MM are appealing for the return of a six-year-old’s drawing of her dead brother – lost when her uncle’s wallet was snatched on a night out in Manchester.

Recorded crime has risen by 6% in Greater Manchester over the past year, with the upward trend likely to remain due to Government cuts, according to a GMP spokesman.

Dramatic CCTV footage of men armed with a long-handled sledgehammer robbing a jewellers in Manchester city centre has been released.

Sir Peter Fahy, chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, will not be prosecuted for the death of Anthony Grainger after the case against him was dropped.

The report – Tackling Hidden Crimes and Behaviours – published on January 14 by Manchester City Council states that the city is a ‘hotspot’ for unreported sex crimes such as female genital mutilation.

Marc Jepson, 40, paid with his life when he became locked in a bitter family fall out with Irene Hodgkiss, 63, after he split up with wife Sandra.

The terror attack on Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris was marked in Piccadilly Gardens last night as mourners gathered for a candlelit vigil.

Greater Manchester Police have marked the murders of twelve Parisians at the Charlier with a small ceremony and two minutes silence outside the Charles Hale road headquarters.

An Urmston pensioner has been jailed for four years for a string of historic sex crimes against young girls – one who was just seven.

Thousands of pounds in cash was stolen from a Wigan building society last night after thieves wielding a machete and hammer confronted security guards and made off with ATM cash.

Family members took to Twitter and Facebook to share their memories and express their ‘shock’ at the father-of-one’s death.