Trains between Liverpool and Manchester have been delayed by almost an hour after a man was reportedly hit by a train near Birchwood, near Warrington.

A van driver was killed last night in a rush-hour M60 inferno that left the motorway closed for over 12 hours.

Trafford Council spent almost £4,000 in a scheme introducing double yellow lines to a small area of Sale last year.

Hundreds of chickens were strewn across the M62 motorway in the crash after the accident, involving around 6,800 hens in total

Man, 65, died in RTC yesterday

A lorry carrying 20 tonnes of pet food was engulfed in flames on the M61 near Bolton this morning.

Sale Sharks have moved match days from Friday evenings to weekends in a bid to get more fans to games.

A taxi fire on the M602 causes traffic chaos into Salford and Manchester

People were given the opportunity to hop into buses, HGV lorries, police cars and bikes

Routes will be active from March

Engineering work planned for Piccadilly and Victoria