The 2026 Challenge Cup competition gets underway this weekend – with four clubs from the Wigan and Leigh area in first-round ...

A new dedicated workshop and community space, Olive and Iris, is bringing something a little different to the Wigan borough, ...

The owner of Super League club Wigan, Dave Whelan, has moved to buy National League Two club Orrell in a £500,000 deal. Whelan, multi-millionaire owner of both the rugby league club and the JJB ...

Wigan rugby league club owner Dave Whelan has made a £500,000 takeover bid for union side Orrell. Multi-millionaire Whelan, who owns Wigan's JJB Stadium, caused a furore last week by suggesting the ...

An 18-year-old woman has been found dead at a beauty spot following a "brutal attack". Her body was found in Orrell Water Park in Wigan at 02:30 BST, Greater Manchester Police said. She had been ...

Philanthropist, hard-nosed entrepreneur or simple attention-seeker? Dave Whelan is possibly a mixture of all three, but in sport as in business, Wigan's favourite son has tended to get what he wants.

Wigan, battling to keep Kris Radlinski in rugby league, are encouraging another member of their squad to switch to union. Phil Jones, who has featured in the first team at stand-off this season, is ...

The open date and status above indicate when Orrell Holgate Academy opened or when it changed to its most recent incarnation, with a number of schools converting to academies in recent years. Where ...