‘Let’s stand together’: GMP urge unity as reports of hate crime rocket in Manchester
Over 3,000 incidents of racial hatred were reported to Greater Manchester Police last year, MM can reveal.
‘Particularly daring’: Police search for shotgun thief who stuck-up Manchester Asda
A man snatched a cash security box right out of a guard’s hand after assaulting Leigh’s Asda Superstore this morning.
Frisky phone box: Couple wanted after having sex stark naked on Oxford Road
A man and woman were caught having sexual intercourse stark naked in a phone box at Manchester city centre on Tuesday night, and are now being hunted by the police.
‘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.
‘I love my trees, I hug them all’: Chorlton shopkeeper ‘still sad’ after ‘devastating’ theft of 190 Christmas ferns
A shopkeeper has expressed his devastation and shock after 190 Christmas trees were stolen from a Chorlton minimarket three weeks ago.
Three-year-old threatened at gunpoint on way to school in ‘terrifying’ Sale robbery
A three-year-old child was threatened at gunpoint whilst walking to school, when a man robbed a mother in Sale on Friday morning.
‘Your community needs you’: GMP calls for neighbourhood spirit in ‘challenging times’
Local communities have been called upon to work together to prevent burglary, as the Greater Manchester Police go through ‘challenging times’.
‘Increasingly difficult to put public at ease’: Lloyd admits concern as crime rates rise
Violent crime in Greater Manchester has risen by 39% in the last year, whilst the number of sexual offences has risen by 52%.
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’.
‘Enough is enough’: GMP warn Salford gun crooks after ‘sickening’ attack on family
Greater Manchester Police’s deputy chief constable has issued a warning to gun criminals in Salford after two men shot a mother and her son last night in a ‘sickening’ attack.
‘Hardcore porn warping kids’ views’: Sexual offences in secondary schools up 54% across Greater Manchester
The number of reported sexual offences in schools in Greater Manchester has risen by 54%, according to an FOI released by the GMP.