Wigan

The converted Wigan police station flat with a barred door and food hatch 

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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 mother spends £50k transforming her four-bedroom home into a pink and rose gold palace  

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A businesswoman spent an eye watering £50,000 transforming the decor of her new build home to have a blush pink and rose gold theme in every room.  Mum Gemma Markland, 30, spent months trawling shops for matching furnishings before she had even bought her first house – a £330,000 four bedroom detached property in Wigan, … Read more

Wigan residents say they’re unfairly included in lockdown area

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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 of Wigan say they are unfairly penalised on edge of new lockdown area

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Why have WE been locked down? Residents of Wigan – on the edge of northern lockdown area and with relatively few cases – say they have been unfairly penalised Boris Johnson today warned that coronavirus case numbers are ‘creeping up’ Partial lockdown reimposed on Greater Manchester and parts of other counties Wigan is on edge … Read more

Championship club Wigan Athletic are placed into administration

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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

Wigan mental health nurse given new car after helping Covid-19 patient, 78, who hit her car

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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

Wigan murder arrest sees 72-year-old in custody as woman, 70, found dead in her home

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Man, 72, is arrested for murder after woman, 70, was found dead in her Wigan home Greater Manchester Police ‘keeping an open mind’ after woman, 72, found dead Paramedics were called to woman’s home in Wigan at around 3am on Tuesday Police arrested 72-year-old man at the scene, he remains in custody  By Luke May … Read more