Record number of Covid cases recorded in Wigan during seven day period
Three neighbourhoods in Wigan have now had more than 30 cases of coronavirus in a week for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Wigan Today …
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Social media seen by teenager too extreme even for adults, coroner told
Social media content viewed by a teenager in the weeks before she took her own life is too disturbing for even an adult to look at for a long period of time, a coroner’s court has heard. Wigan Today …
Wigan looks set to face tighter Covid restrictions
An alarming rise in Covid-19 cases is about to consign Wigan to the same restrictions as most of the rest of Greater Manchester. Wigan Today …
How to use the coronavirus contact tracing app
With England and Wales’s coronavirus contact tracing app rolling out, here we explain how to get hold of it and how to use it: Wigan Today …
Face-to-face appointments with GPs plummet
The BBC Shared Data Unit found that just over half of appointments with doctors took place in a surgery in July compared to 85 per cent in January. Wigan Today …
Wigan mum and terminally ill son could be shielding from coronavirus for a year
A mum fears she will need to shield in her Wigan home for up to a year to prevent her terminally ill son contracting coronavirus. Wigan Today …
Warning over ‘dangerously high’ air pollution around schools and nurseries
More than a quarter of British schools, nurseries and colleges are in areas with “dangerously high” levels of pollution, analysis suggests. Wigan Today …
Wigan coronavirus cases increase by 19 over weekend
Public Health England figures show that 2,289 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Monday (August 24) in the borough. Wigan Today …
These are the towns and cities in England that are most likely to be put into local lockdown
Government data has revealed close to 30 English areas which are being closely monitored as potential coronavirus hotspots. Wigan Today …
‘Door knocks’ a possibility for Covid-19 contacts
People who have been in contact with confirmed coronavirus cases may get a knock on their door if tracers are unable to reach them over the phone. Wigan Today …