The two 16-year-olds, of Somali origin, flew from Manchester Airport to Turkey on June 26 and are believed to have followed their elder brother, a fighter for the extremist militant group Isis, to the war-torn country.

Former world champion boxer Khan was arrested for allegedly attacking two teenagers in the early hours of Friday in connection to the assault on Russell Street in Heaton, the boxer being released on bail until mid-July.

Figures obtained by MM reveal racially-motivated attacks shot up by 40% while religiously-motivated attacks rocketed by 51% across Greater Manchester between May 2013 and February 2014.

Sir Peter Fahy, boss of Britain’s third largest police force, posted on his Twitter account how he spent a few hours working alongside North Manchester police officers.

A suspected gunman is being quizzed by police after a double shooting in Oldham saw two men blasted in the abdomen and buttocks.

A serial flasher who chases young girls with his pants around his ankles has sparked a manhunt after exposing himself in Tameside.

A Manchester humanitarian and dad-of-three, who has lead several life-saving aid missions to Syria, has spoken out about the increasing police scrutiny and legal threats he and other Muslim aid workers face at the UK border.

One in three people in the North West are not confident that their complaint will be handled fairly by police, the IPCC claim.

A coroner has castigated revellers as a ‘disgrace’ after they refused to speak to police investigating the death of an Oldham boy who plummeted 40 feet off a balcony during a riotous party.

Joanne’s Kelly’s son Kyle Winterbottom, 16, lost his footing and fell to the ground as he clambered onto a third floor balcony rail in Oldham in a bid to climb down to the floor below during a party.

Greater Manchester killer Paul O’Hara was today sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his girlfriend Cherylee Shennan in a frenzied knife attack.