Councillor Robert Bleakley escaped the sack for texts that claimed women were for ‘cleaning and washing material’ and that he hoped jailed Vicky Pryce ‘liked her fanny played with in the showers’.

Thousands of people could receive free instant alerts to their phones every time a child is reported missing in Greater Manchester with a new Child Alert system.

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William Wooles received suspended sentence