Atherton

Child injured and lorry driver arrested in M67 crash

The crash is believed to have happened at around 2.45pm on Monday April 29 on the M67 eastbound.
Police say that they believe a heavy goods vehicle and a Vauxhall Astra, carrying the five-year-old boy and a 38-year-old woman, were involved.
A Greater M…

Bolton train stations busier this year than last figures show

New ONS statistics on train station usage[1] have been released. The stats show passenger entries, exits and interchanges for every station in the country from April 2022 to March 2023. 
Compared to the same stats from April 2021 to March 2022, most of…

77 Northern stations to have new customer information screens

To improve the display of information, train operator Northern is to install more than 100 new customer information screens at 77 of its stations.
They new screens have white LEDs that make them more legible from a further distance away. They also have…

Air Quality Bill passes amid road charging row

THE WELSH GOVERNMENT’s Air Quality legislation only awaits Royal Assent after passing its final vote in the Senedd.
The World Health Organisation has described air pollution as the world’s largest environmental health risk and noise pollution as the se…

The fallen GMP officers killed or who died in the line of duty

The third largest force in England and Wales, Greater Manchester Police is responsible for serving and protecting over 2.8 million people in the region.
Formed in 1974, Greater Manchester Police[1] employs 6,866 police officers and over 3,500 members o…

M62 Closed due to fatal collision

At around 12:15 a.m. today, police were called to a crash involving a car and a pedestrian[1] on the M62. Emergency services pronounced a man dead at the scene.
A 25-year-old man remained at the scene after the accident and police arrested him on suspi…