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A two-year-old boy has died in a freak fireplace accident whilst playing with his sister at their home in Wigan, Manchster - leaving the community in shock and mourning

An infamous gangster known as ‘big Viking Stomper’ has been caught after escaping prison in late May.

A train has derailed blocking all lines at a station in Wigan, Greater Manchester. According to National Rail, the train came off the track this afternoon with engineers now at the scene

Witnesses said the crane "sliced through" a house, after a lorry carrying the crane toppled over in a residential street in Wigan on Saturday - leading to an operation to remove the huge metal lifter