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All news releases are issued by the council's Public Relations team. For general media and press enquiries, email pr@wigan.gov.uk.
Latest news
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- As young people across Wigan Borough donned their backpacks for the beginning of the new academic year, one resident was celebrating the start of his own new chapter after landing a job at a school.
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- 15/09/2021
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- Improvements to traffic flow and congestion have been identified as the most important issues for residents in Golborne and Lowton.
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- 14/09/2021
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- Ensuring that Wigan Borough's heritage is properly recognised and celebrated and that our unique buildings are conserved for the benefit of everyone.
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- 10/09/2021
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- Wigan Council has been lauded for its #TeamWigan ethic and response to the pandemic in being named UK Council of the Year for 2021.
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- 10/09/2021
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- An official unveiling of a statue designed to commemorate Wigan Borough's mining history is one of several events taking place this weekend.
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- 09/09/2021
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- Today is the start of a four-week drive to encourage open conversations about mental wellbeing in Wigan Borough.
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- 09/09/2021
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- Councillor Paul Prescott blog about the Big Listening Festival - Climate change
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- 08/07/2021
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- Many of our communities became stronger and closer during the pandemic. But how do we support and keep listening to communities as we recover?
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- 23/06/2021
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- Work to better connect the Wigan Pier Quarter with Wigan town centre starts today (21 June).
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- 21/06/2021
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- 'Left behind' places will be "short-changed" and inequality will grow if money for the NHS, schools and councils is not protected and 'levelling up' plans are not better targeted, peers have warned.
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- 24/05/2021