Driver arrested in Bolton after being 'seen inhaling nitrous oxide' say police

A man has been arrested after homes on a street were evacuated amid fears of a gas leak. Fire crews, police and paramedics attended Petersburg Road in Edgeley, Stockport, at around 11am on Friday morning.

Two people arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the remains of four people were discovered at a mill in Oldham have been released on bail.

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the remains of four people were discovered at a mill in Oldham.

Covid relief funds of around £3m are to be handed to hundreds of firms with high levels of unpaid business rates and to 38 other companies who failed to apply to the scheme. Bolton Council said 'take up has been low' for the Covid-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF), a business rates relief fund of £5,697,827 which the authority received from central government earlier this year.

Police have today arrested a man on suspicion of kidnap after a woman who was 'forced into the back of a car' was found safe and well. On Tuesday (August 16), an urgent appeal was issued to determine the welfare of a woman who appeared to be put into the back of a car on Taunton Road, Ashton under Lyne.

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after a string of knifepoint robberies in a park in Bolton.

Officers in Rochdale seized illegal cigarettes in a raid yesterday before completing a drug bust.

A man has pleaded guilty to exposing himself TWICE in Bolton town centre. Police detained Ion Tranca, 28, on Monday morning (August 15) following reports of two incidents of indecent exposure in the town.

Two police officers have successfully apprehended a pig after he was caught hogging all the greenery in some people's gardens.

A woman has been arrested and an investigation launched after a disabled man was allegedly assaulted in the car park of Forest Bank prison. The Manchester Evening News understands the woman works as a prison officer.

A man has been arrested after a car ploughed into a home, leaving the front wall and windows 'collapsing', according to eyewitnesses. The crash caused 'significant structural damage', emergency services have confirmed after they rushed to the scene in Hazel Grove, Stockport, last night (July 12).

Armed police were scrambled after shots were fired at a mental health unit in Heywood. A man reportedly shot at the #Thrive facility from his garden on Argyle Parade this morning (Friday).

Jurors were shown footage of the moment Ryan Giggs was arrested and placed in a police van after allegedly headbutting his ex-girlfriend. Kate Greville alleges that the former Manchester United star attacked her at his home in Swinton after they had an argument at the Stock Exchange hotel.

Officers investigating the dealing of drugs in Bury have arrested a man and seized suspected drugs following an early morning raid. Police searched a property at Thorne View, in Bury, on Wednesday morning (August 10).

Two have been arrested after a 'neighbour dispute' erupted into violence in Tameside. Police were called to High Street in Stalybridge shortly after 4pm yesterday evening (Monday).

Greater Manchester’s new buses will be painted in an ‘iconic’ Mancunian colour scheme, the city-region’s mayor has said.

Nine men and a woman have been charged with drugs, firearms and money laundering offences after police raids. All 10 are appearing before Manchester magistrates' court today - Thursday.

A woman has been arrested after a suspected arson attack at a block of flats in Rochdale.

Seven suspected burglars have been arrested as thousands of pounds of stolen clothes have been recovered following a ram-raid in Bury.

The heartbroken family of an 'inseparable' couple who were stabbed to death by their son say they fear they 'will never get to know the truth of what happened'. Lee Tipping, 36, was found guilty by a jury last month of the murders of his parents, teenage sweethearts Tricia Livesey and Anthony Tipping, at the home all three shared.