A family say they're being kept awake at night and are at their 'wits' end' because of a damaged manhole cover in front of their home - and the noise is even worse during the day.
30.07.2023 - 15:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Cheetham Hill Gang started small. In the early days petty theft, handbag snatching and robbing shops was their bread and butter.
And, initially at least, the pickings were slim. A good job would net those involved a few hundred quid.
But soon the ambitious young gangsters set their sights on bigger and better things. In the late 70s and early 80s a void had opened up in Manchester's gangland.
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The old established criminal order - loosely based around the Quality Street Gang - had been largely dismantled by a determined and concerted clampdown led by 'God's Cop', the late GMP chief James Anderton. But that just created opportunities for others.
"What is certain is that two events - the success of the armed robbery clampdown and the obsession with the QSG - not only hobbled the old order but also made room for the new," crime writer Peter Walsh says in Gang War, his history of Manchester's gang culture.
Into the gap stepped a ruthless, new mob from North Manchester. Known as the Cheetham Hillbillies or the Cheetham Hill Gang, they were based in and around the council estates off Waterloo Road built during the slum clearances of the 1960s.
Taking advantage of the ready availability of guns in Manchester's underworld, they soon stepped up to the plate, building a reputation for fearsome violence and meticulous preparation. The turning point in their fortunes came during an gunpoint robbery at an Asda supermarket, which netted around £75,000.
It was such a result it established a template for future jobs. Getaway routes were carefully planned, raids were swift and brutal, with the robbers wearing balaclavas and boiler
A family say they're being kept awake at night and are at their 'wits' end' because of a damaged manhole cover in front of their home - and the noise is even worse during the day.
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Vanderpump Rules star Rachel Leviss' claims that the intense Scandoval drama in season 10 of the reality series was «fabricated» to keep the Bravo series alive.«Tom Sandoval was never offered a producer credit on Season 11 and had absolutely no creative control over editing during any season of ,» a Bravo spokesperson tells ET of Leviss' claims that her estranged lover may have been pulling strings behind the scenes of the recent season.In an interview with Bethenny Frankel, the 28-year-old reality star shared that she felt betrayed by Tom Sandoval after their affair was revealed in the season's explosive tenth season. Sandoval had been seeing co-star Ariana Madix since 2013 when she first joined Vanderpump Rules, and it wasn't long after they announced their split in early March that news broke that Sandoval was cheating on Madix with Leviss.The cheating scandal, dubbed Scandoval, was a significant plot point in season 10 of the Bravo reality series.
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