Four Leigh gang members were arrested late last night after confronting police with an air rifle and machetes – with one even pointing a gun to an officer’s face.

An ex-police man has been jailed and another has been given a suspended sentence for stealing nearly £10,000 worth of drugs from police stations in Longsight and West Didsbury.

An 66-year-old man has lost sight in his left eye after being struck by a brick in the doorway of his own home in Oldham this weekend.

A Moss Side man has been jailed for five years for raping a 14-year-old girl in 2009 in what police are calling a ‘below level’ investigation.

Wigan police are asking residents not to join paedophile vigilante groups after a man was arrested for assault and blackmail after a Facebook grooming sting.

A terrified 61-year-old shopworker was held at gunpoint while an armed robber stole cash and cigarettes from a store in Rochdale in the early hours of Monday morning.

Officers in Wigan are appealing to help find three men who a young couple’s home and struck their neighbour on the head with a hammer when he tried to come to their aid.

GMP are embroiled in an investigation after gun shots were fired in Stockport last night.

Greater Manchester Police have warned fans to be on their best behaviour ahead of Sunday’s derby battle between United and City at Old Trafford.

Efits of two men wanted in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl in Bolton have been issued by police this morning.

A Bolton man was knocked unconscious and left with a broken nose and damaged eyes in a racially motivated attack involving two groups of men.