Three Greater Manchester Police officers have been nominated for The National Police Bravery Awards after chasing and apprehending a man carrying a firearm

PC Jack Ginger, PC Jessica Hamblett, and PC Richard Hayes were on mobile patrol in a plain vehicle on March 24, 2021. PC Hamblett noticed a group of people loitering together.PC Hayes reversed the vehicle due to this group’s suspicious behaviour. While doing so, the officers heard a loud bang, which they mistook for a […]
Three Greater Manchester Police officers have been nominated for The National Police Bravery Awards after chasing and apprehending a man carrying a firearm

PC Jack Ginger, PC Jessica Hamblett, and PC Richard Hayes were on mobile patrol in a plain vehicle on March 24, 2021. PC Hamblett noticed a group of people loitering together.PC Hayes reversed the vehicle due to this group’s suspicious behaviour. While doing so, the officers heard a loud bang, which they mistook for a […]
Three Greater Manchester Police officers have been nominated for The National Police Bravery Awards after chasing and apprehending a man …

PC Jack Ginger, PC Jessica Hamblett, and PC Richard Hayes were on mobile patrol in a plain vehicle on March 24, 2021. PC Hamblett noticed a group of people loitering together.PC Hayes reversed the vehicle due to this group’s suspicious behaviour. While doing so, the officers heard a loud bang, which they mistook for a […]
Detectives are looking for witnesses to a serious assault outside an Oldham nightclub

The ambulance service called police at 3:05 a.m. on Sunday, June 5, 2022, in response to an incident on Waterloo Street in the town centre.Officers arrived and discovered that a man in his twenties had been assaulted outside a business, knocking him unconscious.He was taken to the hospital with head injuries and is now in […]
Detectives are questioning a man on suspicion of murder following a fatal stabbing in Oldham town centre in the early hours of Saturday morning.

At around 4.20am on Saturday police were alerted by the North West Ambulance Service to a report of a man with suspected stab wounds on Union Street. The man was taken to the hospital in a critical condition before he was pronounced dead on arrival. While formal identification has not yet taken place, detectives believe […]
Detectives are questioning a man on suspicion of murder following a fatal stabbing in Oldham town centre in the early hours of Saturday m…

At around 4.20am on Saturday police were alerted by the North West Ambulance Service to a report of a man with suspected stab wounds on Union Street. The man was taken to the hospital in a critical condition before he was pronounced dead on arrival. While formal identification has not yet taken place, detectives believe […]
Detectives investigating the sexual assault of a teenage girl in Rochdale have released the image of a man they would like to speak to ab…

Police were contacted about the incident last summer, in which a man is understood to have taken the victim – a 13-year-old girl – down an alleyway in the town centre and proceeded to sexually assault her. The victim was able to force the offender off of her before running away from him. A […]
Detectives investigating the sexual assault of a teenage girl in Rochdale have released the image of a man they would like to speak to about the incident

Police were contacted about the incident last summer, in which a man is understood to have taken the victim – a 13-year-old girl – down an alleyway in the town centre and proceeded to sexually assault her. The victim was able to force the offender off of her before running away from him. A […]
A former pub landlord has been jailed for 21 years after carrying out a series of sexual assaults on four young girls he had groomed

Carl Marland of The Chequers pub, Ilford, London, was convicted of more than 20 offences in October 2021 after a trial at Manchester Crown Court and jailed yesterday. Among the charges he was found guilty of were three counts of rape and secretly filming one of the girls while she undressed. Marland would travel […]
Detectives are appealing for information following an attempt sexual assault in Manchester on Saturday

Officers were called just before 11.15pm to a report of an attempted sexual assault on a woman at Platt Fields Park on Wilmslow Road. A woman was reportedly approached by a male pretending to be a taxi driver and followed him before she was pulled into some bushes before raising the alarm with passers-by […]
Two football fans have been charged after title celebrations at Manchester City’s ground

Greater Manchester Police said the two men had been charged following the team’s win over Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium on Sunday that secured the Premier League title. Phillip Maxwell, 28, of Anzio Row, Knowsley, was charged with throwing a pyrotechnic onto the pitch and is due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ […]
Officers in Oldham have released CCTV footage following an arson attack – (ID 525251)

The footage shows a person, believed to be a man, walking down the Anchor Street prior to the fire at about 5am on Monday 9 May. A total of four cars were damaged – no arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing. Police Constable Sarah Holland, of GMP’s Oldham district, said: “This was a […]
Officers in Oldham have released CCTV footage following an arson attack

The footage shows a person, believed to be a man, walking down the Anchor Street prior to the fire at about 5am on Monday 9 May. A total of four cars were damaged – no arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing. Police Constable Sarah Holland, of GMP’s Oldham district, said: “This was a […]
Officers in Oldham have released CCTV footage following an arson attack

The footage shows a person, believed to be a man, walking down the Anchor Street prior to the fire at about 5am on Monday 9 May. A total of four cars were damaged – no arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing. Police Constable Sarah Holland, of GMP’s Oldham district, said: “This was a […]
Four arrests have been made and specialist manufacturing equipment made to make millions of pounds worth of counterfeit prescription drug…

A total of nine addresses were raided by officers in Salford and Wigan as part of a crackdown on the illegal supply and manufacturing of counterfeit prescription drugs where two sophisticated labs, believed to be where Diazepam pills are being made, were discovered. It’s estimated that both labs, on Albion Street in Salford and Lower […]
Four arrests have been made and specialist manufacturing equipment made to make millions of pounds worth of counterfeit prescription drugs has been seized following dawn raids

A total of nine addresses were raided by officers in Salford and Wigan as part of a crackdown on the illegal supply and manufacturing of counterfeit prescription drugs where two sophisticated labs, believed to be where Diazepam pills are being made, were discovered. It’s estimated that both labs, on Albion Street in Salford and Lower […]
The family of three-year-old Daniel John Twigg who sadly died following a dog attack in Rochdale on Sunday have paid tribute to their ‘ha…

Daniel’s family said: “Daniel was a happy, kind and caring little boy who was loved by all who knew him. “He loved Paw Patrol and playing with his brother and sister, he also loved being around animals – especially his pony, Splash. “He brought us many laughs and was a comical character. “He was brave, […]
The family of three-year-old Daniel John Twigg who sadly died following a dog attack in Rochdale on Sunday have paid tribute to their ‘happy little boy’

Daniel’s family said: “Daniel was a happy, kind and caring little boy who was loved by all who knew him. “He loved Paw Patrol and playing with his brother and sister, he also loved being around animals – especially his pony, Splash. “He brought us many laughs and was a comical character. “He was brave, […]