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It is great that Bolton Council are reopening the rock garden at Moss Bank Park before spring.

Friends of Moss Bank Park and other community groups do fantastic work in maintaining the park and I know local residents are looking forward to the reopening.

I am pleased that the temporary Banking Hub in Horwich is now open.

Many residents have voiced their concerns about the withdrawal of banking services and this hub will be a real help to local residents and businesses.

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Holocaust Memorial Day provides us with the opportunity to remember the victims and survivors of the Holocaust and make sure they are not forgotten.

From Atherton to Heaton to Horwich, constituents raise concerns about access to GP services with me, however, I hear more people consistently raise their concerns in Blackrod and Westhoughton.

Politics often has its competitive elements.  Usually, this can be quite positive because it can drive improvements in service and outcomes but, all too often, it can also descend into more self-serving behaviours.

You know you are innocent of any wrong doing yet the bureaucratic system blames you and is unrelenting in its injustice.

It was great to visit Moss Bank FC last week to chat with Marcus and Andy about the fabulous work the club does for the community.

I would like to wish all the readers of the Wigan Observer a peaceful and merry Christmas.

Christmas is often a time for looking back on the year that’s been but there is so much that is going on in British politics that my eyes will be focussed on the day and months ahead not least because of the impending General Election.

Today I attended services at St Bartholomew's Church in Westhoughton and at the Pretoria Memorial to remember the 344 men and boys who lost their lives as a result of the Pretoria Pit Disaster on 21st December 1910.