2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (799+ words) Holidaymakers across England face a new tax on overnight stays under Government plans to give mayors greater economic power in their regions. Local leaders will set the fee as a percentage of the cost of accommodation, rather than a flat…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (503+ words) Sometimes, doing a good deed can start with simply looking at what is right in front of you. One local businessman has been putting his time, equipment and hard work into helping community organisations for free. Ryan Gornall, who runs…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (546+ words) An abusive father burned his six-year-old son with a lighter and spoon “to stop him sucking his thumb”, a court heard. The father, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his son, already had a record of violence…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (294+ words) Passengers flying from Manchester Airport are facing another day of disruption after a major air traffic control failure caused chaos across the UK. Flights have been cancelled and others delayed by more than 20 minutes today, Wednesday, September 9, as the aviation…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (305+ words) A Bolton woman who made false rape allegations against 10 innocent men has had her prison sentence increased. Stacey Sharples, 31, from Farnworth, was originally sentenced to four years and six months in prison. But this was raised to seven years after…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (201+ words) The junction of St Helens Road and Morris Green Lane remains closed this morning as work continues following the crash which caused part of a building to collapse. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 2.10am on Monday, September…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (538+ words) A Bolton pair have been banned from keeping dogs after an elderly German Shepherd was found suffering with a large ulcerated tumour. John Cochran, of Chorley New Road, Horwich, and Kerry Harwood, of Moss Bank Way, Bolton, pleaded guilty to…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (475+ words) Tributes have been paid to a much-loved mother, daughter and partner who tragically died at the age of 44 earlier this year. Victoria Shone, known to family and friends as Vicky, died on April 29 after being found unresponsive at her home…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (162+ words) A major junction in Bolton remains closed after a van crashed into a building in the early hours of Monday morning, causing part of the structure to collapse. Emergency services were called to the junction of St Helens Road and…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1159+ words) Few convicts have crimes to their name so despicable as to have earned two separate life sentences years apart. But for Paul Sharpe, now 56, the murder of a young woman at the turn of the millennium was not enough. The…...