A MURDER investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed to death on a night out in Bolton.

The incident happened at 12.50am at the Pepper Alley pub in Crown Street.

Paramedics called police to the scene after reports that a man had been stabbed.

Officers attended and found a man in his 30s with two stab wounds, caused by a knife.

The man was taken to hospital but later died.

A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

It is the third stabbing in Bolton in less than 48 hours.