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11/01/2026

Challenge Cup round one round-up as Orrell St James progress but nine ties postponed

11/01/2026

Wigan Athletic footballer Roberto Martinez helps pupils from Southlands High School in Chorley to brush up on their Spanish during a visit to the school in 2001. The pupils are Kara Slack from year 9 and Philip Moss from year 10

11/01/2026

Wigan captain Andy Farrell gets a cold beer shower on receiving the Premiership trophy in 1996

11/01/2026

Locals enjoying an old-time music hall concert in Hindley in 1971

11/01/2026

Eight areas of land - including a former school playing field - could be sold by Wigan Council to make way for new housing

11/01/2026

Never-before-seen-online Wigan pictures of St Jude's Primary pupils in 2013

11/01/2026

“A wonderful teacher” who “lit up every room she entered.” Tributes paid to Sarah Halpenny 💔. Full story in comments 👇Via NationalWorld

11/01/2026

A fed-up resident wants to see progress on work to turn a derelict Wigan chapel into 'beautiful' apartments

11/01/2026

A Wigan Observer cameraman was on hand to take this picture of a tractor full of hay which caught fire at the junction of Old Lane and Shevington Lane in August 1984

11/01/2026

All councils are now rated with a traffic light system for pothole repair success. Wigan Council, like most local authorities, is an amber. Tell us what you think of the condition of local roads compared to those elsewhere.

11/01/2026

Two men have been charged following the discovery of one of the UK's biggest ever cannabis hauls in a village near Wigan

11/01/2026

A Wigan 41-year-old has been charged with ra**ng a schoolgirl on three occasions

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