Crime

Two people have appeared in court after making a series of hoax 999 calls - with one man costing the NHS almost £25,000.

A recruitment campaign for new Parole Board members is now open in the North West.

A Wigan man has gone on trial in the crown court after a woman was left for dead in an alleyway.

Residents of a Wigan street awoke this week to find that “hundreds of pounds” worth of damage had been done to cars and homes under their noses.

A secluded farm in the borough has been used as a secret storage place for a massive haul of stolen plant and industrial equipment.

An inquest has opened into the death of popular father-to-be Billy Livesley.

A man who drove without a licence or any insurance ditched the car and hid from police in a shed.

Residents on a Wigan street are terrified of leaving their homes after a spate of crimes over just a few days.

The family of a Lancashire nan have paid tribute to her after she died following injuries suffered in a car accident.