As 2025 draws to a close, we take a look at some of the stories that have made big Wigan headlines in the second half of the ...

It’s been more than five years since the final section of the legendary Wigan Pier was demolished, but now a creator called Mike Mahoney has recreated the nightclub as a miniature detailed model.

Pictures showing the inside of Wigan Pier nightclub have been released, showing the famous venue just days before its planned demolition. Inside the Wigan Pier Nightclub Credit: Wigan Council ...

The redevelopment of Wigan Pier will start in early 2023 - more than three years after plans were first announced. The final section of the former Wigan Pier Nightclub, popular during the 1990s house ...

Start-up practice Southgate & Sarabia has won a commission to redevelop empty 18th-century buildings at Wigan’s famous Pier into a mixed-use scheme Councillors granted consent for the emerging firm’s ...

Plans would transform former coal jetty featured in George Orwell’s 1937 book Wigan Pier, made famous by George Orwell’s 1937 book on the bleak living conditions of the working class, may be ...

You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. In 1937, Orwell's book about poverty in Northern England shocked the country. Eighty years on, join us as we ...

George Walsh, 70, a retired mechanic, tells Claire Donnelly why he feels Wigan has lost its caring side. I preferred life in days gone by if I'm honest. Yes, a lot of people didn't have much but ...