Disgraced GMP officer who had secret sexual relationship with alleged rape victim sacked

A jury heard there was a 'weird atmosphere' at the Cheshire home of Benjamin Mendy on the night a woman was allegedly raped there. A woman who had been out at a Manchester nightclub was invited to the house in Prestbury, after meeting another woman in the club, known as Woman Eleven, who would later accuse the Manchester City player's 'fixer' of raping her.

A man attacked his neighbour amid a petty row about parking before he scratched, bit and spat at police officers as they arrested him in an ‘utterly appalling’ melee.

Drake curse’ this weekend after the rapper betted on them to win their game against Real Madrid.For the game – dubbed ‘El Clásico’ in Spain – Barcelona wore a special kit dedicated to the rapper featuring his OVO owl as part of their sponsorship with Spotify.Ahead of the match on Sunday (October 16), Drake took to Instagram to share proof of a bet he posted for $8333,333 Canadian dollars (£537,000) on both Arsenal and Barcelona to win their games that day.While Arsenal were victorious in a 1-0 win against Leeds, later in the day Barcelona lost 3-1 to Real Madrid, seeing Drake lose over half a million pounds. A win for Barca would have won him nearly £2.5m.After the loss, many have called back to the ‘Drake curse’, with the rapper garnering a long-standing reputation for being a bad luck charm after posing with sporting stars or their team’s shirt.In recent years, Manchester City exited the Champions League after he posed with their player Sergio Aguero, while AS Roma even “banned” their players from taking photos with him in order to prevent devastating losses.In 2019, many said Drake used his “curse” to his advantage after seemingly ensuring that the Philadelphia 76ers lost a crunch game against his beloved Toronto Raptors.❗️Drake has placed a massive bet of €617,467 on Arsenal and Barça to win today against Leeds and Real Madrid.

The teenage boy tragically killed in a car crash in Audenshaw on Saturday night has been named in floral tributes at the scene.

A police officer accused of assaulting a two-year-old girl and her dad during a confrontation at a house in Oldham has been cleared following a trial.

A suspended senior Greater Manchester Police officer is facing allegations of sexual harassment, it has been confirmed.

Manchester council will ask the government for a public inquiry into a mental health unit at the heart of a BBC Panorama investigation aired last month. The calls for an inquiry come with fears that alleged abuse of patients at the Edenfield Centre, as claimed by the BBC, is happening at other Greater Manchester’s mental health treatment units.

A neonatal nurse allegedly murdered a ‘resilient’ baby girl after a fourth attempt before sending her parents a sympathy card, a trial has heard. Lucy Letby, 32, is charged with murdering seven babies and faces 15 attempted murder charges involving ten more children.

Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Marquez have been together for almost five years, and got engaged on Valentine’s Day last year. But when we ask Gemma about their wedding plans, it’s fair to say the couple are decidedly laid-back. "There have been a few times now where we’ve driven past a registry office and said, ‘Shall we just go in and do it? Yeah, let’s do it!’" says Gemma, 37.

Spare a thought for Manchester City midfielder Rodri.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers say they found a large quantity of suspected drugs in a black Mercedes car that was spotted being 'driven at speed' last night.

The brother of Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett has spoken of his 'anger and pain' in an increasingly bitter row with an author who sparked a new police dig for the child's remains.

A cyclist has blasted Greater Manchester Police (GMP) after he was forced to correct an officer's knowledge of the highway code while out on a ride in Bolton.

Police chiefs have announced officers in every force across the country will now attend ALL home burglaries in a new set of standards they hope will result in more crimes being solved and more thieves prosecuted. While some forces, including GMP, already have policies to send officers to all burglary reports, others attend only where victims are vulnerable or elderly, or where there are evidential lines of inquiry to be followed up.

Twin sisters launched a horrific violent attack after one barged into a group of girls on a night out. Sophie Wood and Katie Wood, then both 21, had been out in Manchester city centre when Sophie Wood bumped into one of the women.