A 16-year-old boy has denied launching stab attacks on two people at Wigan bus station. The boy, who cannot be identified, ...

Wigan rail passengers are set to benefit from new fares being introduced in Greater Manchester to make train travel simpler.

Wigan justices sent the case to Bolton Crown Court, where Birchall will appear on November 14. He was remanded on conditional ...

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Chief sports writer Neil Allen today marks 25 years at The News - and takes a look at his favourite matches covered.

When I take the bus into Manchester city centre, there is a huge billboard advertising something that wouldn’t have been so ...

When Henry Pollock scooped Tom Roebuck’s knockdown off his toes to score a try on his England home debut, he sent Twickenham ...

The train was carrying around 85 passengers when it derailed at 06:10 - Avanti West Coast advises customers not to travel ...

Emergency services have been called to a train derailment near Shap in Cumbria, North West Ambulance Service said.

The 6ft 7in centre-back knows it is now or never for the World Cup but indicated he may not be alone on that trans-Atlantic flight ...

It was scheduled to make stops in Oxenholme Lake District, Lancaster, Preston, Wigan North Western and Warrington Bank ...

T he dump, on Bolton House Road in Bickershaw, started building up in January, neighbours said. In July, the ‘toxic waste’ ...