A POPULAR and respected optometrist in Leigh has retired after 35 years of service. Surj Gill, one of the original Directors at Gill Opticians, hung up his ophthalmoscope as of the end of June, ...

The Met Office said heavy rain could cause some problems but temperatures would no longer be as ‘oppressively hot’.

The First Minister was speaking after Sir Keir Starmer’s UK Government was forced into a last-minute climbdown.

Isle Of Jura is on course to make his long-awaited comeback in the September Stakes at Kempton. The son of New Approach has been off the track for more than a year following his impressive win in the ...

LEIGH and Atherton's MP voted for the government's welfare bill after initially signing an amendment to halt the reforms.

The 23-year-old comes up against the Netherlands on Saturday having spent the first half of the season at FC Twente.

Pauline Eyre, who officiated 16 Championships, says controversial move has reduced court staff to ‘basically butlers’.

Murder squad detectives investigating child killer Lucy Letby have passed evidence of further allegations related to baby deaths and collapses at the hospitals where she worked. The allegations are ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was forced to shelve key elements of the welfare reform plan to limit a Labour revolt.

Monetary Policy Committee member Alan Taylor flagged a ‘deteriorating outlook’ in the UK economy as trade woes mount.

Tierney and Nygren are Celtic’s two main signings so far, with Doohan set to be a back-up keeper and 19-year-old striker Osmand to be assessed in pre-season before the club “decide what his ...

Module six of the inquiry is focused on the effect the pandemic had on both the publicly and privately funded adult social care sector across the UK.