Just as we have had our maintenance team clearing our own site at work.
You can't really be annoyed with them for that.

One mon whos works at the same place as, me turned in today after being awol yesterday, spoke as he came in saying you lot have seen nowt in Wigan compared from where I live ........he is for Atherton......we all fell about laughing

oh I dont know about that - wigan is crystal clear compared to st.helens. Haydock is a death trap on the roads!!

Haydock is a death trap anyway, tbf.

A BBC News Special on the snow on BBC One now. There wasn't one yesterday, oh wait London hadn't been hit yesterday! No wonder the Scottish are calling for an indepedence referendum.

........or alternatively they had to fill the gap in the schedule when the Man Utd vs Man City match was called off......

The reason why the gritting situation is so bad (and to be fair it's not only Wigan council at fault here), is that on account of the credit crunch and the subsequent budget freezes/cuts, there are certain things that are easier to cut than others.

Grit is one of the easier ones.

Sadly the gamble has not paid off.

I know the football was due on but they had a news special on BBC One this morning as well, which shockingly replaced Cash in the Attic!

It would of saved more red faces had Wigan Council not stated on their website in November about how well prepared they were for winter and how they had more than enough grit and would not be holding back when it came to using it.

Secretly i was hoping to watch the Manx Derby tonight

The following schools have said they currently intend to OPEN on Thursday 7 January.

* Ashton St Thomas
* Haigh and Aspull St David's
* Ince St Mary's
* Leigh CE Infants
* Orrell Lamberhead Green
* Shevington St Bernadette's
* Standish Lower Ground St Anne's
* Wigan St James
* Wigan St Mark's

The following schools will remain CLOSED on Thursday 7 January.
Primary:

* Atherton St Richards
* Canon Sharples
* Golborne J and I
* Highfield St Matthew's
* Lowton St Luke's
* Lowton St Mary's
* Marus Bridge
* Orrell Holgate
* St Aidan's, Winstanley
* St Annes CE
* Standish St Wilfrid's
* Wigan Sacred Heart
* Wigan St Jude's
* Winstanley Community

Secondary:

* Atherton Hesketh Fletcher
* Byrchall High
* Cansfield High
* Lowton High
* St Edmund Arrowsmith High
* St John Fisher High
* St Peter's High
* Standish High
* The Deanery

College:

* Wigan and Leigh College

The following schools have said they will be CLOSED ALL WEEK.
Primary:

* Ashton St Oswald's
* Hindley St Philips
* Hindley All Saints
* Hindley J&I
* Hindley St Benedict's
* Hindley St Peter's
* Ince CE Primary
* Leigh Central
* Leigh Newton Westpark
* Leigh St Gabriel's
* Leigh St Joseph's
* Leigh St Peter's (J and I)
* Leigh Twelve Apostles
* Leigh Westleigh Methodist
* Lowton West
* Mabs Cross
* Orrell Newfold
* Orrell St James
* Sacred Heart, Leigh
* St John's Mosley Common
* Tyldesley Primary
* Standish Wood Fold
* Westleigh St Paul's

Secondary:

* Bedford, Leigh
* Fred Longworth, Tyldesley
* Hindley High
* Shevington High
* Westleigh

Special:

* Landgate
* Montrose
* New Greenhall
* Oakfield
* Willow Grove
* Newbridge