What is Spice? Everything to know about drug that caused ELEVEN users to collapse in Manchester city centre
A total of 11 people were found collapsed after taking the drug Spice in Manchester city centre.
‘A real social issue mixed with the paranormal’: Manchester zombie movie makers want your blood…
Mancunian movie makers are giving people the chance to be killed by a zombie in a new feature length film.
Police warning as three girls AGED 12 left in ‘serious condition’ after taking ‘teddy’ ecstasy tablets in Salford
Shortly before 9.50pm on Saturday 18 June 2016, police were called to Salford Precinct to reports that three girls, aged 12 and from Salford, had taken ecstasy pills described as ‘Teddy Tablets.’
‘What message are we sending?’: Manchester youth service urges caution over drug decriminalisation calls
Leading Greater Manchester youth service Early Break is urging caution over new calls to decriminalise drug use in the UK.
Reverend and the Makers’ Jon McClure talks a new album, UK drug policy and finally being critically acclaimed
After over a decade touring the UK’s indie circuit, Reverend and the Makers are experiencing more critical acclaim than ever before.
‘We’re not being hysterical’: Former Pirate Party leader demands action on ‘extreme’ Ancoats needle problem
Campaigner and ex-Pirate Party leader Loz Kaye has said that the amount of syringes being found on Manchester’s streets has reached crisis proportions.
‘A bomb waiting to go off’: Two arrests after electricity by-pass at Oldham drug farm
A cannabis farm discovered at a property in Oldham could have caused the whole street to explode, Greater Manchester Police have announced.
Legal high use in Manchester to be researched after claims of ‘significant’ usage amongst homeless and vulnerable
Legal high use in Manchester is set to be officially researched for the first time, by Manchester Metropolitan University.
‘Know your limits’: GMP urge Mad Friday revellers to ‘go home in taxi, not ambulance’
‘Mad Friday’, the last working day in December, traditionally marks the official countdown to Christmas as people celebrate finishing work for the festive period.
Cracking down on organised crime: GMP make 18 arrests after police raids in Salford
A haul of Class A drugs has been seized and a cannabis farm shut down as hundreds of police descended on Salford to eradicate the organised crime groups ‘poisoning our streets’.
‘There’s always a way out, I’m living proof’: Ex-con wants story to inspire Manchester’s addicts and homeless
After ten years in and out of prison for drug-related crimes, Haydn Smith was signposted to Mustard Tree, a charity helping the homeless.