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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Wigan schoolgirl’s monster role

Wigan schoolgirl Sophia Andrews has won the role as the voice of a lead character in a hit American TV show. She will be playing the lead character of Tiny in the animated series Dinosaur Train which follows the adventures of the Pteranodon family. It has gained millions of fans around the world and will be given a new English-accented soundtrack before it is broadcast on British screens.

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Wigan is safe

Wigan has been named as the safest place to live in Greater Manchester. The latest police statistics have shown that there are fewer crimes committed in the town than any other part of Greater Manchester.

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£21,480… it’s finders keepers

A Lancashire couple, who did the honest thing and handed in £21,000 that they found on their doorstep to the Police, have been allowed to keep the cash. Ian Roberts, 61, and Pam Curtis, 58, found the £21,480 windfall in £20 notes in a plastic bag inside a wicker basket outside their home. The Lytham St Annes locals, who are both retired, decided to give the money to the police because they had no way of knowing who it belonged …

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