The M61 southbound is partially blocked with slow traffic following a crash. This is a breaking traffic incident. We’ll bring you live updates as soon as we have them. There severe delays of eleven ...

The families of three girls killed at a dance class in Southport have told how being together helps them cope with their grief. Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, ...

The M61 southbound is partially blocked with slow traffic following a crash between Junction 4 (A6 Watergate Lane, Farnworth) and Junction 3 (Kearsley roundabout). This is a breaking traffic incident.

Kevin Sinfield completed his latest fundraising challenge on Sunday having brought in a further £1.15million for motor neurone disease charities. The former Leeds Rhinos and England rugby league ...

Plans for the £2.55m expansion to Mount St Joseph's Catholic High School and the £2m expansion to Little Lever Academy were both approved at the Executive Cabinet Member for Children's Services ...

Reports say the Reform UK leader’s campaign has been accused of falsely reporting his election expenses during his bid to become an MP last year.

The hands-on activities are organised and supervised by a team of five Year 10 Sharples High School pupils, who deliver fun, hands-on physics activities to a group of Year One pupils. During the first ...

An ex-GP surgery is set to be transformed into a HMO for up to six people, despite more than 20 objections.

Khatija Mugal is our Teaching Assistant of the Year at the Bolton News Education Awards 2025, sponsored by Bolton Council . Khatija was a part of daily life at Ladybridge Primary School for over 30 ...

A £1billion “vision for health” at a site set for 9,000 new homes and thousands of square feet of office and industrial space has been unveiled ...

A zoo on Java island released photos of Indonesia’s first locally-born giant panda cub, and said the male cub was showing ...

Changes to immigration rules could “fall hardest on the most vulnerable” people from Hong Kong who have made new lives in Bolton, an MP warned.