A MOTORBIKE rider killed after a collision with a car has been named as 38-year-old Philip Taylor.

Mr Taylor, from Alt Close, Leigh, was riding his Kawasaki motorbike in Wigan when he was involved in a collision with a stolen Rover 115 at the junction of Beechill Lane and Woodhouse Lane in the early hours of Thursday.

Detectives investigating his death have arrested two boys from Wigan aged 16 and 17 on suspicion of manslaughter.