Longsight drive-by shooting: Police appeal after man shot in leg
The 29-year-old was walking along Northmoor Road at around 10.30pm on Saturday March 7 when a vehicle pulled up alongside him and fired a shot.
‘War of the roads’: Cycling fines in Manchester plummet but safety concerns remain
Figures obtained through an FOI request to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) show 121 fines were issued from June-December 2014 compared to 147 the previous six months.
Manchester schoolboys, 12, apologise for hoax call spree of rapes and shootings
The 12-year-olds, from Levenshulme and Reddish in Stockport, called 999 from their mobile phones between 6 September 2014 and 12 October 2014 with each call prompting response from at least one of the emergency services.
Thugs threaten to cut off girl of 13’s FINGERS in terrifying Hollinwood home invasion
The girl was home alone when the two burglars broke into the kitchen door with a paving slab, before dragging her upstairs and tying her up with the wire from a phone-charger.
Wrong side of the law: GMP suffer spike in internal misconduct and assault
Greater Manchester Police internal misconduct rose by 24.3% in the last year according to statistics released by the office for the Police Crime Commissioner.
Good samaritan stops bike thief who snatched woman’s mobile phone in Deansgate
A good samaritan prevented a bike-riding thief from escaping with a mobile phone after it was snatched out of a woman’s hand in Manchester city centre.
Police ‘predator’ who filmed up women’s skirts forced to sign sex offenders list
A callous former Greater Manchester Police officer has signed a five-year Sexual Offenders Prevention Order, after pleading guilty for possessing indecent videos on his computer and phone.
Family pay tribute to brother killed by drunken Leigh pal’s ‘swing and miss’ punch
Derek Alexander Szostok, 62, died after he tried to break up a row between William Lynch and his brother at a flat on Moresby Close in the early hours of August 26.
‘Reckless’ Radcliffe man jailed for flashing laser at police helicopter
A ‘stupid and selfish’ Radcliffe man has been jailed for shining a laser into a police helicopter that temporarily blinded the pilot and put lives at risk.
Tameside gang jailed after unleashing 18 months of terror on gun crime witness
A notorious Tameside gang – who unleashed 18 months of ‘stress, threats and intimidation’ on a gun crime witness – have finally been convicted.
‘Mindless’ firebugs torch NINE cars in minutes during Stockport arson spree
Firefighters were called to Turncroft Lane in Hazel Grove at about 5.50am following reports that two men had set a Renault Megane, Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Corsa alight.