Boy, 15, stabbed in fight on residential street as police comb area for clues

direct to your inboxA man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in Longsight. Rashid Mehmood, 35, of Northumberland Road, Stockport was before Manchester Magistrates Court on Monday (February 1).

direct to your inboxA knifeman who stabbed five homeless men in 'motiveless' and 'apparently random' attacks faces a lengthy sentence.Kieran McLoughlin, 32, attacked the men in Piccadilly Gardens during a ten minute stabbing spree on a Sunday night.After being arrested, McLoughlin said homeless people 'should be getting off their a*** to do work'.He was unanimously found guilty of five counts of wounding with intent, and one count of having a knife following a Manchester Crown Court

direct to your inboxA teenager was knifed in the chest during a shocking attack in Longsight just a week before a 13-year-old boy was stabbed in an Asda car park in the same Manchester suburb.The youngster, 16, suffered a knife wound that missed his heart by a centimetre when he was attacked near Longsight library, on Stockport Road, on Sunday, January 24, his family say.His injuries were not life threatening and he is now recovering at home, the Manchester Evening News understands.

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester Police is being sued by the family of a woman stabbed to death by her boyfriend days after officers failed to act on her pleas for help.

ASDA car park. The boy remains in hospital after being brutally knifed several times last night.

direct to your inboxTwo men are being treated in hospital after reports of a stabbing on a housing estate in north Manchester.One resident - who heard 'screaming' from his living room - described seeing 'lads with big kitchen knives'.He said they were 'bouncing around' in 'bubble coats' - and heard shouting 'you muppets'.Police officers, paramedics and an air ambulance descended on Cullen Grove in Blackley at around 11.30am on Tuesday morning.

direct to your inboxA man was taken to hospital with lacerations to his head after a stabbing in Moston.Police confirmed that a stabbing involving two men happened on Kenyon Lane at around 6.45pm on Friday (January 22).A 35-year-old man was taken to hospital after suffering lacerations to his head.Police say his injuries are not life-threatening.

Salford. He is wanted in connection with a serious assault.No further details of the alleged crime have been released.

direct to your inboxRecently installed ‘modal filters’ in south Manchester have proven to be a good police deterrent after they were able to block a driver from getting away during a pursuit. At the beginning of January, a number of plant box filters were installed across Levenshulme as part of a trial project being overseen by Manchester Council.

Whitefield, the former mill town south of Bury, is fast becoming one of Greater Manchester's most sought-after places to live. While neighbouring Prestwich has lapped up its title as the 'new Didsbury' for several years, Whitefield has been quietly carving out its own identity.

fight. A man was stabbed and seriously hurt, though his condition was not said to be life-threatening.

police still combing pavements, gutters and cars for clues.Their evening had been filled with the sounds of 'youths racing cars along their street', followed by the whirr of an emergency service helicopter circling overhead for 'hours'. A local resident who witnessed the incident and phoned the police told the Manchester Evening News of how he first heard the sound of tyres screeching at 10.20pm last night.

direct to your inboxA paranoid schizophrenic stabbed his friend seven times - then ‘tried to cut off his head to make sure he was dead’, a jury heard.Matthew Jones, aged 41, denies the murder of William ‘Willy’ Phelan, aged 39, who was found dead in his flat in Hapurhey in March 2018.At a trial at Manchester Crown Court, it was said that Mr Jones and Mr Phelan met when they were both being treated for mental health illnesses at the North Manchester General Hospital in 2010.They remained friends

direct to your inboxBosses at Manchester's People's History Museum are calling for urgent support to secure its future.Like many institutions, the pandemic has hit the museum hard.Stars such as Sir Ian McKellen, Julie Hesmondalgh and Maxine Peake are among those to have pledged their support.Bosses need to raise £25,000.During video messages for the campaign, former Coronation Street star Hesmondhalgh said it was her 'favourite museum', highlighting 'ordinary people and our struggles'.Sir Ian