Here is a full list of the proportion of the workforce economically inactive because of sickness, by local area.

People are classed as economically inactive if they are of working age and not in employment but not currently looking for ...

Doug Laughton, who has died aged 80, was one of the four surviving players from the last time Great Britain’s rugby league ...

Police say they are becoming “increasingly concerned” for a schoolgirl who has been missing for two days. Fourteen-year-old ...

A Wigan tycoon who went to to co-found the town's youth zone and support many other charities has been appointed Greater ...

Wanderers have received a further allocation of tickets for the upcoming trip to Wigan in League One. The Whites’ initial allocation of 4,231 for the fixture at the Brick Community Stadium was snapped ...

Wanderers have received a further allocation of tickets for the upcoming trip to Wigan in League One. The Whites’ initial allocation of 4,231 for the fixture at the Brick Community Stadium was snapped ...

Christopher Boylan, of Keswick Place, Higher Ince, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and possession of criminal ...

West Lancashire Borough Council has gifted £17,500 to Up Holland Hub. The money is from the authority’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund, a programme aiming to offer financial support to local businesses and ...

Detectives uncovered a huge cocaine-smuggling operation operating out of a skip hire on Wigan Wallgate. Following a ...

Wigan will be joining in the national celebrations of the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day later this year.

A gang involved in a cocaine network, who operated their illegal business from a skip hire, have been caught after they ...