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Huge emergency response before 'extremely cold' teenagers rescued from quarry
The youths called 999 after becoming stuck in mud as they trespassed on the side
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Injured and freezing cold teenagers rescued from a muddy quarry by the emergency services
Police say that they could have had a tragedy on their hands had not one of a group of teenagers had a phone when they became stuck in mud while trespassing at a remote quarry in pitch blackness and driving rain.
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Police introduce a new exclusion zone around Wigan town centre in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour
A worrying spike in anti-social behaviour and violence has prompted police to impose another dispersal order on Wigan town centre.
Police issue dispersal order in Wigan after 'surge' in unprovoked violent incidents
The disorder is said to be youth-related
Makerfield MP Josh Simons calls suggestions that he commissioned a probe to discredit journalists "complete nonsense"
A Wigan MP has described suggestions that he commissioned a probe into national journalists to discredit them when head of a Labour thinktank as “nonsense.”
Dozens of firefirefighters battle huge blaze at former Leigh town centre church
A former Leigh town centre church has been destroyed by a huge blaze.
Wigan Youth Zone has announced the 'devastating loss' of a much-loved member of its staff
Wigan Youth Zone will not be open today (Saturday February 7) as it mourns the death of one of its staff.
Never-before-seen-online pictures of Marsh Green and Rectory CE Primary pupils in 2013
Most of these pictures – taken for the Wigan Observer’s Class Act profile pages in April 2013 – have not been seen since they appeared in print almost 13 years ago.
Inside Manchester drugs gang as 'Bonnie and Clyde' took orders from mystery man in Dubai
Five dealers have been jailed, but their boss remains at large
Once branded 'worst pub in Wigan' - the award-winning boozer that's gone from 'ugly duckling to white swan'
"The fact that it's retained its grandeur, but is also a proper town centre, community pub, makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck"
I limed with the locals to discover the other side of Barbados and you should too
I’m venturing across the seaweed strewn beach with my new friend Sheena Rose who played on these very sands as an adventurous child.
Review: Citroen ë-C3
Electric cars, such as the Citroen ë-C3 are becoming much more affordable
The average mobile phone camera roll has the faces of 350 strangers
The average mobile phone camera roll has the faces of 350 strangers thanks to accidental photobombing by passers-by, tourists and random faces in the background.
Parcel2Go offers £25 free postage credit to small businesses using its new free service
The shipping comparison site is offering small businesses a £25 prepaid credit to try its Smart Send tool and manage deliveries more efficiently
nhow that's what I call music
Music makes the world go round, global beats long soundtracked by seminal London streets.
Vodafone Business cuts broadband prices in half for 12 months on longer contracts
Small businesses can cut broadband costs with 12 months at half price on Vodafone Business fibre deals until March 2026
I stayed at a cosy Peak District hideaway near Chatsworth Estate
I found great food cosy rooms and a stunning moorland location at this Peak District hideaway near Chatsworth
Four people arrested and multiple firearms seized following raids across Greater Manchester including Wigan borough
Four people have been arrested and multiple firearms seized following a series of coordinated police raids across Greater Manchester, including in Wigan borough.
Loveholidays sale: How to book seven-night breaks for just £20 per person per night
The online travel agent has unveiled a limited-time winter sale with discounted European breaks, low deposits and flights included