A campaign to encourage young people to take up boxing in a bid to keep them away from knife crime

The city’s new, and returning, university students are being warned not to party too hard in door-to-door visits by the police, Manchester City Council and university staff.

Legal highs, loud music, booze and dodgy barbecues are just some of the anti-social behaviours Manchester sixth form students aimed to prevent by staging a bad house party.

Hundreds of spurned Prestwich residents are rallying behind a petition to scrap this year’s Parklife festival in Heaton Park following the rampant anti-social behaviour, violence and drug taking that marked last summer.

All Souls Church reopened last month following the completion of a £4.9million regeneration project to modernise the Grade II*-listed Victorian church.

Oldham tenants using house as drugs den evicted thanks to application of council’s new anti-social behaviour powers

The battle to beat anti-social behaviour, crime and drug dealing in the city centre is being boosted by Operation Mandera – and GMP have vowed to continue waging war.

Forcing someone into marriage is now a criminal offence

The ‘Crime Concordat’ signed police and landlords

Report reveals some crimes fell by more than 21%

Troubled Families Scheme hailed a success by Government minister