A motorist has suffered serious injuries after van and a stationary skip wagon crashed on the M6 near Wigan. The van burst ...

Coal waste from the town’s long gone mining industry is said to have caught light in an embankment behind houses backing onto ...

His career may have taken off at supersonic speed - but before that Noel Gallagher worked as a subcontractor for British Gas.

Wigan Warriors have loaned out youngster Dylan Kelly-Duffy to League 1 outfit Rochdale Hornets for the remainder of the ...

The nation went Wimbledon-wild during the last two weeks, as the success of homegrown heroes inspired fans across the country ...

Plans have been submitted to convert a vacant pub near Leigh town centre into a complex including two ground-floor shops and ...

Gen Z is killing off traditional polite phrases like ‘excuse me?’ – with ‘huh?’ and ‘what?’ becoming the mishearing norm.

Two in five motorists enforce a strict set of rules on their passengers, such as no smoking, no littering and no feet on the ...

At times during the BBC's new landmark documentary series Human (BBC2, Mon, 9pm), the evolution of our species sounds like a ...

A statement from National Highways reads: “The M6 in Lancashire is closed northbound between J27 Shevington Interchange ( ...

Martin Offiah is backing Wigan Warriors talent Junior Nsemba to become English rugby league’s next superstar. The 20-year-old ...