Marcus Williams, 18, of Seymour Grove, Old Trafford pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted robbery and a 14-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to two counts attempted robbery

Wesley Keith Coulding, 36, previously of Hattersley Road West, Manchester, sowed the seeds of a drug empire, but was stopped in its tracks before the plants could fully flourish

Around 10am, officers from Greater Manchester Police’s Tactical Aid Unit (TAU) stopped a silver BMW on Tib Street, Manchester

Around 3.30pm yesterday afternoon, a 42-year-old man lost control of his blue Suzuki bike on Frederick Street in Farnworth, near the junction with Westwood Close

Two teenage ‘goths’ who were subjected to a vicious assault in a suspected Stockport hate crime are being asked to come forward.

Gareth David Kevin Ward 21, from Bowness Rd, Middleton, punched a woman, 52, so hard he fractured her cheek

Three Bolton businessmen accused of buying stolen railway cable have been cleared of all wrongdoing – after a judge said they were ‘worn down’ to break the law by pushy undercover police officers.

The antique blaster, which is estimated at being manufactured in the late 1800s, has a 410 shotgun concealed within the casing

The majority of crimes are falling year on year, according to figures from the Crime Survey of England and Wales (CSEW) published on July 17.

The brutal attack on the 35-year-old took place at 2.30am Monday July 21 on Gawthorpe Close in Bury.

A firearms amnesty by Greater Manchester Polices has been ‘extremely successful’ as nearly 90 weapons have been surrendered in the first week.