Philip Housley: Last News

A man was attacked as he walked past two groups of men armed with weapons who were involved in a dispute, police have said. The man, aged in his 30s, was walking home from work at the time.

A man died as a result of a brain injury that he received when he was pushed from his wheelchair 11 years earlier, an inquest has heard. Stevie Dainton was left ‘profoundly disabled’ after the incident at Bolton’s Birtenshaw Hall School in May 2009.

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click on this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyWigan News'.Detective Inspector Philip Housley, from GMP's Wigan district, said: "We understand that the community may be shocked by this incident, however, we currently believe that this incident is isolated and there's no wider risk to the community."We are doing all we can to get to the bottom of what happened and officers are already carrying out a number of lines of enquiry."We believe there may have been people in the area at the time that may have some vital information that may be able to assist us."Anyone with information is asked to call 0161 856 7254 quoting log 2801 of 04/02/2021.Details can be passed anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

in Wigan. Police were called to Westbourne Avenue in Leigh just after 8.45pm on Thursday (February 4).

Police are no longer treating the death of an elderly woman in Wigan as murder.

A 72-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at her home in Wigan.