Laughing gas: Is nitrous oxide a dangerous drug or harmless habit?
How safe is laughing gas, also known as nitrous oxide, NOS or even hippy crack? MM investigate by talking to health chiefs and users.
Dale Deezy murder: Tributes pour in to aspiring rapper battered to death in Gorton
Tributes to a 20-year-old rising star in Manchester’s rap scene who was brutally killed in a ‘sustained attack’ in Gorton have flooded social media websites.
Bolton EDL riot: GMP ‘made mockery of system’ over handling of alleged cop punch
Greater Manchester Police have been slammed for making a ‘mockery’ of their complaints system, after saying an officer who punched an innocent protester had ‘no case to answer’.
Stockport nurse stabbed 130 times in head by ex-boyfriend was ‘badly let down’ by GMP
A Stockport nurse stabbed 130 times by her killer ex-boyfriend was ‘badly let down’ by Greater Manchester Police after officers failed to warn her of his violent past, a watchdog has said.
Mental health petition: More kids will DIE if government don’t ‘step up’, claims heartbroken Hyde mum
A heartbroken Hyde mother whose 17-year-old daughter took her own life last year has called on the government to ‘step up’ and tackle mental health issues, warning ‘if they don’t change the law soon then inevitably it’s going to happen again’.
Yob sprays aerosol flame thrower into Manchester poppy-selling cadet’s face
A thug who used a makeshift flamethrower to attack a young Army Cadet selling Remembrance Day poppies in Manchester city centre, is still being hunted by police.
GMP promise crackdown on South American drug cartels targeting Manchester as cocaine dealer jailed
Greater Manchester Police have successfully intercepted a parcel containing £100,000 worth of cocaine and the recipient Promise Ezeh of Harley Street Manchester has been sentenced to nine years in jail at Minshull Street Crown Court
Drugs den tenants evicted under Oldham Council’s new anti-social behaviour powers
Oldham tenants using house as drugs den evicted thanks to application of council’s new anti-social behaviour powers
‘Irreplaceable’ Bury Mayoral chains stolen by thugs in hammer attack
A balaclava-wearing man struck the mayor’s driver with the hammer as he placed a briefcase containing the chains into the boot of a car at around 10.15pm in the Stand Lane area of Radcliffe.
Ghost of Liam Gallagher is trying to kill me: Manchester’s spookiest (and daft) 999 calls
Halloween is here and Greater Manchester Police are revealing all the spooky 999 call they have received in the last few years
Petrified Salford students barricade living room as thugs smash down door with baseball bat and shovel
Around 12am, October 27, two men armed with a trench shovel and a baseball bat burst smashed their way through the double glazed patio doors of the Bandy Fields Place house in Higher Broughton