THE police helicopter followed a car for 20 miles from Warrington before it was stopped on Blackburn Road in Bolton last night.

A black Volkswagen Jetta was spotted on the M62 after a suspected theft of a lawn mower. Police followed the car along the M62, M60, M61 and St Peters Way. A police dog handler was also called. Two men, aged 20 and 27, from Bolton, were arrested and taken to a police station in Cheshire.