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

While CAP didn’t gain any seats at Thursday’s council elections, recently appointed party leader Michael Moulding is ready to push ahead with plans to get Wigan city status and break from Greater Manchester.

There could be tough times ahead for Wigan ward, Ince, according to re-elected Labour candidate James Moodie, who stormed to a fourth consecutive victory.

Left Unity is a party ‘with feminism, socialism and environmentalism at its heart’ and was formed to oppose capitalism by cleaner Janet Phillips.

Standish Independent candidate Debbie Fairhurst swept to victory and will work alongside her spouse Gareth Fairhurst.

Also holding a seat in the Standish and Langley ward is Gareth’s father George Fairhurst.

Labour control 23 of 25 seats