Orrell

A 19 year-old-man has become the second teenager to be arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man in his 70s was stabbed in the village of Orrell

An 18-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of the attempted murder of a man in his 70s, who was stabbed on a footbridge in Wigan

Armed police swarmed the area after a 'man with a gun' was spotted near schools making 'threats to kill'. The incident forced nearby schools into lockdown.