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A man has been left with serious leg injuries after he was driven at in Wigan. 

Police were called to Millers Lane, Platt Bridge, shortly after 3.20am on Saturday 4 September 2010. 

Officers attended and discovered the victim had met two men during a night out to celebrate his recent 21st birthday. 

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Thursday 2nd September

It's Vice at Bliss tonight.  A new night with drink offers galore and...well...I'll let the Facebook post inform you...  "You know all the songs your not supposed to like but you do well they are Guilty Pleasures they are your VICE! eg....Songs from ELO, Bee Gees, Hall and Oates, Foriegner, Toto, Huey Lewis and the News, Kim Wilde, Erasure, Dolly Parton, Rainbow, Journey, ABBA, Dire Straits, Paul Simon, Meatloaf, George Michael, Eurythmmics, Billy Ocean, Go West, Wham, Luther Vandross, Fairground Attraction the list is endless!!!!"

Poker night at The Last Orders with free food, but there's limited places so make sure you get down early, approx 8pm.

Poker Night - George - 9pm

Jam Night at Mountain Dew - Approx 9pm start

Bounce night at The Bluebell, Bolton Road.  Approx 8pm.

 

Friday 3rd September

Ritual play The Jolly Nailor

The Lottery Winners play The Avenue

Karaoke at The Mountain Dew.  Approx 9pm

Fever has DJ Dogi playing R&B classics

Karaoke - Last Orders approx 9pm

Dj and music - The Red Lion

Karaoke - Atherton Arms

Free pool 12-4 at The Avenue.  Get on down and practice your skills for FREE!  Also prize bingo at 1pm.

 

Not a question you ask someone everyday. But in a nutshell, police have found a large power tool and they want to give it back. The details:

Police in Wigan are trying to trace the owner of an air compressor found during a raid. 

Around 10 am on 26 August 2010 police carried out a raid at a house on Dorset Road, Atherton. 

A yellow Powercraft 24 litre air compressor was recovered and is believed to be stolen. 

Officers have yet to find the owner and are appealing for anyone who has recently had this large power tool stolen to come forward.

Police Constable Jimmy Mitchell of Atherton Police Station said: "This is a very expensive machine and we want to reunite it with its owner. 

A 16-year-old boy was knocked unconscious during an unprovoked attack in a Wigan park. 

The boy was with two girls, lying on grass in Mesnes Park, when three men walked over and one of them kicked him in the face. 

He was knocked out for a short time and was treated for minor facial injuries. 

The attack happened at around 4.15pm on Wednesday 25 August 2010, and police are appealing for witnesses. 

The offender is described as white, aged in his early 20's and around 6ft tall. He had a skinny build, short brown hair and was wearing a black shirt with tracksuit pants and spoke with a wigan accent. 

Police are hunting armed robbers who dropped a handgun during a raid on a Leigh convenience store. 

At about 10.15pm last night, Saturday 28 August 2010, two masked men brandishing handguns entered the No 1 convenience store on St Helens Road. 

They ordered the shopkeeper, a 54-year-old man, to open the till but he refused. 

One of the robbers grabbed the till but the shopkeeper held onto it and during the ensuing struggle the offender dropped the handgun. The robber eventually managed to take the till and both men ran out of the shop with the till and a quantity of cash. 

Both robbers then ran off. No-one was injured but the shopkeeper was left shocked by the incident. 

PAC's second Campaign Rally aimed at building up wider public support for our campaign especially in relation to getting people along to the following:

The Lobby called by PAC of the next full Wigan MBC Council Meeting on Wednesday 8th September (starting at 6.00pm outside the Town Hall) aimed at soliciting support from Wigan MBC Councillors for a massive national and local campaign of opposition to the Government's public sector cuts agenda.

A Lobby of the TUC General Council on Sunday 12th (starting at 12.00 noon outside the former GMEX Centre in Manchester. This lobby is calling on the TUC to organise a national demonstration against the cuts as soon as practically possible as part of such a national campaign.

Speakers from PAC and supporting organisations.

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