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The Department for Education has announced 50 schools who will benefit from the School Rebuilding Programme. The department has prioritised schools for the first 50 projects based on the condition of their buildings. Schools have been prioritised that are known to have Laingspan or Intergrid buildings, which are in the poorest condition as identified in data collected by the department. Fred Longworth High School in Tyldesley is among the 50 projects to have been selected, A statement...

Payback time for the heavy who tortured a major league drug dealer then fled to Spain Big Dave was one of the most wanted fugitives in the United Kingdom Updated The lock-up where the man was held (Image: MEN Media) The heavy of a gang who posed as police officers and kidnapped a drug dealer before demanding £500,000 in cash and drugs for his release has admitted his part in the plot. Micah Walfall, 36, who was referred to by other offenders as Big Dave, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kidnap....

Police close off road and footpath after magnet fishers find grenade in canal The grenade was found off Higher Green Lane, in Astley 19:28, 7 FEB 2021 Police blocked off Higher Green Lane, in Astley, after a grenade was found (Image: Manchester Evening News) For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter hereInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters...

An application by Star Academies had received cross-party support in the town. And now the bid has been endorsed by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson as one of 21 proposed new free schools nationwide. The site of the former Riverside School - which closed in 2014 - has been suggested as the new Radcliffe ventures home. Another application by Kings Leadership Academy for a high school in Farnworth has also been approved. And work to rebuild portions of Fred Longworth High in Tyldesl...

Neil Ormston at Widnes Rugby Union Club with the two trophies he reunited that have been won by Warrington Wolves THE hunt is on for silverware won by Warrington Wolves in the 1970s but are currently whereabouts unknown. Warrington Guardian started an appeal online last week to find the Captain Morgan Trophy won in 1974, but it has become clear it is not the only prize off the radar from decades past. The locations of the Club Championship, also won by The Wire in 1973/74, and the League ...

And long-awaited proposals for Radcliffes new high school have also been endorsed by Whitehall. The Kings Leadership Academy in Great Lever was one of 21 anticipated free schools being unveiled by the Department of Education today. Star Academies will run the Radcliffe venture, an idea which has received cross-party support in the town. The site of the former Riverside School has been suggested as a possible home. Blueprints for the Kings school, on land close to Freshfield Avenue and G...

A closure is still in place A ROAD closure remains in place due to an unsafe building. Elliott Street, Tyldesley, was closed on Tuesday due to an unsafe building from Astley Street to Lime Street. Wigan Council said on Tuesday: "Please be aware that an emergency road closure has been put in place due to a dangerous building in Elliott Street, Tyldesley. "The closure has taken place to allow scaffolding to be erected and once the building is safe the road closure will be lifted." The r...

UPGRADE: Shakerley Lane railway bridge A £3m engineering scheme will see a railway bridge between Atherton and Bolton rebuilt. Work as part of the Great North Rail Project will also see more than a mile of track replaced on the line, which links Hag Fold, Atherton and Walkden, to improve drainage. Engineers say the operation will help to better protect the tracks, between Hindley and Manchester Victoria stations, from flooding in future. For this a number of weekend regional services n...

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Town centre road closed due to dangerous building An emergency road closure for Elliott Street, in Tyldesley, was issued this morning 14:37, 2 FEB 2021 Elliott Street, in Tyldesley, has been closed due to an unsafe building (Image: ABNM Photography) For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter hereInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometim...