CCTV footage released by detectives in Salford shows the attempted robbery on Thursday September 4 at around 10.40pm on the number 36 bus, travelling along Kenyon Way towards Peel Lane

A masked thief made an arse of a robbery when he exposed his face – and his underwear – during an armed raid on a newsagents in Levenshulme.

Arsonists torched an Islamic Centre’s minibus just hours after CCTV cameras were stolen from the building – police are appealing for witnesses to this potential hate crime

Suggestions that police are ‘encouraging’ victims to investigate offences themselves have been met with an overwhelmingly negative reaction by Manchester.

A taxi driver was left with a broken jaw after he was brutally attacked and robbed by two men for just £30 in Harpurhey last month.

Brendan McKelvey, 49, was discovered lying in the street by with serious head injuries just after 2am on Friday, July 25, off the junction of Chorley Old Road and St George’s Street, Bolton

Both incidents occurred on Sunday, December 22 after the women were tracked closely by the attacker as they walked to work in the early hours.

A manhunt is underway after a violent and unprovoked attack in Manchester left a teenager with a broken jaw after being punched in the face.

The hunt is on for three men suspected of stealing £800 worth of ladies clothes from the Altrincham branch of Marks and Spencers in broad daylight.

An 80-year-old woman was followed by two men and left face down on the floor after her bag was snatched in Bolton

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.