An independent assurance review of the effectiveness of multi-agency responses to child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester released today has exposed serious faults within a system that should have protected children but instead ignored their pleas for help.

After findings in the GMCA report into child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester in the early 2000s showed authorities to be at fault, GMP have issued a statement.

The stabbings at Manchester’s Arndale Centre left one person with serious injuries and another three requiring medical treatment.

After recent figures showed knife crime has doubled across Greater Manchester over the last three years, GMP moved fast to remove more than 600 weapons from the streets last month.

With more effort from the council on sustainable transport, the bicycle is an obvious choice and it’s clear Mancunians have taken heed of its popularity.

The amount of police officers taking a leave of absence due to stress and anxiety has risen by almost 60%.

An anti-Tommy Robinson campaigner has been told to ‘lie low’ by Greater Manchester Police.

The number of complaints against taxi drivers in Manchester City Centre has risen to over 100 every month.

The number of racially-motivated hate crimes against children in Greater Manchester rose by a staggering 155% over the last three years.

Jose Mourinho threatened to walk to Old Trafford if Manchester’s traffic problems continued so we’ve mapped out just how long that would take him.

Shops selling counterfeit goods in the Strangeways area have been shut down by Manchester City Council.