Police hunt gang who fled Bolton jewellery heist… despite plucky pensioner’s attempt to stop them
Police have released images of the four men, who targeted the store in Newport Street at around 4.45pm yesterday.
Heroes: Salford pensioners praised after bravely stopping armed robber in his tracks
Ron Smith, 77, and Robert Anderson, 71, from Swinton, were shopping at the P&H convenience store on Bolton Road, Pendlebury, when the 19-year-old burst in brandishing a kitchen knife.
Child porn: 915 Manchester arrests reveal ‘a deeply worrying trend’, warns NSPCC
New figures on the number of arrests and convictions for possessing images of child sexual abuse in Greater Manchester have been described by the NSPCC as confirming ‘a deeply worrying trend’.
Crackdown on drug trade continues as raid uncovers £250k Salford cannabis farm
Three men have been arrested after a Salford police raid discovered around 600 cannabis plants worth an estimated £250,000.
Wythenshawe woman, 63, fighting for life with both legs broken after being hit by car
A woman has been left fighting for her life in hospital after a serious collision in Wythenshawe.
VIDEO: Shock footage shows man being slapped and kicked by GMP officer and Manchester Airport security
The footage, filmed on a mobile phone at Manchester Airport on Thursday, shows a man of Asian heritage with a thick black beard being restrained on the floor by a female police officer as three members of airport security assist her.
GMP hunt for man over early morning sex assault on woman outside Middleton Tesco
The incident occurred outside the Tesco Extra on Park Road at around 6am on Saturday, March 14 when a 33-year-old woman was approached by a man as she stood outside the shop.
Police make fresh appeal as Parklife returns to Heaton Park a year after death of Robert Hart
Robert, 26, died on June 11 last year, five days after the assault at the music festival which left him fighting for life with bleeding on the brain
GMP to clamp down on drug driving with new kit that can trace cannabis and cocaine
Greater Manchester Police unveiled their new on-the-road drug-testing kit to the public yesterday in Piccadilly Gardens.
Rape victims failed by justice system, says GMP detective ahead of BBC documentary
GMP are to appear on our TV screens this weekend in a new three-part documentary which aims to reach out to victims of rape and sexual abuse.
CCTV: Machete-wielding thug leaves Pemberton teen shaken in ‘terrifying’ robbery
A machete-wielding thug left a teen shopworker shaken after a ‘terrifying’ robbery in Pemberton last night.