BREAKING: Police cordon off busy high street after woman dies

The police crackdown on Manchester's 'Counterfeit Street' has led to the conviction of a man for an 'abhorrent' sex attack on a woman.

Police have released CCTV pictures of a man they want to speak to after a woman was reportedly sexually assaulted on a train to Manchester.

Police have launched an urgent appeal to find a missing woman who vanished from an Asda supermarket.

A man was found with a knife after 'throwing bags of drugs' when spotted by police in Bolton on Friday night (December 15).

A road in Trafford is shut after a three-vehicle smash involving a police car.

A man who was arrested after a stabbing outside a leisure centre in Irlam has been released from custody, police have confirmed.

A woman has died after entering the water at a city centre canal.

Police have authorised a dispersal order in a Bolton neighbourhood this afternoon after reports of young people 'causing harassment and nuisance'.

The independent police watchdog is investigating the circumstances leading up to the death of a 'beautiful' and 'caring' young woman in Trafford, they confirmed. Xena Georgiou, 20, was driving a BMW which collided with a row of parked cars in Sale, Trafford, following a 'short' police pursuit last Sunday night.

Police have issued an update after a group of four attacked a man before bundling him into the back of a BMW. Greater Manchester Police has issued an update this afternoon (December 8) following the kidnapping in Sale, Trafford, earlier this week.

The family of a young woman who died in a car crash have paid touching tribute to a 'beautiful, loving and caring girl'.

Police are searching for a man amid unconfirmed reports of a 'kidnapping' in Sale on Wednesday evening (December 6).

Police have issued a dispersal order in Rochdale this evening after reports of 'up to 40 youths' fighting in the town centre.

Police searching for a missing 17-year-old girl have issued an urgent appeal for help to find her.

A road on the border of Wigan and Cheshire is fully shut this morning after a crash involving five vehicles.

A teenage boy has been left injured after being 'hit by a truck' on a busy main road in Rochdale on Tuesday evening (December 5).

Police and paramedics swarmed a McDonald's car park in Whitefield on Tuesday afternoon (December 5) after a man suffered a 'medical episode'.

The female driver of a BMW that smashed into a row of parked cars following a police chase in Sale on Sunday night (December 3) has died, it has been confirmed.

Three people were rushed to hospital after a car smashed into a number of parked vehicles in Sale following a police chase on Sunday evening (December 3).

A driver who was arrested after a serious crash has been bailed by police. A woman was left seriously hurt after being hit by a car in south Manchester with the driver arrested on the scene.