The mum of a seven-year old girl who died of cancer on Boxing Day has launched her charity's annual Christmas appeal to help other children. Samantha Allan, from Darwen, set up Maddi’s Butterflies, ...

Customers at a Bury eyewear company have donated 50,000 pairs of old glasses for a charity recycling project. The donation milestone was reached this winter, thanks to the help from Specscart shoppers ...

Roads in the centre of Ramsbottom would become one-way and a 20mph zone introduced under plans which have been published ...

Family pension pots could help close the pensions gender gap, and stop two in five women heading towards retirement poverty.