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After more than two years away, a popular social group for people in Lowton and Golborne is looking forward to meeting again.

Hundreds of people living in Lowton are much richer following a win on the People’s Postcode Lottery.

With its popularity surging, and school places locally at a premium, Golborne High has been given permission to increase the number of pupils it admits each year.

Wigan Council say “all efforts” are being made to catch and prosecute those who illegally dump waste in the borough.

Golborne Brass Band have launched ‘Side-by-Side’ sessions for local amateur brass players to learn from leading professional musicians.

Ask the questions you’ve always wanted to about death, dying and difficult conversations at an event being held by Wigan and Leigh Hospice.

Well done to all those who took part in the latest Community Clean-up, removing rubbish and flytipping and sprucing up the area around Pennine Lane, Golborne. 

As the days get longer, brighter and warmer, there’s loads to do in the garden. Here’s our guide to gardening in April.

With plans for an HS2 line through Lowton and Golborne still very much alive, a local residents group is urging people to make their voices heard before the end of this month. 

This brand new summer music festival has a packed line-up, including tributes to Coldplay, Boy George, SKA Band and Robbie Williams.

Action taken to deal with high volumes of anti-social behaviour in and around Lowton and Golborne recently is working, our local policing team have said. 

Protective equipment manufactured in Golborne will soon be making a catwalk appearance, as part of an unusual collection designed by a local fashion student.

A huge thank you to all those willing volunteers who responded to appeals for help to secure the future of a local residents’ group as well as a community centre.