialists who are urging everyone in Wigan Borough to make 2010 their Change4Life year.
New nursery for Platt Bridge (10/03/2010)
A new private day nursery called Jack in the Box will open its doors on Monday, March 22 at Platt Bridge Community Zone.
Kicking ASB into touch (10/03/2010)
A sports project which dramatically cut youth-related anti-social behaviour in Wigan town centre has been praised by a Home Office minister.
Open Art Exhibition Opens! (09/03/2010)
VISITORS to the Turnpike Gallery will soon be able to discover the wealth of artistic talent that exists in Wigan and Leigh. The annual Open exhibition starts on Saturday 13 March and is a celebration of the diversity of current artistic practice in the borough.
And the Winner is…Life’s rich reward for borough’s unsung heroes (08/03/2010)
Ordinary people who do extraordinary things… Those who give up their free-time to help others… Those who add to the richness of life in Wigan Borough through their actions… This is Wigan Life and these are the Wigan Life Awards.
Match of the Day – Mayor and Minister ‘kick-off’ for football glory (08/03/2010)
It’s a game of two halves… And on this occasion one half is Wigan Borough’s first citizen Cllr Mark Aldred, whilst the other half is Leigh MP and Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham.
