TWO youths have been arrested over the death of a motorcyclist from Leigh.

Philip Taylor, aged 38, from Alt Close, Leigh, died after his motorbike collided with a stolen car in Beechill Lane, Wigan, on Thursday. He later died in Wigan Royal Infirmary.

The youths, aged 16 and 17, were arrested overnight on Thursday and are being held by police. Witnesses had said they saw two males and a female fleeing the scene.