Marvyn Thomas jailed for savage attacks Marvyn Thomas, 38, of Belmont Street, Old Trafford, has been slammed with a 13-and-a-half-year prison sentence at Manchester Crown Court. The verdict came after a two-week trial that exposed

  Emergency Response Ends in Collision A Greater Manchester Police van responding to a Grade 1 emergency call crashed into several parked cars on Drake Street, Rochdale on Wednesday, March 11. Police say the van

A huge fire ripped through Raikes Clough industrial estate in Bolton in the early hours of Friday morning, March 13. The sky was lit up as fire crews battled the scrap metal inferno that broke

  Speed Demon Flees Police Not Once, But Twice Christopher Marshall, 40, of Manchester, has been locked up for 28 months after making a daring getaway from cops on two separate occasions – including one

A mother and son duo from Darwen have been locked up after plotting to smuggle a whopping 14 kilograms of cocaine into the UK from the Dominican Republic. The National Crime Agency (NCA) uncovered their

A woman from Greater Manchester has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years behind bars after admitting to making false rape allegations against multiple men. Stacey Sharples, 31, from Farnworth, pleaded guilty to ten counts of perverting

A man has been locked up for nine and a half years after being found guilty of raping a vulnerable 15-year-old girl in Stockport. How Farjam Targeted His Victim Mohsen Farjam, 41, of no fixed

  Rochdale shooting RECAP: Air ambulance scrambled after life-changing injuries Greater Manchester Police said a 19-year-old man has suffered life-changing injuries after a shooting in the Belfield area of Rochdale this afternoon An air ambulance

News Man jailed following discovery of drug operation and £150,000 in cash Main article content News Published:09:0804/03/2026 Matthew Harrison (28/01/1974) of Lees New Road Oldham was sentenced to 12 years in prison at Manchester

A walker lost on Saddleworth Moor has been saved after a tense, multi-agency search involving the National Police Air Service (NPAS). The man had gone missing since lunchtime and only managed a brief phone call

The rising cost of living across the North West and the UK as a whole has changed how residents approach major purchases. For many people in Manchester, saving enough cash to buy a reliable vehicle

reds of Travelers Affected at London Heathrow, Gatwick, and Manchester Airports, UK as 293 Flights Are Delayed and 66 Canceled Disrupting British Airways, EasyJet, Ryanair, and More Across Domestic and International Routes to New York,

One dead and others injured at Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports – as missile threat grounds flights Flights to and from the UAE, Qatar, Israel and Bahrain are among those cancelled as Trump’s war with

A Manchester delivery driver has been locked up for sexually assaulting a woman during a food delivery in Northwich. Rana Jahangir Sentenced After Guilty Verdict Rana Jahangir, 25, from Collington Close, Manchester, was found guilty

Three teenage boys have been sentenced for the fatal stabbing of 14-year-old Ibrahima Seck in Manchester last summer, Greater Manchester Police confirmed on Friday, 27 February 2026. Murderer Gets Nearly 12 Years Behind Bars A

Nigel Farage has hit out after Reform UK suffered a hammering in the Gorton & Denton by-election – accusing voters of illegal “family voting” and reporting the case to both the Electoral Commission and police.

Keir Starmer refuses to quit after Labour’s humiliating loss to the Greens in Gorton & Denton – a devastating blow that saw the party tumble from first to third. Despite calls for change from deputy

Leisure in the UK has never been static. The move from music halls to television, from cinema to home video, each generated the same concern: that passive consumption would hollow out genuine social connection. What