Police are hunting down a dangerous predator who tried to drag a schoolgirl into his van on a Salford street yesterday morning.

A Tameside man, who groomed the 11-year-old daughter of a family friend before having sex with her, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.

A 26-year-old man who was stabbed to death in Manchester city centre had been previously jailed in connection with another nightclub murder nearly three years to the day he died on Sunday.

A spike in LGBT hate crime is only the ‘tip of the iceberg’ according to council leader, Mike Connolly.

A policewoman who leaked confidential details about the manhunt for Dale Cregan so she could give her sister some ‘gossip’ about the double cop killer wept as she was jailed for almost three years today.

The hunt for a callous thief, who tricked his way into the home of a Worlsey pensioner by masquerading as a health carer before stealing from the victim’s house, is underway.

A shamed Walkden bride who spent her wedding night in police cells after a racially fuelled bust up with staff at Manchester’s Hilton Hotel wept as she walked free from court today.

A callous thief exploited a blind Pendlebury pensioner by snatching more than £100 from his wallet when the vulnerable man offered up £5 because he thought he was collecting for charity this week.

Motorists are being urged to sit in their cars when de-icing them this winter, following a spate of vehicle thefts that occurred last year.

Luxury cars and designer bags have been seized by police in early morning raids across Greater Manchester as part of a £10million international money laundering operation sting.

Each station recorded increases in at least one of theft of passenger property, violence, railway burglary and theft, criminal damage, cable theft and cycle theft over the previous year.