Snooker legend Alex Higgins’ son could face jail after Manchester robbery
The son of former world snooker champion Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins is facing jail after he admitted carrying out a dawn robbery on a Manchester newsagents.
Jailed: Oldham teacher groped boys while they read in FRONT of class on his knee
A sick Oldham teacher who groped nine boys while they sat on his knee and read out passages in front of the school has today been jailed.
Piccadilly Pulse: Was Oscar Pistorius’ sentence too lenient?
On Valentine’s Day last year, South African athlete Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, in what he claimed was a tragic accident.
Manchester paedophile jailed for six years after teenage girl found in loft
A Manchester paedophile has been jailed for more than six years after police swooped on his home following a tip-off and found a teenage girl hiding in the loft.
Caught on camera: Bumbling robber drops loot stumbling out of Heywood Tesco
A bumbling robber short changed himself on Sunday when he dropped handfuls of cash on a car park floor, after holding up the Tesco in Heywood at gun point.
Elderly woman stabbed in NECK at own home during appalling Chorlton attack
Police were called around 3.50pm following reports that a 76-year-old woman had been assaulted by a man in the Manley Road area
Pregnant woman loses baby after Salford bus stop attack – boy, 17, charged
A pregnant woman has lost her unborn baby after being mugged at a Salford bus stop on Saturday morning.
Sick Eccles pair forced to pay £100,000 to deaf girl kept as slave in nine-year ordeal
A deaf and mute girl – who was trafficked into the country aged ten and was repeatedly raped and forced to do domestic chores by her Eccles-based captors – has been awarded more than £100,000 in compensation.
The price of crime: See how much Manchester drug gang earned and then had to pay back… from jail
A Manchester crime network have been ordered to pay back more than £70,000 after police busted their drug ring.
Jail for Bolton predator who stopped rape to cry and say ‘sorry’… before carrying on
A Bolton rapist who stopped to apologise and cry before continuing his attack on a vulnerable woman has been jailed.
Deansgate drive-by shooting: Police face wall of silence in hunt for motorcycle gunman
Police investigating a shooting in Manchester City Centre have launched a second appeal for witnesses to come forward after receiving a ‘limited response’ from the public.