Victim Support celebrates 40th birthday: Manchester police boss praises charity for ‘providing a lifeline’
Victim Support helped more than 50,000 in Manchester last year
New year tyre slasher: ‘Mindless’ vandals target more than 20 cars across Oldham as revellers celebrate 2014
Culprits targeted cars in the Napier Street and Winsor Road area
Manchester RSPCA charity shop boss ‘horrified’ after thieves ransack Northern Quarter store
Stephanie Thornton is manager of the Oak Street store
Theatre of booze: Manchester United fans account for a THIRD of all alcohol related arrests in Premier League
United way ahead of second place Chelsea
Burglary and robbery rates plummet in Bolton – but police warn residents to avoid being victims over Christmas
From 2009 there has been a decrease of 580 incidents
Teen yobs hurl brick through Manchester bus window hitting boy, 5, and cutting head open
Young boy suffered minor cut to head on 205 bus
Body of stabbed pensioner found in Littleborough home – police arrest son on suspicion of murder
The body was found at a home in Calf Hey, Shore Road
Football players accused of match fixing and defrauding bookmakers in Manchester due in court
The pair were arrested in a National Crime Agency investigation
Mother of killer Dale Cregan and former 999 call handler who allegedly leaked info due in Manchester court
Anita Cregan, Kathryn Smith and Sean Booth pleaded not guilty
Are you a young, single Manchester mum living alone? Statistics show you are a prime target for burglars
Single mums aged 16-24 are being targeted by burglars
Doctor in female genital mutilation hearing: Manchester tribunal to decide over first UK prosecution
Around 66,000 women in the UK suffer female genital mutilation