A 15-year-old boy from Blackburn has been sentenced to life after encouraging a man in Australia to commit acts of terrorism at a national day of remembrance.

A man, who posted sexually explicit photos of a woman on Facebook without her consent, has been jailed in the first sentencing in Greater Manchester under new revenge porn legislation.

A gang of callous thieves who terrorised Manchester, ransacking shops and threatening people with weapons including a saw-off shotgun have been jailed for more than 35 years collectively.

Bosses of a Manchester shisha bar which posed such a risk to the public it had to be demolished have been sent down for their ‘blatant disregard for fire safety’.

Twenty four people have been sentenced – with over half a century’s time in prison handed down – in a widespread clampdown on drug dealers in Tameside.

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

The son of former world snooker champion Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins is facing jail after he admitted carrying out a dawn robbery on a Manchester newsagents.

Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis has been found guilty of indecent assault while working in the BBC’s studios in Manchester.

The broadcaster was given a 15-month sentence

Star was sentenced at Preston Crown Court