Officers responding to a collapsed house in Ramsbottom have found a woman's body. Emergency services were called just before 9.30pm last night.

The RSPCA is appealing for information to find the person who is seen to violently lift a dog off the floor with a lead around its neck on three occasions. 

Barrie and Margaret Hibbert, both 77, 'couldn't live without each other', their youngest son Mark said.