Monthly Archives: March 2012
Hollywood comes to Wigan
Writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie, rugby league legend Billy Boston and John Winnard, one half of the team behind Uncle Joe’s Mintballs have been honoured as three of Wigan’s most famous sons. They have had their names immortalised in a Hollywood-style Walk of Fame at the Wigan Life Centre.
Read more...Community rallies round con victim
The Wigan community has been thanked by a pensioner for helping her get back on her feet after she fell victim to a rogue workman. Theresa Byrne had her garden cleared and tidied by Good Samaritan David Blackburn, of DB Gardening Services in Billinge, after she was conned out of £80 for work that was never done.
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