People of all ages, colours and creeds gathered in Piccadilly Gardens on Saturday afternoon as part of a nationwide protest against the government’s handling of the refugee crisis.

Greater Manchester Police’s initiative to Bin the Blade is a success as more than 1,500 weapons are removed from the city’s streets in a month-long amnesty.

More than 200 hundred firearms have been taken off Manchester’s streets as part of Greater Manchester Police’s Give Up The Gun initiative.

The antique blaster, which is estimated at being manufactured in the late 1800s, has a 410 shotgun concealed within the casing