→ September 9, 2010
A RUTHLESS gang is on the run after a terrified woman was tied up during a raid on her Wigan home. An appeal for witnesses was today made for anyone with information about the robbery in Newton Lane, Golborne, last Thursday night. The 58-year-old occupant was terrorised by two masked men who burst into the [...]
→ August 31, 2010
THE claim that the MMR vaccine is totally safe was in doubt again today after a landmark ruling for the Wigan boy who started the whole controversy of triple jab side-effects. The Vaccine Damage Payment Unit has ruled that 18-year-old Robert Fletcher’s severe disabilities were caused by the inoculation when he was a toddler. For [...]
→ August 25, 2010
Police have arrested two people in raids across Wigan today (24/8/10) as part of an operation to crack a major drug dealing gang. Warrants were executed at five addresses in Golborne and Platt Bridge as part of Operation Delmas. Led by the North West Regional Crime Unit, the raids were supported by armed officers from [...]
→ August 3, 2010
AN ELECTRICAL company has sparked anger after a conservation area in Wigan was torn up and filled with tarmac. Paving stones in Golborne’s High Street were removed while work was carried out by Electricity North West (ENW) to repair underground cables. Work has now finished but instead of replacing the beautiful stones, a section of [...]
