An angry Oldham trucker deliberately used his 17-tonne lorry to crush a Salford motorist to death after they became embroiled in a road rage row, a murder trial was told yesterday.
Horrified eyewitnesses saw Mr Allen’s head ‘explode’ and could hear bones breaking as the grandfather was dragged under the wheels of Slater’s DAF articulated lorry, a jury heard.

The number of incidents involving the immobilisers have shot up by 232%, while complaints also followed a similar pattern and rose from 44 to 137 (an increase of 211%) between 2009-2013

The damning statistics but the blame often on religious leaders or even family members, according to the recent study by Stonewall and The Cooperative Funeralcare.

Nikola Bradford, 36, became so hooked on taking the non-prescription tablets for her bad back she tried to kick her habit by urging local chemists not to sell them to her.

Around 3,225 patients committed suicide in the UK within the first three months of their discharge from hospital which accounts for 18% of all patient suicides between 2002-2012.

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

An active Manchester girl, 9, who dreamt of being like Cheryl Cole collapsed and died without warning after she sang and danced every day unaware she had a heart condition.

A 40-year-old motorcyclist from Heywood has died after a road traffic collision with a Fiat 500 in Oldham.

The number of Manchester men needlessly dying is almost double the national average, claims statistics obtained by MM.

Sir Peter Fahy, boss of Britain’s third largest police force, posted on his Twitter account how he spent a few hours working alongside North Manchester police officers.

A man’s body has been found in an area of shrub land close to Pennington Flash in Leigh.