Paul Prescott: Last News

A shop in Wigan has been forced to close for three months after illegally selling vapes to children.

Do you prefer pea wet or gravy with your chippy tea? That is what new ‘ballot bins’ are asking Wiganers in a bid to stop cigarette ends being dropped on the floor.

‘ Wigan has enough houses’ says one councillor who proposed the borough should withdraw from the Places for Everyone plan. Coun James Watson, of the Independent Network, saw his plan to join Stockport in opting out of the plan and pursuing Wigan’s best interests thwarted by Labour members in the town hall chamber this week.

A controversial plan for a new 1,100 community in Wigan has been given the go-ahead.

Proposals for a multi-million pound programme of works to improve major roads in Wigan are set to be put into place next week. The projects, funded by developer contributions to offset the impact of house building schemes in Standish, Lowton and Golborne total around £8 million.

A homeowner has been fined in court for dumping 46 bin bags, a leather chair, sofa and a fridge freezer in their back garden. The Wiganer was one of the three residents found guilty of failing to clear mounds of rubbish outside their properties who have been fined more than £2,500 as Wigan Council crackdown on illegal waste issues.

Leigh, were hit with the penalty on Sunday, January 17. Council and police officers piled into the shop to find 10 customers inside.The three members of staff who were found to be flouting the latest lockdown by opening up the shop were issued with £1,000 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN).Meanwhile, the customers were given £200 FPNs.

Wigan pub has been forced to close after breaching coronavirus regulations, a council said. The Black Bull, on Market Street, Standish, was served a direction notice by Wigan town hall and Greater Manchester Police under new powers granted by updated Covid-19 regulations.

Wigan, was forced to close on Friday (September 4) after being found to be in breach of the rules.

Wigan Council.

Wigan council has restored an ‘extremely unsafe’ derelict mill that has become an anti-social behaviour hotspot and caught on fire last month.The town hall carried out a series of works on the listed Pagefield Mill after its owner failed to comply with a legal notice to do so.The local authority removed a section of ironworks which was at risk of falling from the chimney and plans to weld shut entrances to a number of underground tunnels on the complex later this month.It’s the latest step taken by the town hall, which has already spent more than £160,000 to try and make the building secure.The mill has become a target for trespassers and last month four fire engines were called to the mill.Councillor Paul Prescott, cabinet member for