In Full

Tickets are now available for once-in-a-life borough concert in memory of a famous musical son.

Cold Feet (ITV, Mondays, 9pm) is back, and as reassuringly warm and golden as ever. It’s an incredible series really, in that it makes Manchester look as green and bucolic as a forest glade, and the interiors could have come from a John Lewis catalogue.

A toddler is in a critical condition in hospital after being hit by a van.

A woman caught drinking vodka at the wheel was four times the limit, a court heard.

Almost a fifth of people in the north west who have bought a puppy were asked to collect their dog in a carpark or at the roadside, according to shocking new figures, raising fears that many puppies are being illegally trafficked into the country.

An animal which had disappeared from our region is to be reintroduced in a north west beauty spot.

The top 10 burglary hotspots in the UK have been revealed by MoneySuperMarket’s annual burglary claims tool.

When I was five I tried to dig a hole and make my way down under.

Herbal columnist Nicola Parker writes about getting more Vitamin D and L-5HTP to boost your mood.

I realise that we are just 11 days into the new year, but I think we can say we have already seen the worst TV show of the year, in the shape of new shiny-floor show The Masked Singer (ITV, Sat/Sun, 8pm).

This month the Wigan Observer has launched the Helping Hand campaign urging readers to give Wigan and Leigh Hospice a Helping Hand to raise the £10,000 required to see it through the extra day in this leap year.

The borough’s leading homelessness charity has opened a new shop as part of its continued commitment to help Wigan’s most vulnerable residents.

A borough film organisation is bringing the magic of the movies to those looking after relatives with a new cinema for carers’ project.