Speaking anonymously in an interview with BBC Radio 4 on Friday, he also said that during his time in the force senior officers within GMP knew the issue was prevalent, but did little to act

Alongside worldwide donations, the British public have also actively taken goods and supplies to the charity shop accompanying the home

More than 30 firefighters and some members of the public battled the blaze to save animals trapped inside the burning building

Tinika Campbell, 17, sank her teeth into the head of Khalid Kassian Hassan, 36 then rained punches upon him during a frenzied beating after harbouring a deranged belief he was about to mount a demonic attack upon her

Butt was speaking with his class of ’92 teammates, Ryan Giggs and Phil Neville this year’s Soccerex, held in Manchester

A Salford murder victim’s mum appeals to the public to help find the person who gunned down her son, Lee Erdmann, on the third anniversary of his death

Manchester carers are being forced to pay ‘dementia tax’ as the tax they already pay to the NHS won’t cover the cost of care if they fall ill, say the Alzheimer’s Society.

Mother of Kirsty Bigland, 30, who was still in her white wedding dress, shouted ‘Fucking monkeys’ and Paki bastard’, when a card payment was refused as she and her husband Nick, 25, tried to check into their room, it was claimed

The Dr Hadwen Trust (DHT), a non-animal medical research charity, and its supporters were joined by the actress to help increase awareness of the charity’s work

Just like us, dogs often require transfusions if they become sick or injured so quick and easy access to blood can make all the difference between life and death

The report, entitled Powers to Grow: City Finance and Governance, said the UK economy is falling short of its potential as our cities are ‘stifled by the overt centralisation of policy decision-making’