Healthy Early Years Forum helps to support the child health agenda
Child health experts from Wigan have joined forces this week to help promote the health agenda for young children.
The Healthy Early Years Setting Status Forum took place on 5th March 2010 at the professional development centre in Hindley, Wigan.
Coordinators from a range of settings met to discuss key areas affecting children including healthy eating, good de...More
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Housing Minister visits Wigan
Housing Minister John Healey is set to visit Wigan’s Scholes Village regeneration development (Thursday 11 March).
The minister will see two major projects featuring the new build of 52 homes to let and the refurbishment of six high rise blocks.
His first stop will be the new build development which is being delivered through a partnership between Wigan Council...More
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Sugar, Spice And All Things Nice
ONE of the region’s largest gatherings of chocolatiers, confectioners, cake bakers and ice cream makers will descend on Wigan town centre this weekend.
The Uncle Joe’s Sweet Tooth Fair, marks the climax of this year’s Wigan Food and Drink Festival and takes place on Friday 12 March and Saturday 13 March.
More than 20,000 people are expected to attend the even...More
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Wigan Borough Is A "Biodiversity Hotspot"
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!
British botanist, veteran broadcaster and environmental campaigner David Bellamy believes the borough of Wigan ...More
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Violent robbery on 73-year-old man
A pensioner was left lying unconscious with a broken nose by two robbers in Winstanley.
The attack on the 73-year-old man took place shortly after 12am on Sunday 7 March 2010, as the victim was walking home from the Poacher public house along Cambrian Crescent.
Two offenders approached the man and one of them asked him for a cigarette. The victim refused and wa...More
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Trencherfield Mill Doors are Open
This weekend, Trencherfield Mill will be opening its doors to show the lifestyle on offer at this stylish and historic development. The Stewart Milne Homes HomeBuy Direct event from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday 13th March, will not only showcase the superb apartments, but will also give details of how the Government’s HomeBuy Direct initiative can make life in Trenche...More
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Match of the Day...
Mayor and Minister ‘kick-off’ for football glory
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.
Now the pair have pitted their wits against each other in a challenge that involves the beautiful game.
Football may be ...More
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Teen jailed for attacking girls
A teenager who attacked two young girls - kicking one in the head - before stealing their mobile phones, has been jailed.
The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery at an earlier hearing, and has today, 4 March 2010, been given an eight month detention and training order at Wigan Magistrates' Court.
The...More
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Scam artists steal woman's bankcard - Wigan
Scam artists stole a woman's bankcard and used it to fraudulently withdraw cash.
It happened at an Asda store on Edge Green Lane in Golborne at about 1pm on 14 November 2009.
The victim, 53, was using the self-service checkout when one of the offenders sneakily watched her enter her bankcard details into a chip-and-pin device.
She then followed the woman ...More
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Damien calls for businesses to back the borough
Calling all employers...
Damien Halligan, Wigan Council’s newest recession buster, is calling businesses to support the borough’s economy by using local labour wherever possible.
Wigan Council has been leading the way in supporting residents and businesses during the credit crunch and working with advice centres to keep employment high.
Officers are committ...More
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Lamberhead Green Library Opening Soon!
MORE choice, more books, more computers and more time!
Residents in Orrell, Lamberhead Green, Kitt Green, Pemberton and Norley Hall are being encouraged to check out their new library which is offering more for everyone.
Library services, currently being delivered from Orrell Library, will relocate one mile to Lamberhead Green at the site of the new Abraham G...More
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Wigan’s Council Tax rise kept to 1.25 per cent
Councillors in Wigan Borough last night voted 41 to 22 to support the council’s 2010-11 budget.
Council leader Lord Peter Smith told members: “The council has sound finances and this is a sustainable budget. Wigan Council will continue to offer quality services which external bodies such as the Audit Commission say that we offer effectively to local people.”
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Help For Heroes
ATTENTION!
A club night for people with learning disabilities has raised more than £300 for members of the armed forces wounded in action.
Members of Respect Reflex dressed in military uniform to raise the cash for national charity Help For Heroes.
Respect Reflex is a monthly club night dedicated to encouraging adults with learning disabilities to get fit...More
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Wigan Flashes Gateways Get A Makeover
The Wigan Flashes Conservation And Community Group, supported by the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside, have raised a £444,000 to improve one of Wigan’s best-known and well-loved environmental resources. The Wigan Flashes Local Nature Reserve will benefit from this Community Spaces Grant, a National Lottery grant administered by Groundwor...More
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Parents alert!
If you’re a parent of someone aged between 14 and 19, then there are two diary dates to make a note of.
Council officers in the 14-19 development team have organised two events to enable parents to become aware of new learning opportunities available in their children’s schools. The first is at Wigan Skills Shop in the Grand Arcade on Thursday March 26 from 6 to ...More
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Lord Sugar's Grand Opening of the Wigan Skills Shop
Lord Sugar officially opened the Wigan Skills Shop, Grand Arcade in the Town Centre today, Tuesday 2nd March.
The new state-of-the-art Wigan Skills shop could lead to a better future for the people of Wigan.
Based in the heart of The Grande Arcade (opposite River Island), the Skills Shop offers the very best advice and guidance on jobs and careers, qualificatio...More
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Man arrested in Wigan
At 10pm on Monday 1 March 2010, there was a disturbance between two men on Ormskirk Road, Pemberton.
At around 11pm, police were called to Wigan Royal Infirmary after a 52-year-old man arrived in critical condition.
The man was transferred to Hope Hospital where he remains in a serious, but stable condition.
A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion o...More
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Witnesses sought following rtc
A 14-year-old boy was taken to hospital after colliding with a car as he was leaving school.
The collision took place at about 4.10pm on Wednesday 25 February 2010, on Wigan Road, near to a mini-roundabout at the junction of Newton Road.
He collided with a Honda Civic as he was crossing the road.
The boy was taken to Wigan Royal Infirmary for a scan to a he...More
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Wigan’s BSF vision gets underway with the handover of Abraham Guest
Wigan’s first new high school in almost 30 years is about to be unveiled with the handover of the new Abraham Guest high school in Orrell.
The school will be officially handed over to the authority by constructor, Willmott Dixon on 1 March 2010.
Abraham Guest is the first secondary school to be built under Wigan Council’s multi-million pound Schools for the Fu...More
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Happy Birthday BETA Netc@fe!
BETA Netc@fe, the UK’s first charity internet café is this week (w/c 1 March) celebrating its 10th birthday.
The Wigan based Netc@fe is the brain child of Project Directors, Eileen Bithell and Eileen Walsh. It was officially opened by football legend, Joe Royle on 29 February 2000.
The Netc@fé was established to provide part time employment / supported work...More
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