Shocking CCTV footage has been released showing the moment a Farnworth man’s car was stolen and driven into him in a ‘brazen’ daylight robbery.

Determined not to let the thief get away the shopkeeper is dragged along the floor outside the shop, holding on to his body in a bid to stop him fleeing the scene.

A man who robbed a nursery in Oldham just minutes before children arrived for the day – leaving staff shaken up and scared to be left alone – is being hunted by police.

This CCTV footage shows the terrifying moment Middleton shoppers faced a masked gang brandishing a meat cleaver, sledgehammer, axe and even a samurai sword in a raid on a security van.

Dramatic CCTV footage of men armed with a long-handled sledgehammer robbing a jewellers in Manchester city centre has been released.

Thousands of pounds in cash was stolen from a Wigan building society last night after thieves wielding a machete and hammer confronted security guards and made off with ATM cash.

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.

Following a small-value robbery at a Bolton convenience store in which tear gas was sprayed at the shop owner, police have released a CCTV image of a woman they want to speak with.

A violent thug repeatedly slams a woman’s head into a wall while trying to snatch her handbag in an attempted robbery in Leigh

A 61-year-old stroke victim was left shaken after two thugs pushed him to the ground and robbed him in Prestwich.

A robbery at a Salford petrol station which saw a cashier violently assaulted has led police to launch a hunt for the culprits.