A 30-year-old man who verbally and physically assaulting members of the public and police officers outside a primary school in Longsight has been arrested on suspicion of affray.

A man was run over by a thief who stole his van from a petrol station forecourt in Rochdale, which was later found abandoned following the theft of a laptop.

A man who robbed a nursery in Oldham just minutes before children arrived for the day – leaving staff shaken up and scared to be left alone – is being hunted by police.

Gala had attempted to hide the drugs – which have an estimated street value of around £175,000 – within the outer panels of his suitcase.

The event is aims to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones amongst children and young people.

The victim, who was 14 or 15-years-old at the time of the incident, was sexually abused at the swimming pool of Stockport Leisure Center and also in woodlands at Lyme Park in Cheshire, near Disley between 1996 and 1999.

Police are appealing for information after a blade was held to a 23-year-old woman’s cheek during a mugging in Salford on Saturday.

Manchester restaurant Almost Famous could face prosecution for criminal offences under food safety legislation following the death of 18-year-old Shahida Shahid, police have said.

Ethel Irene Ditcher, known as Irene to friends and family, was hit by an HGV on Leigh Road at 11:45am and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Brother’s Day, an urban crime drama about Manchester gangland culture, aims to make young people think twice before joining a gang.

Police are searching for a woman who may be the key to locating two men responsible for an unprovoked attack on a family of three on a Manchester tram-stop in January.