A spokesperson for AA Traffic and Travel said: "Traffic is currently stopped on the M61 northbound between jucntion six [Horwich] and junction eight, Chorley, due to a multi-vehicle collision.

Burnley have paid tribute to legendary goalscorer Willie Irvine, who has died at the age of 82. Irvine joined the Clarets in 1958 as an amateur and signed his first professional contract at Turf Moor ...

Police have launched an appeal after an attempted robbery in Lytham. An elderly man, in his 80s, was walking in Witch Wood, a narrow strip of dense woodland alongside the railway line, close to the ...

Lewis Hamilton will start from the pit lane for today’s Belgian Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion has endured a troubled weekend at Spa-Francorchamps and had been due to start 16th after he ...

Danoush Jowkar, a student at Burnley College, is preparing to represent Team GB in the U20 category at the European Championship. The 18-year-old, from Sowerby Bridge, is currently ranked fifth in the ...

Diversions are in place after emergency services closed off one of the busiest sections of the M60. It is currently closed between junction 12, M602, and junction 10, Trafford Park, anti-clockwise.

Ursula von der Leyen met with John Swinney on Saturday to discuss the UK’s relationship with the European Union, and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

The M60 anti-clockwise is closed between J12 M602 and J10 Trafford Park for an on going police incident Clockwise carriageway is also now closed between J10 & J11 Eccles Diversions for both directions ...

A black e-bike was stolen from Union Street car park in Chorley, at around 6.20pm on June 23, according to police ...

All lanes closed at around 3am, after reports of a multi-vehicle crash. A spokesperson for National Highways said: "Lane two has now re-opened on the M61 northbound between junction six in Aspull and ...

A motorist trying to outrun police narrowly avoided hitting a lollipop man who was helping schoolchildren cross the road ...

A company has been bought by a Lancashire manufacturer in a new deal. Vanguard Vertex has acquired TPCC Holdings Limited, the parent company of The Printed Cup Company and The Paper Cup Company, with ...