Mother of murdered goth launches Manchester’s Hate Crime Awareness Week
Sophie Lancaster, 20, was kicked and stamped to death as she tried to stop her boyfriend from being attacked in a park in Lancashire, in 2007.
Shipman victim families betrayed by government, says GMP chief Tony Lloyd
Tony Lloyd, Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner, hit out at the government’s failure to implement promised changes in the wake of the Shipman murders during their ‘botched’ reorganisation of the NHS.
MM appeal: Can you reunite girl, 6, with drawing of dead brother – stolen from family?
MM are appealing for the return of a six-year-old’s drawing of her dead brother – lost when her uncle’s wallet was snatched on a night out in Manchester.
GMP chief: Cutting crime AND police numbers is ‘forcing round pegs in square holes’
Recorded crime has risen by 6% in Greater Manchester over the past year, with the upward trend likely to remain due to Government cuts, according to a GMP spokesman.
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.
Anthony Grainger killing: Trial of GMP chief Sir Peter Fahy collapses
Sir Peter Fahy, chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, will not be prosecuted for the death of Anthony Grainger after the case against him was dropped.
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.
Handyman killed ‘by mistake’ when Bolton mother-in-law hires hitman to beat him up
Marc Jepson, 40, paid with his life when he became locked in a bitter family fall out with Irene Hodgkiss, 63, after he split up with wife Sandra.
Charlie Hebdo terror attack: Manchester vigil shows Paris solidarity
The terror attack on Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris was marked in Piccadilly Gardens last night as mourners gathered for a candlelit vigil.
Charlie Hebdo massacre: GMP vigil salutes those who ‘died protecting free speech’
Greater Manchester Police have marked the murders of twelve Parisians at the Charlier with a small ceremony and two minutes silence outside the Charles Hale road headquarters.
Four years in jail for Urmston sex abuse pensioner… with victims as young as seven
An Urmston pensioner has been jailed for four years for a string of historic sex crimes against young girls – one who was just seven.