A 47-year-old man is recovering in hospital after his car left the road and struck a lamp post.

Police, who believe the driver was taken ill at the wheel of the Renault, are appealing for witnesses. The crash was on Tottington Road, Bury, at its junction with Horridge Street at 10.20pm on Sunday (March 24). The man, who has not been named, is still in Fairfield Hospital. His condition was described as serious but improving.