A council has been accused of ‘acting like communist China’ for suspending a loyal librarian of 34 years. Maureen O’Bern, 58, says she has been punished by Wigan council, Greater Manchester, after raising concerns about the £130million redevelopment of The Galleries shopping centre. In social media posts, Ms O’Bern, who worked at Leigh Library, south … Read more
Covid outbreak closes Leicester primary school until after Easter while just one year group is left at Manchester secondary after pupils test positive St Mary’s Fields Primary School has sent 480 pupils home after a Covid outbreak Two secondary schools in Wigan have sent year groups home after positive tests St Mary’s Catholic High School … Read more
Covid outbreak closes Leicester primary school until after Easter while just one year group is left at Manchester secondary after pupils test positive St Mary’s Fields Primary School has sent 480 pupils home after a Covid outbreak Two secondary schools in Wigan have sent year groups home after positive tests St Mary’s Catholic High School … Read more
Two friends who lost touch for 73 years had an emotional reunion after moving into the same care home. Marion Darbyshire, 91, and Winnie Shaw, 94, initially became friends in their twenties when they worked as sewing apprentices at a factory producing men’s trousers in Wigan, Lancashire. However, the pair lost touch after Winne left … Read more
Birmingham could be forced into lockdown today as ministers meet to discuss plans to tackle the city’s spiralling Covid-19 outbreak. Health Secretary Matt Hancock is said to have chaired the ‘gold command meeting’ this morning, alongside council bosses and Public Health England. Official figures show the city of Birmingham’s infection rate has more than doubled … Read more
Would you go behind bars for £100k? Ground-floor flat for sale in a converted police station boasts a bathroom with a jailhouse door and a walk-in wardrobe with a food hatch The flat in Greater Manchester is being sold via online action, guide price £100k It has some of the original features that were in … Read more
Wigan residents expressed anger and bemusement at the Government’s new lockdown restrictions questioning why they should apply to them when they can boast of one of the lowest infection rates in the region. Figures show that Wigan has a weekly infection rate of 7.7 compared to other Greater Manchester boroughs such as Oldham, at 57.3 … Read more
Wigan residents expressed anger and bemusement at the Government’s new lockdown restrictions questioning why they should apply to them when they can boast of one of the lowest infection rates in the region. Figures show that Wigan has a weekly infection rate of 7.7 compared to other Greater Manchester boroughs such as Oldham, at 57.3 … Read more
Championship club Wigan Athletic – who won the FA Cup in 2013 – are placed into administration, blaming the ‘significant impact’ of coronavirus Championship club Wigan Athletic have been placed into administration Joint administrators have been appointed to save the club and staff jobs The suspension of the league season due to covid has been … Read more
A nurse who helped a dying pensioner with coronavirus symptoms get to the hospital after the pair had been involved in a crash has been offerd a new car. Mental health nurse Lucy Duncan, 24, was driving her Fiat 500X home from a 12-hour shift at Wigan Infirmary last Thursday, when her car was hit … Read more