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Wigan Council, believes all three options would have serious consequences for Wigan Borough.  Hitting out at the proposals, he said: “Greater Manchester rail passengers have been experiencing poor performance for too long.“Alternative solutions, such as improved infrastructure, must be explored before passengers are further penalised with reduced levels of service.“The taskforce was supposed to recommend improvements to rail services, not make an already poor service worse."If approved, these

Leigh, Atherton and Hindley neighbourhood team. Police were called at around 4pm following the finding and closed off the road and footpath.

Wigan borough, next month.Plans to build 117 homes in the 'quiet and tranquil' village of Lowton were approved in December 2019, despite objections from more than 70 local residents.Lancashire-based housebuilding company Redrow has now acquired 13 acres of land, ahead of the planned construction of Oakwood Fields - as it is set to be known.The land is based just to the north of Bainbridge Avenue and the plans include a mix of three and four-bedroom homes, with open plan layouts.Claire Jarvis,

Loudspeakers will be installed at Salford Quays in an attempt to deter people from jumping from bridges into the canal.It comes after almost 200 lockdown breaches were reported in a single month.Hundreds of people have flocked to the area during spells of warm weather since April - with some coming from as far away as Wigan borough.Teenagers and adults have been spotted leaping into the Manchester Ship Canal from the Detroit Bridge, or taking part in unauthorised swimming, despite these

Wigan borough found to be inadequate by Ofsted.

herePosting on Twitter, Wigan Council said: "Each week, we will publish a Covid-19 tracker for the borough showing the latest info over the last 7 days."This week, we can confirm that Wigan Borough has the lowest rate of new cases in Greater Manchester and new cases continue to reduce each week."Our rates are now a the lowest since mid-March.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has cast doubts over the future of a key – but controversial – HS2 link running through Wigan borough.