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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A notorious Tameside gang – who unleashed 18 months of ‘stress, threats and intimidation’ on a gun crime witness – have finally been convicted.

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.

Shocking CCTV footage has been released showing the moment a Farnworth man’s car was stolen and driven into him in a ‘brazen’ daylight robbery.

Determined not to let the thief get away the shopkeeper is dragged along the floor outside the shop, holding on to his body in a bid to stop him fleeing the scene.

Office worker Curbie Dunlop, 18, began scuffling with 21-year-old sales assistant Hebe McLaren after accusing her of sleeping with her boyfriend.

Councillors and community leaders from across Manchester get together to discuss the impact of public sector cuts on the safety and security of local communities.