Locked up for 22 hours a day: Women’s prisons during the pandemic
“Women are forced to prioritise between showering or queuing up to use the communal phone.” This is the reality of
Mental health petition: More kids will DIE if government don’t ‘step up’, claims heartbroken Hyde mum
A heartbroken Hyde mother whose 17-year-old daughter took her own life last year has called on the government to ‘step up’ and tackle mental health issues, warning ‘if they don’t change the law soon then inevitably it’s going to happen again’.
Ancoats hour of terror: Boy, 16, charged after gang crime spree leaves man robbed at gunpoint
A 16-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a string of crimes that rocked Ancoats in an hour of terror, including the smashing of car windows and robbing a man at gunpoint.
Tragic Hyde mum triples cash target in aid of charity who helped her survive ‘darkest days’ after daughter’s suicide
Martina Brincat-Baines, 36, took on the challenge of walking coast to coast from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay for the charity Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS) – whose support she claims saved her life.
GMP’s ‘sloppy approach to care’ led to death of epileptic man in custody, claims police watchdog
The death of an epileptic man held in Great Manchester Police custody was caused by poor operating practices and a ‘sloppy approach’ to his care, according to an independent regulator.
Suicides rate after being in Greater Manchester Police cells drops by quarter, finds watchdog
Research by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found that in 2013/2014, there were 68 apparent suicides within 48 hours of being released from police custody – an increase of 4.6% and the highest number in ten years
In a cell for being unwell: Manchester’s mentally ill LOCKED UP as ‘shameful’ NHS don’t have enough beds
Criminalising the mentally ill due to lack of beds
Woolwich attack: Man charged with murder after Middleton soldier Lee Rigby hacked to death in street
Michael Adebowale referred to Old Bailey
‘Mindless’: Two arrested after FOUR police cars attacked in Burnage
Trading standards vehicle also attacked
Class A drugs crackdown continues as police arrest seven during dawn raids in Trafford and South Manchester
Warrants were executed this morning
Police sink teeth into callous loan sharks in Greater Manchester specialist crackdown – two arrests made
Illegal Money Lending Team are working with councils