CCTV: Thieves raid King Street jewellers with sledgehammer and smoke bomb
Dramatic CCTV footage of men armed with a long-handled sledgehammer robbing a jewellers in Manchester city centre has been released.
Birthday wish: Esther Rantzen pleads for Salford’s aid during ChildLine anniversary
ChildLine founder Dame Esther Rantzen has called for more volunteers to help the charity during a celebratory visit to the organisation’s Manchester base today.
Tameside revenue officer ‘cheated’ public out of £50,000 to fund social life
The 34-year old who was in debt due to her love of socialising illegally pocketed double the child tax credits and working tax credits she was entitled to when she moved in with a partner who was in full-time employment.
Manchester’s ‘vast’ hidden sex crime shame: Trafficking, forced marriage and FGM
The report – Tackling Hidden Crimes and Behaviours – published on January 14 by Manchester City Council states that the city is a ‘hotspot’ for unreported sex crimes such as female genital mutilation.
Charity worker forced to sign Sex Offenders’ Register after gyrating hips in woman’s face on Manchester night out
A middle class house-husband has been ordered to sign the Sex Offender Register after he got drunk and gyrated his hips in a woman’s face during a ‘laddish prank’ in a Manchester city centre bar.
Cameron’s snoopers’ charter ‘would not have stopped Paris terror attacks in UK’
David Cameron’s proposed ‘snoopers’ charter’ puts the public’s privacy in jeopardy for nothing – as terrorists such as those in Paris were already known to police, claims a Greater Manchester MP.
The Pusher? Police quash rumours that ‘serial killer’ stalks Manchester canals
National newspapers including The Daily Express, Mirror and Independent, this week suggested a possible link between the deaths of 61 bodies pulled out of the city’s canals during the last six years.
Drug-fuelled Oldham killer ‘enjoyed’ being tasered after stabbing partner, court hears
A drug-fuelled killer who was shot with a Taser gun by police minutes after he stabbed his girlfriend in her Oldham home said, ‘I enjoyed that. You need more volts’, a court heard today.
Kerry Katona’s ex dodges jail time for running cannabis farm from Bolton attic
Reality TV star Kerry Katona’s ex-husband escaped jail yesterday after he admitted running a £50,000 cannabis farm from his attic to pay off his drug debts to Bolton Crown Court.
Revealed: Manchester pensions invested in world’s most unethical companies
Millions of pounds of pension money from all 10 Greater Manchester councils are being invested in companies accused of war crimes, racial discrimination, and massive environmental ruin.
Ham-burglars: CCTV shows ‘terrifying’ machete gang raid Urmston McDonald’s
The ‘terrifying’ moment a machete and hammer-wielding gang of four men, who ‘steaked out’ an Urmston McDonald’s and stole more than £1,000, is caught in CCTV footgaed released by GMP.