Prisoners in HMP Manchester (formerly known as Strangeways) can purchase a range of items – from vapes to vegan sausages

A Sunday League footballer has been jailed for one year after intentionally breaking an opponents leg before verbally abusing him as he was ‘lying in agony on the pitch’.

A Didsbury pervert who forced young girls to expose themselves by threatening to hack their computers was sentenced to five years in prison at Manchester Crown Court today.

A rapist faces eight years behind bars after attacking a woman in her own home in Levenshulme.

A thug who left a man with brain injuries after fracturing his skull with a ‘one-punch’ attack outside a nightclub in Leigh has today been jailed for four years.

A 27-year-old’s unlikely story continues after she landed the ‘Business Newcomer of the Year’ accolade at the Pitman Training Super Achievers Awards 2015 last week.

An unemployed poker player from Romania who cheated two Greater Manchester casinos out of large sums of money has been caught after trying to flee the country.

Ronel Kiyanga, 20, of South Croydon, was found guilty of two counts of retaining wrongful credit after splurging on foreign currency and technical goods with cash that had been wrongly paid into his bank.

Derek Alexander Szostok, 62, died after he tried to break up a row between William Lynch and his brother at a flat on Moresby Close in the early hours of August 26.

William Lynch, 41, who was hosting the bash, had lunged at sibling Andrew in a ‘childish’ rage while demanding guests leave his home.

A notorious Tameside gang – who unleashed 18 months of ‘stress, threats and intimidation’ on a gun crime witness – have finally been convicted.