A MOTORCYCLIST is recovering today after breaking both his arms and a leg in an accident.

His C-registered Kawasaki bike was involved in the collision with a Rover 214 in Winter Hey Lane, Horwich, at 8pm on Saturday. The road was closed for more than an hour.

The biker, who lives in Bolton, was taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital were his condition was today described by police as "stable."

The car driver, also from Bolton, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of drink-driving but later released without charge.

Both are from Bolton but no personal details have been released.