A prime development opportunity has emerged on Woodside Parade, Leigh, ahead of plans for four new family homes ...

Peter Hughes, interim CEO of the Ortu Trust, wrote to parents over “significant changes that will take place over the coming months” ...

Thousands of staff absences across south Essex’s hospitals are down to mental health issues facing staff – a freedom of information request ...

A TEENAGER has been left shaken after being “robbed at knifepoint” by two hooded thugs in Leigh. The 18-year-old, who wishes not to be named, was walking up Leigh Steps from the town’s train station ...

A Leigh fighter overcame both a broken rib and dislocated toe to throw opponent after opponent onto the mat as he won gold at the Judo World ...