Ball will return to BBC Radio 2 in May 2025. She will broadcast a new show from 1pm to 3pm on Saturdays, replacing Mark Goodier’s Pick Of The Pops which will move to Sundays. But now Ball has also ...

At 7pm local time (6pm BST) public access to the queue to visit Francis’s coffin officially closed after it was visited by 250,000 people. The coffin, originally in Francis’s ...

Five Lostockers took part in the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon and performed well in the French capital.

Stephen Moore, 54, who has served as a firefighter in London for 23 years, is attempting to run the fastest marathon wearing a firefighter’s uniform and breathing apparatus (SCBA) (male).

Calves and quads were under pressure last weekend as quaking Burnden Road Runners soles tackled the infamous Rivington Pike Fell Race on ...

On a day where two hand grenades were found at the nearby reservoir, the only thing going off with a bang was the Rivington Pike Fell Race, ...

Pakistani soldiers fired at Indian posts all along the highly militarised frontier in disputed Kashmir for a second ...

Betty Tebbs, a ‘working class hero’ from Bury has been honoured with a red plaque at Festival Gardens in Radcliffe.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled a new naval destroyer, claiming it as a significant advancement toward his goal of expanding the operational range and preemptive strike capabilities of ...

In 1991, Bolton Evening News photographers, as they then were, visited primary schools across the area on a weekly basis to record the youngsters who were just beginning their school journeys. Here we ...

A man has voiced his frustration after a rail blockage put a dampener on a day out in the dales. Bob Hayes, 67, is originally from Kent but now lives in Farnworth. Rev Hayes, chaplain at Royal Bolton ...

Bolton’s most popular celebs have been revealed in a new poll ranking how the UK public feels about a range of famous faces.