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A masked gang who raided a post office in Wigan armed with crowbars and a knife are being tracked down by police.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 17-year-old boy was robbed at knifepoint in Eccles.

Oldham Council has helped to take down a Russian crime gang who are believed to have been selling fake CDs, documentation and computers.

Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham has come out all guns blazing in his Mirror column, claiming that the Conservative Party have ‘got away with murder’ during their time in power.

Emma Timmis and Emily Pitts already four days into a trek with a difference – skating the 120 miles from Overdinkel on the eastern border with Germany to Ijmuiden on the west coast of the country.

GMP are appealing for the public’s help to trace a wanted man and woman from Rochdale.

Police are appealing to find two lump hammer brandishing robbers who raided their way into a Wigan hotel on bank holiday Monday.

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a shooting in Urmston last week.

Gorton residents are being encouraged to take advantage of a new community project, which aims to promote sustainable living and help people get in touch with nature.

The event, at the Soup Kitchen on June 5, sees artists compete to make the best painting in 30 minutes, and is a return to the competition after a year’s break.

Pepys wrote in his famous diary of the girl born in 1662 whose paternal parentage has been unknown until now.