22+ hour, 58+ min ago  (440+ words) A SHOPPING centre has earned a prestigious award. Spinning Gate in Leigh won silver at this year's International Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards at a ceremony held at St Paul's Cathedral in London. The recognition marks the centre's third CSR…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (378+ words) A NEW partnership aims to keep neurodivergent young people out of the criminal justice system. Defence solicitors Olliers Solicitors and Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN) are launching a three-year programme focused on reducing the number of neurodivergent young people entering…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (160+ words) A nursery has been named among the best in the region on a industry review website. Partou Footprints Day Nursery and Pre-school in Atherton earned a place in the top 20 for the North West in the daynurseries. co. uk Top…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (405+ words) ONE of the UK's leading childcare providers welcomed a visit from a local MP. Leigh and Atherton MP Jo Platt toured Partou Storytimes Day Nursery and Pre-school on Leigh Road, one of Atherton's most established nurseries, during her visit. She…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (415+ words) A CHART-TOPPING Leigh band and a charity leader have been named among the borough's latest recipients of its highest honour. Homegrown heroes the Lottery Winners, The Lathums, and charity campaigner Mike Sharkey will each receive a Believe Star later in…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (362+ words) Leigh Tearoom and Community Hub has acted as an anchor for the foster care community since its opening in May last year, but its roots in foster care throughout the borough go far beyond the high street tearoom. Val Hogan,…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (168+ words) THREE schoolchildren have suffered potentially serious injuries after falling from the top deck of a school bus. Emergency services rushed to the scene on Bolton Road, in Ashton-in-Makerfield this evening (Wednesday, January 7). Police said three high school children have fallen…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (534+ words) NEW funding from the council and its partners will give young creatives from Leigh the opportunity to film a documentary alongside chart-topping band, The Lottery Winners. The initiative from Wigan Council and its cultural partners means that 100per cent of BBC…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (587+ words) The burden placed on school and college leaders and teachers has "never been higher, a teaching union has warned. Schools are having to run food banks and support families with housing as under-funded wider public services "crumble around them, a…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (300+ words) A council has backed a national call for change in how schools support children with dyslexia. Wigan Council has formally supported the Jamie Oliver Group's Dyslexia Revolution campaign, which urges the government to introduce universal dyslexia screening in primary schools…...