Police authorise dispersal order in Wigan after reports of high-levels of 'youth related criminality'

Armed police descended on Chorlton after a man began to threaten people with a 'gun'. Officers were called out to Manchester Road in the leafy south Manchester suburb at around 1.30pm this afternoon (February 15).

A second teenager has been charged following an alleged stabbing in the car park of an Aldi store in Tameside.

A second girl has come forward as police investigate an alleged rape in Rochdale over the weekend. Four secondary school-aged boys were arrested following an alleged incident at the Morrisons car park in Newbold on at around 6pm on Saturday (February 10).

A man who was arrested after a 67-year-old woman was dragged to the floor in a terrifying mugging has been bailed pending further investigation, police have confirmed.

Three men are in police custody after officers discovered several large boxes of vapes inside a van that was stopped by officers following a suspected break-in.

A 13-year-old boy has died after police were called to a 'medical emergency' at a house in Middleton.

A man has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed in the early hours of Saturday morning, February 10, in Manchester city centre.

Amid the grey drizzle of Friday morning, police uncovered over £15,000 worth of goods believed to be purchased with the proceeds of crime.

A man who is currently wanted by police on recall to prison is a convicted murderer, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.

A main road in Oldham was cordoned off on Sunday evening (January 28) amid reports of a person being struck by a car.

The body of a man has been found on a lane in Bolton following a concern for welfare report.

Two major city centre roads were shut off this evening following reports of concern for welfare over a woman on a bridge.

Detectives are continuing to quiz a van driver after a 12-year-old girl was left with 'life-changing injuries' when she was knocked down at a Tim Hortons drive-thru in Oldham.

A person has been 'taken to safety' by emergency services near a train station in Rochdale.

A 14-year-old boy who was arrested after a girl was stabbed at a high school in south Manchester last year has been released without charge, police have confirmed.

A school brought in the police after one of its pupils was seen on a YouTube video being restrained by a teenager. Romeo Smalley has been jailed after sexually assaulting the boy having posted two videos of him online while he was tied up and 'bound'.

A police investigation into the death of a teenager at a mental health unit in Prestwich has concluded there is insufficient evidence to bring a prosecution. An inquest into the death of Charlie Millers was delayed in January 2023 so the Greater Manchester Police inquiry could take place after it emerged at a coronial hearing hospital records may have been edited after his death.

A Greater Manchester Police constable is accused of repeatedly providing confidential information from the force's computer system to help his friends’ motor insurance claims company.

Powers to expand Greater Manchester Police powers to stop and search individuals in some parts of the city have been extended and expanded, following an altercation outside a shop yesterday (January 22). After the altercation, one teenager was arrested.

Police, mountain rescue teams and a helicopter were called out to save an injured woman near Dovestone Reservoir on Saturday (January 20).