Rymel Downer, 25, has been jailed for 17 years for attempted murder after he was convicted of firing three shots, one of which hit his victim in the mouth

Local residents and staff at the home risked their own lives as they battled through smoke and flames to bravely rescue two dogs.

More than 30 firefighters and some members of the public battled the blaze to save animals trapped inside the burning building

A Salford murder victim’s mum appeals to the public to help find the person who gunned down her son, Lee Erdmann, on the third anniversary of his death

Mother of Kirsty Bigland, 30, who was still in her white wedding dress, shouted ‘Fucking monkeys’ and Paki bastard’, when a card payment was refused as she and her husband Nick, 25, tried to check into their room, it was claimed

Greater Manchester Police force’s inadequacies, such as a failure to implement a crime attendance policy, have been exposed in a shocking HMIC report.

Hundreds of scratch and sniff cards were delivered to drug hot-spots with the intention of familiarizing the public with the potent odour so they would be able to detect nearby cannabis farms

The national domestic violence charity Refuge, along with families of women killed by current or former partners, are calling for a public inquiry to investigate why victims of domestic violence are not getting adequate protection from the police and other state agencies

Khalid Hussain, 27, and Mohammed Azeem, 38, were charged following an investigation into reports of neglect, abuse and poor levels of care at the home of the alleged victim

Deacon Alan Morris, 64, of Rivington Road, Hale, preyed on young boys during his time at St Ambrose RC College, an all-boys grammar school where a ‘culture of abuse was rife’.

Officers want to trace Peter Thomas 27, in connection with a string of armed robberies at businesses predominately in the Stockport area of Greater Manchester