Lieutenant commander Ian Molyneux, 36, was killed in April, 2011, as he tried to disarm fellow crew member Able Seaman Ryan Donovan, 22, on board the HMS Astute in Southampton

Breast-feeding mums across Wigan are saying ‘thank you’ to the borough’s businesses who made them feel at home when coming back from maternity leave.

The fixtures were released at 9am, giving football fans across the region an ideal view of their post-World Cup hangover cure

Manchester is still playing a leading role in the Commonwealth Games 12 years on with eight athletes heading to Glasgow.

Charlotte Melling, from Wigan, had been riding her white Yamaha motornike when she collided with a gold-coloured Vauxhall Agila, driven by a 49-year-old woman who was travelling in the opposite direction

There was commuter ‘chaos’ near Bolton earlier this morning – as a horse brought rush-hour trains to a standstill.
Some services were delayed by up to 35 minutes when the horse entered the track between Farnworth and Moses Gate stations shortly before 6.30am this morning.

A masked man wielding a sledgehammer who stole thousands of pounds during a cash-in-transit delivery in Wigan is being hunted by police.

Greater Manchester is bursting with charity shops, vintage stores and fairs so whittling them down to just five is tough.

A foul-mouthed Wigan robber has been given an extra six months in jail on top of an eight-year sentence – after calling the judge ‘knobhead’ as he was being sent to the cells.

The new Mayor-elect of Wigan is using the inspiration of her late brother to ensure she can do all she can to help people in the area.

The 52-year-old man was sleeping on Sunday evening when he heard a knock at the door of his Warrington Road home