We are retracing the journey George Orwell made in his book, The Road to Wigan Pier, throughout 2017 to tell modern stories of working and unemployed poverty. They'll appear in a regular series in ...

But it’s a long time since Wigan Pier drew huge crowds. And for those anxious to witness its revival, their patience will have to be tested further yet. The council this week said that it is ...

Work on the iconic Wigan Pier, that was promised redevelopment back in 2019, is finally set to start in early 2023. Plans for the site, known as the inspiration for George Orwell’s 1937 novel ...

We're following his route route to bring you an up to date report, featuring stories from Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Barnsley, Sheffield and Wigan and the places in ...

March 8th marked the 75th anniversary of the publication of George Orwell’s 1937 landmark The Road to Wigan Pier, a work of extreme candor on pre-war poverty in England. It is a cherished ...

Canal-side walkways, houses, a food hall and events venue are all part of plans to bring Wigan Pier 'back to life'. The conversion forms a key aspect of a council masterplan to transform the area ...

A statement read: “Wigan Council and Step Places have completed the first phase of the Wigan Pier regeneration project; saving the buildings, bringing the exteriors back to their former glory.

The comparison by the BBC of Britain under a future Tory Government to the privations of the Great Depression in George Orwell’s Road to Wigan Pier sparked fury in the Cabinet. George Osborne ...

When you see as many spam and phishing emails as we see in SophosLabs each day, it’s all too easy to forget the human consequence of all this unwanted junk. The sad truth is that people are being ...

A customer service business based in Wigan Borough is creating hundreds of new jobs after moving to a prime location at the heart of the Wigan Pier Quarter. Interact relocated to Trencherfield ...

An artist's impression of how Wigan Pier Quarter will look Plans have been revealed for a new canal-side leisure and entertainment complex in Wigan. The project in the Greater Manchester town will ...