A Wigan couple will be braving new heights and jumping out of an aeroplane (don’t worry, with parachutes) to raise money for their ‘lovely’ friend’s local children’s charity.

Geordie Colin Plews is just one of more than 3,000 participants in the Manchester 10k next month – but one of very few who’ll be running the quarter marathon in a dress.

A Wigan carer who stole more than £5000 from an elderly couple suffering from mental and physical health difficulties has today been jailed for a year.

The hunt for a callous thief, who tricked his way into the home of a Worlsey pensioner by masquerading as a health carer before stealing from the victim’s house, is underway.

Nancy Amewu Aku Hayibor spilt water on an elderly resident while attempting to release a feeding tube during a night shift in August 2013, at Shaw Side Residential Home in Oldham.

The burglary happened at her Heywood home in Millbank Court sometime between 6am and 12.45pm on June 25.

David Flaherty, 50, of Woodend Road, Benchill pleaded guilty to ten charges of fraud by abuse of position and one of theft at Manchester Crown Court