Crime

Three more men have been charged by police investigating the death of a mother of five after a horrific car crash.

A Wigan high school has been left "very saddened" by the death of a former pupil found this morning in a wooded area.

A man who pickpocketed a woman as she lay on the ground having a seizure has been jailed.

Two young boys at a Catholic seminary were sexually abused "regularly, systematically and horrifically" by a priest, a jury has heard.

Hashem Abedi has been brought into the dock of court number one at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Increasing numbers of Wigan teenagers are risking their lives by inhaling “laughing gas” for fun.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of rape following an alleged assault on a 13-year-old girl in Oldham, Greater Manchester.

Hashem Abedi is expected in court after he was extradited to the UK to face allegations he was involved in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.

Thousands of serial offenders with more than 50 previous convictions were spared jail last year, according to a new report which calls for a review of sentencing.

Wigan woman has been ordered to pay back almost £1,400 to the courts after telling magistrates that drug dealers had taken her money and smashed up her house.

Wiganers are being asked to surrender their firearms anonymously to stop them from falling into the wrong hands.

A "cruel and dangerous" man who subjected a sex worker to a terrifying rape, before brutally assaulting a second sex worker, has been jailed for more than 16 years.