Attending Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court for sentencing, he was banned from the road for a year and ordered to complete ...

The schoolboy killer of a Wigan dad in a churchyard robbery and gang attack has had his prison sentence extended for stabbing ...

There were moving scenes as Wigan Athletic superfan Darren Orme made a final trip to the club's stadium ahead of his funeral ...

The cortège then made its way to Wigan Parish Church where the funeral was held. A celebration of his life is taking place at the stadium this afternoon. The club said: "The Wigan community came ...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, who once wanted to be a lorry driver, stands an outside chance of becoming the first English head ...

Liverpool-born Cardinal Vincent Nichols has been Archbishop of Westminster and head of the Catholic Church in England and ...

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop John Sherrington as the new archbishop of Liverpool. Sherrington replaces Archbishop Malcolm Patrick McMahon, OP, who submitted his resignation after serving the ...

A Radcliffe primary school has been praised for its “authentic and passionate leadership” by CSI education inspectors ...

North Lancashire has said a fond farewell to a parish priest ... He served in Wigan and Barnsley before moving to Over Kellet in 1983. Ken died at home on March 1 and the service and burial took place ...