An engineer was two seconds from being hit by a train after a misunderstanding about the line being closed.

The "near miss" followed a misunderstanding between a track worker and signaller, investigators say.

Locals have helped Northern after the firm received complaints about stations pronounced incorrectly.

An ambulance went to the wrong place after Luke Bennett, 17, was fatally injured on a playing field.

Police appeal for information after the 15-year-old boy was found unconscious on a street.

The driver, 20, died and two passengers were seriously injured in the crash in Euxton, police say.

The driver had a "lucky escape" when his vehicle crashed and caught fire on the M6 in Lancashire.

A lorry crashed into a bridge and caught fire on the M6 in Lancashire during Storm Franklin.