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A firearms amnesty by Greater Manchester Polices has been ‘extremely successful’ as nearly 90 weapons have been surrendered in the first week.

John Alder and Liam Sweeney, 28, were on flight MH17, from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, bound for New Zealand to support their team, when it crashed in Eastern Ukraine yesterday

Police have questioned 14 men as part of a new investigation into alleged child abuse at the Rochdale school where Sir Cyril Smith is accused of preying on boys.

On April 7 2014, the 32-year-old man admitted causing a child to suffer serious physical harm. His partner and the child’s 30-year-old mother also admitted allowing a child to suffer serious physical harm.

A Manchester family who were the victims of two terrifying burglaries dashing their dream holiday to Disney World have had their dreams come true – after a GMP officer raised £1,570 for them.

The girls, who were apparently going to a One Direction concert at the Etihad Stadium on May 30, were followed down Fairfied Street by a man in a five-door silver Vauxhall Astra who kept stopping close to them.

Nikola Bradford, 36, became so hooked on taking the non-prescription tablets for her bad back she tried to kick her habit by urging local chemists not to sell them to her.

A Sri Lankan politician has been jailed for the killing of a Rochdale aid worker who was holidaying on the island over Christmas.

A reveller who was smashed over the head with a piece of concrete in an unprovoked assault in Manchester city centre has been urged to come forward by police.

A woman was dragged 40metres along a road by a moving van after she was subjected to a verbal and physical road rage attack in Harpurhey.

The woman narrowly escaped ‘life-changing injuries’ in the assault on Church Lane at about 10am on Thursday July 3.

Under-threat Night and Day Café have cleaned up their act by staying quiet for seven nights after they were issued with licence warnings – but residents aren’t celebrating just yet.