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Detectives investigating a violent robbery at a property on Birch Grove, Ashton-in-Makerfield on Tuesday 22nd November have issued footage of a car believed to have been driven in the area before and after the incident

Detectives investigating a violent robbery at a property on Birch Grove, Ashton-in-Makerfield on Tuesday 22nd November have issued footag…

A drug dealer who planned the supply of £800,000 worth of cocaine has been jailed for nine years and two months

Two people have died following a road traffic collision in the Kings Meaburn area

An unlicensed driver who drove at almost three times over the speed limit and killed a young teenager has had his sentence increased

Detectives investigating a violent robbery at a property on Birch Grove, Ashton-in-Makerfield on Tuesday 22nd November have issued footage of a car believed to have been driven in the area before and after the incident

Detectives investigating a violent robbery at a property on Birch Grove, Ashton-in-Makerfield on Tuesday 22nd November have issued footag…

A drug dealer who planned the supply of £800,000 worth of cocaine has been jailed for nine years and two months

Two people have died following a road traffic collision in the Kings Meaburn area

An unlicensed driver who drove at almost three times over the speed limit and killed a young teenager has had his sentence increased