Golborne Comprehensive / High School is 40 years old this year To celebrate this landmark there is a reunion for all years at Lowton Civic Hall on September 26th at 7.30. We are hoping to get students back from every year group, yes even as far back to 1969 and as many old and ancient [...]

Golborne High School has for the second year running achieved its best ever GCSE results. The 5 A*-C figures increased by 12% to 74%, the highest figures in the school’s history, exceeding the local authority and school targets. The 5 A*-C figures (including English and Maths) showed an improvement on last year and once again [...]

Swine flu has spread rapidly across Wigan since the borough’s first case was officially confirmed on July 4. Although the Ashton, Leigh and Wigan NHS Trust did not disclose any details about the patient, it was rumoured to be someone from Standish. Until they fell ill the Trust had been dealing only with ‘possible’ and [...]