Three-year-old threatened at gunpoint on way to school in ‘terrifying’ Sale robbery
A three-year-old child was threatened at gunpoint whilst walking to school, when a man robbed a mother in Sale on Friday morning.
‘No winners today’: Jealous husband jailed for strangling school teacher wife to death
A man who consistently gave a ‘pack of lies’ to everyone has been jailed after he murdered a woman and left her wrapped in a duvet for emergency services to collect.
Rape and sex assault reports up by 45% but prosecutions across Manchester fall
According to a Freedom of Information Act request by Mancunian Matters, Greater Manchester Police received 5,935 reports of rape and sexual assault this year and 4,085 the year before.
CCTV images released after distraction burglars target woman, 81, in Bury
An 81-year-old woman fell victim to distraction burglars last month.
Wigan couple fined £3k for blaming ‘flagrant’ abuse of speeding laws on foreigners
A husband and wife who consistently fed falsified information to the police, after ‘flagrantly flouting the driving laws’, were this morning fined £3000 and given a suspended prison sentence.
Don’t miss a beat! North East noise and stolen gear… MM’s top tracks this week
There will be a new track and older track in some way related to the new track, a track from a recently released album, a track somewhat related to the week just past, and a track by an artist playing in Manchester in the coming week.
GMP’s ‘brave’ agency bonds will break chains of modern slavery and human trafficking
In the fight to end modern slavery and human trafficking Greater Manchester Police must ‘be brave’ in their partnerships with other agencies, according to the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
‘She built homemade bombs’: Longsight teenager pleads guilty to terrorism offences
A 16-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to terrorism offences at Manchester Magistrates Court today, after a teen boy from Blackburn became the youngest convicted terrorist was last month.
Manchester council collect £60k litter fines – more than previous four years combined
The council’s mission to keep Manchester clean has resulted in a staggering increase in people being hit with fines, with more offenders last year than the previous four put together.
‘Enough is enough’: GMP warn Salford gun crooks after ‘sickening’ attack on family
Greater Manchester Police’s deputy chief constable has issued a warning to gun criminals in Salford after two men shot a mother and her son last night in a ‘sickening’ attack.
‘There’s always a way out, I’m living proof’: Ex-con wants story to inspire Manchester’s addicts and homeless
After ten years in and out of prison for drug-related crimes, Haydn Smith was signposted to Mustard Tree, a charity helping the homeless.