A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of drug offences after allegedly selling an ecstasy tablet to a year eight schoolgirl who later fell in South Manchester.

The girl was home alone when the two burglars broke into the kitchen door with a paving slab, before dragging her upstairs and tying her up with the wire from a phone-charger.

A good samaritan prevented a bike-riding thief from escaping with a mobile phone after it was snatched out of a woman’s hand in Manchester city centre.

Derek Alexander Szostok, 62, died after he tried to break up a row between William Lynch and his brother at a flat on Moresby Close in the early hours of August 26.

William Lynch, 41, who was hosting the bash, had lunged at sibling Andrew in a ‘childish’ rage while demanding guests leave his home.

Firefighters were called to Turncroft Lane in Hazel Grove at about 5.50am following reports that two men had set a Renault Megane, Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Corsa alight.

Shocking CCTV footage has been released showing the moment a Farnworth man’s car was stolen and driven into him in a ‘brazen’ daylight robbery.

Determined not to let the thief get away the shopkeeper is dragged along the floor outside the shop, holding on to his body in a bid to stop him fleeing the scene.

Councillors and community leaders from across Manchester get together to discuss the impact of public sector cuts on the safety and security of local communities.

On February 16, searches were executed at Hanover Street and Spring Mill Drive in Mossley following an investigation by the North West Counter Terrorism Unit.

Terror squads arrested two teenagers in Mossley yesterday and two Tameside addresses are still being searched by the North West Counter Terrorism Unit.