Female offenders are being ‘failed’ by the current rehabilitation system, which ‘cannot help women’ – yet Greater Manchester Police claim their ground-breaking initiative will reduce the number who re-offend.

Marc Jepson, 40, paid with his life when he became locked in a bitter family fall out with Irene Hodgkiss, 63, after he split up with wife Sandra.

Carl Fagan, 51, and son Daniel, 19, became embroiled in a spat with Carl Lees, who was known to the Fagan family.

Evans, who maintains his innocence, was set to join the Latics on a long-term deal until 20,000 people signed an online petition urging the club not to sign him.

An ex-undercover narcotics officer has come out in support of legalising drugs, saying it would save lives, prison space and taxpayers’ money.

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.

Manchester speak out against hard-line drug laws, which fail to deter use illegal substances, following new Home Office report

Forgiving Loretta Smith, 75, felt so sorry for 24-year-old Kevin Derbyshire after he gave her a sob story from jail, she wrote back accepting his apology and enclosing a £20 postal order

A family-run drugs ‘empire’ orchestrated from within a prison cell has been busted by Greater Manchester Police.

On Valentine’s Day last year, South African athlete Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, in what he claimed was a tragic accident.

A Manchester crime network have been ordered to pay back more than £70,000 after police busted their drug ring.