A ‘calculating’ and ‘extremely dangerous’ gunman who shot at two people sat in a parked car – almost killing them both – has been sentenced to two decades in prison following a trial at Manchester Crown Court.

Police were called to Bolton Road, Ashton, in Makerfield shortly before 5.20pm on Monday March 30 following reports that shots had been fired in the residential area.

The PC Nicola Hughes Memorial Fund is organising an event with a difference, to celebrate the life of the 23-year-old Greater Manchester Police officer murdered by Dale Creegan.

A 23-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the leg after police were called to Great Western Street shortly after 1.45 on Monday 16 March following reports a shot had been fired.

The 29-year-old was walking along Northmoor Road at around 10.30pm on Saturday March 7 when a vehicle pulled up alongside him and fired a shot.

The world’s first computer game entirely based in Manchester, Beyond Flesh and Blood, will be displayed in its early stage at EXG Rezzed in London next week.

Police have arrested three men in connection with the fatal drive-by shooting of Kieran McGrath in Ashton four months ago.

Manchester unite to show Muslim lives matter at a Piccadilly Gardens vigil for the three young victims of the Chapel Hill Shooting in America

A thug fired a shotgun at a shopper in an Aldi supermarket car park – because he had been shown ‘disrespect’.

Moss Side’s Hideaway Youth Project witnesses ‘the first steps towards building unbreakable communities and families’ as Black Lives Matter speakers and supporters turned out in droves for the Manchester stint of the Ferguson Solidarity Tour.

The gun used to kill father-of-three, Charlie Singh in Openshaw last month was also used to murder 26-year-old Kieran McGrath.