Counter terrorism police and forensic investigators swoop on Wigan house to execute warrant

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester Police has apologised and paid out £100,000 to an autistic man Tasered multiple times in the street.Dad-of-two Michael Gilchrist, 60, who has Asperger's and bi-polar disorder, was distressed and pacing up and down near his home in Wythenshawe when the incident happened in 2014.His hands were bloodied after he cut them breaking his window.Two officers responded to the scene and described Mr Gilchrist as being 'aggressive and dangerous'.He was Tasered ten

direct to your inboxA teenager who told police challenging him over a breach of lockdown rules that there was 'nothing they could do' has been hauled to court and fined. Nariah Ellison, 18, was spotted in Manchester city centre during the first coronavirus lockdown in April.

direct to your inboxA senior Manchester Arena boss has issued a public apology to the mother of one of the 22 victims of the 2017 bombing atrocity.Two policing experts, meanwhile, have outlined to the public inquiry into the attack a series of criticisms they have found relating to security in place on the night.John Sharkey met with Figen Murray, Martyn Hett's mother, on December 8, 2017, seven months after the bombing.At the meeting, arranged by the mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham,

police team in Greater Manchester has taken to social media to share news of its particularly 'busy week'. GMP Leigh, Atherton and Hindley posted about a string of incidents that they have spotted, while patrolling Leigh, since last Thursday (November 26).

hereBut he said that when he first 'started to broach' the need for new protective counter-terror legislation 'it became clear that the door to conversation was closed'.Mr Aldworth said in the statement he was 'badgering' the Home Office - and said he was even 'banned' from using the term 'Protect Duty'.He said in the statement: "While the phrase [banned] was used lightheartedly, its application was real."It became clear that our persistence had gone beyond the point of tolerance and that a

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tributes flooded in for the teenager on social media.His auntie Jade Ratcliffe and uncle Anthony Brotherton told the Manchester Evening News: "We absolutely adored him."He was a beautiful young boy. This has left a massive hole in our family.

Manchester city centre were assaulted at around 1.10am on Sunday, September 20. Two were bitten and another was racially abused before being spat at, police said.One of the victims needed medical treatment after the incident.

hereRemi Merrimam, 33, of Cambourne Road, Hattersley, Tameside, has been charged with eight counts of conspiracy to supply drugs and two counts of conspiracy to convey an article into a prison.Lewis Carr, 29, of Hart Mill Close, Mossley, has been charged with eight counts of conspiracy to supply drugs.Andrew Brereton, 54, of Bob Massey Close, Openshaw, Manchester, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to supply drugs.Matthew Lister, 40, of Monks Lane, Breightmet, Bolton, has been

Andrew Wadsworth, 37, accepts killing 32-year-old Melissa Belshaw but denies murdering her.Jurors were told that he had been released from prison two months before the incident at Ms Belshaw's home on Upholland Road in Wigan.In November 2011 he was sent to jail after being convicted of two counts of robbery, two counts of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, aggravated burglary and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.On day five of the trial at Manchester Crown Court,

Manchester Evening News has established that the incident took place at 20-22 Mary Street. A man who runs a clothing label from one of the units in the building posted a series of videos and pictures as dozens of police officers turned up.At first he appears untroubled by the presence of police and seems annoyed at the crowd of people."D***heads causing me drama are you stupid," the man says to the camera.As he walks through the crowd, the man says "It's all mad.

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blood left splattered on the pavement and a car damaged in north Manchester. Trouble flared in Moston in the early hours of last Wednesday, November 18.

In a special report published last year, the M.E.N looked at the story of a sixteen-strong gang of boys as young as 13 who found themselves in court over a series of violent robberies in Manchester.

hereWhen police managed to get inside after opening a number of locked doors they found a crowd of people.A total of 17 fixed penalty notices were issued to those at the gathering.