The incident, which took place at about 11:40pm on Thursday March 12, saw two thugs jump over the counter in McDonald’s on Bury New Road in Higher Broughton.

TV weatherman Fred Talbot has received a five year prison sentence after being found guilty of two counts of indecent assault.

The 29-year-old was walking along Northmoor Road at around 10.30pm on Saturday March 7 when a vehicle pulled up alongside him and fired a shot.

An unemployed poker player from Romania who cheated two Greater Manchester casinos out of large sums of money has been caught after trying to flee the country.

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.

The hunt is on to find a man who raped a 40-year-old woman in a violent attack in Angles Meadows Park near Victoria station, central Manchester.

A drug dealer who used his elderly mum’s car to deal cocaine around Manchester has been jailed after the substance was found stuffed in his underwear.

Ten men have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rochdale.

After pulling over to help the driver of an overturned lorry, a Manchester Good Samaritan was shocked to find the lorry driver jump into his own van and drive off – leaving him clinging to the vehicle.

Organised animal fighting is rife in Manchester as RSPCA figures reveal the city ranks third worst for this offence in the country.

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