There is a large police presence in a Smithills estate including two tactical vans, a CSI van and a specialist search unit.

Rail, road and ferry travel have been disrupted and festival events cancelled as Storm Floris sweeps across Scotland, bringing with it heavy rain and gusts in excess of 100mph. Disruption on the ...

Iran founded a new defence council after attacks in June by Israel and the US, Iranian state media has reported. Iran’s ...

Several thousand workers at three Midwest manufacturing plants where Boeing develops military aircraft and weapons have gone on strike, potentially complicating the aerospace company’s progress in ...

Tesla shares have plunged 25 this year, largely due to blowback over Mr Musk’s affiliation with President Donald Trump.

TV and radio presenter James Whale has died at the age of 74, TalkTV has announced. His colleague and friend Mike Graham read an obituary on air and paid tribute to Whale, who had been battling stage ...

Karl Burke is keen for Venetian Sun to have one final outing at six furlongs in the Prix Morny before she steps up in distance later in the campaign.

Police forces should release information including immigration status about people who are charged with crimes, Nigel Farage has suggested. The Reform UK leader said that he “absolutely” believes that ...

Storm Floris has brought travel disruption to northern parts of the UK, with roads and railway lines blocked by fallen trees amid high winds. Gusts of about 85mph are expected in exposed parts of the ...

Thousands of Eurostar passengers are suffering disruption to journeys because of a track closure in France. The operator’s websites shows nine services between London and Paris have been cancelled, ...

We have built more stables and will have around 160 horses in training by the time the jumps season fully kicks into gear’.

A teenager who was fatally stabbed in Bury has been named as  Mohammed Afzal, known to his loved ones as Isa. Police say the 19-year-old was attacked just before 9pm on Friday in a car park on Market ...