A Wigan shopkeeper, 67, has shown ‘tremendous bravery’ and fought off a thug who threatened her with a 12-inch knife while demanding cash.

Manchester taxi drivers are set to become the eyes and ears of the city, looking and listening out for signs of domestic abuse, female genital mutilation, child sexual exploitation, human trafficking and hate crime.

A man has been stabbed in the neck while he was on the dance floor of an Oldham nightclub.

Shopkeepers are urged to be on their guard against a distraction scam after a trio made a ‘brazen’ attempt to nick a tablet computer at a store in Leigh.

A Blackley teenager has been dragged into bushes and raped as she was walking home in broad daylight near a wooded area said to be popular with local dog walkers.

A burger van man was stabbed in the thigh in a ‘targeted attack’ by a ‘customer’ during his shift on Manchester’s Bury New Road this weekend.

The different dialects and accents of Greater Manchester have been mapped out for the first time ever by sociolinguists from Manchester Metropolitan University.

A Moss Side pervert, who followed and sexually assaulted a woman, is still on the loose and police have released an image in a bid to catch him.

Thieves threw a wheelie bin through the shop window of Timperley Aquatics, and then a fish tank through the glass of the bird’s enclosure, before wrestling ‘Baby’ away – as evidenced by the bird’s tail feathers which were torn out in the struggle.

Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of attempted murder after a 38-year-old man was found with multiple stab wounds following a group attack in Salford.

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 is the first of its kind in Europe and specifically addresses slavery and trafficking in the 21st Century.