Following the death of Salford’s ‘Mr Big’ Paul Massey from a gunshot wound to the chest, Greater Manchester Police have released a description of the gunman.

Police have confirmed that the man shot dead in Salford last night was security boss and businessman Paul Massey.

Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has spoken out following the shooting and murder of Salford’s ‘Mr Big’, Paul Massey.

GMP officers are facing an increasing amount of assaults, with new data revealing that the situation has reached a five-year high.

CCTV footage of a brutal assault – that saw a man chased, punched, kicked and stamped on as he lay defenceless on a pavement in Salford – has been released by police in a bid to catch the offenders.

A man was shot in the leg at a Wythenshawe pub last night – police are asking the local community for their help in solving this ‘alarming’ crime.

Officers were called to an address on Blantyre Street in Swinton Shortly before 11.50pm to a report of a firearm discharge

More than 150 officers across Greater Manchester Police will visit more than 100 premises to ensure that they are abiding by the law, as well as visiting areas associated with the use of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), to check young people are safe and well.

Since David Cameron called for an ‘internet crackdown’ two years ago, 4.5million child porn and abuse images have been seized by police in 100 criminal cases taken to court, an NSPCC sample of police records reveal.

Three women have been sexually assaulted by a Manchester city centre taxi driver in the early hours of the morning – police are warning people to take extra care and stick together on nights out.

A gang of men and women who threw rocks at a tram in Chorlton, forcing passengers to take cover and causing serious damage shortly before another was derailed, are wanted by Greater Manchester Police.