The 21-year-old victim was chased by a gun-toting offender along Great Clowes Street, Higher Broughton, before being shot twice from behind on the stretch of Curzon Road.

The 33-year-old man, who has not yet been named, died when he was struck by a tram near Prestwich tram at around 1.30pm

The Harper Green High School pupil, who had been due to start sitting his GCSEs later this month, had left a note saying he was ‘fed up’ with life.

Ahmed Khatib, 33, became resentful of mother-of-three Rania Alayed, 25, after she instructed a lawyer to help ‘free her’ from him, it was claimed at Manchester Crown Court today.

Ryan MacDonald, 21, and Stevie McMullen, 32, both of no fixed address, admitted conspiring to escape from lawful custody

The victim suffered wounds to his leg, arm and back in the crash on St Mary’s Road, in Hyde, Tameside, at around 2.15pm on Saturday April 26.

Craig Wilcox, 28, had vanished in January after telling friends that he was living in fear of ‘some lads’ who were ‘after him’

Craig Wilcox’s body was found in Dove Stone Reservoir in February, seven weeks after he went missing

Greater Manchester Police retrieved 120 plant pots following a major drugs bust in Swinton, Salford, last month, and decided to put the pots to a better use

Hundreds of vintage records, electronic music equipment and their car was taken

GMP set to investigate whether there was a ‘criminal cover up’ by members of Rochdale Council