Boy, 16, dies and two others injured after car crashes into lamp post as 18-year-old driver is arrested

A teenager accused of killing their mother died just hours after doctors discovered they were suffering from a "life-threatening" condition, an inquest was told. Rowan Thompson was an inpatient on the Gardener Unit at Prestwich Hospital when they passed away just days before they were due to appear in court.

Tributes are pouring in for BBC Dragons' Den star Drew Cockton who has tragically died at the age of just 36.

A busy main road was closed off on Wednesday with a police car left in tatters after smashing into a metal barrier. Ashton Road, in Oldham, was cordoned off by the emergency services on Wednesday evening (October 19) after the crash, which is thought to have required people to be rescued from the wreckage.

A 15-year-old girl was taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Oldham.

A thug who viciously beat his own father to a pulp has been sent to jail. Nathan Brine battered left his dad with a broken eye socket, forehead and jaw during a drug fuelled attack.

A popular and much-loved dad and granddad who died 10 years after being attacked and left unconscious in the street was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.

A proud single dad from Stockport has completed the Manchester half marathon with his two-year-old daughter strapped on to his back.

A motorist found to be in possession of a machete and an amount of cannabis was arrested by traffic cops from Greater Manchester Police after a pursuit around the market town of Ramsbottom.

They may be celebrating their 50th anniversary but those behind-the-scenes at Emmerdale won't simply be bringing cake and balloons for the occasion as the lives of its much-loved characters hang in the balance when a huge windstorm hits the Yorkshire Dales.

A man has died after a late night collision with a car in Oldham, police have said. A 20-year-old man was arrested a 'short time later', police added, although it's not been confirmed what he was arrested on suspicion of as yet.

A man aged in his 60s from Manchester was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after a young woman was seriously injured in a collision.

A criminal investigation into a horror crash following which a 16-year-old boy from Tameside died is ongoing, an inquest opening has been told. McKenna Leigh, 16, died following a motorbike crash in Audenshaw last month.

A rapper plotted a shooting in which a gunman opened fire at a house in 'retaliation' after his ex's car had been 'bricked', prosecutors allege. Olu Tunde Finni, who performs as 'Tunde', is on trial alongside four other men accused of planning the shooting at a property in Moorton Avenue, Burnage.

Willie Spence, a runner-up of last year's American Idol, has died in a car crash at the age of 23. The singer's Jeep reportedly "left the roadway" and collided with the back of a tractor-trailer that was stopped on the hard shoulder near Chattanooga, Tennessee.

A lucky driver escaped uninjured after a van was left half-crushed in a crash on the M62.

A driver climbed over his partner as she lay in the passenger seat with life-threatening injuries to escape from the scene of a crash. Craig Hirtle then returned later to try drag her injured body through a window before fleeing again, a court heard.

A handful of tickets have been dished out by police after a 'car meet' took place in a peaceful Cheshire village. Officers handed out nine tickets following the event in Chelford, near Alderley Edge, at the weekend.

A five-year-old girl and her dad are among ten dead after an explosion at a gas station in County Donegal.

Victoria Beckham sparked debate again as she toasted a triumphant time at Paris Fashion Week. As the Spice Girl turned world renowned fashion designer was joined by her loving family last week for her first ever Paris runway show, some followers questioned the choice of a black lace camisole dress for daughter Harper, 11.

A man who died in a horror crash after a police chase in Bolton has been named as Simon Bailey.