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Oldham this evening.
Fire crews and police officers were alerted to the blaze at Dovestone Reservoir earlier today (Tuesday).Initially, it was thought that the blaze had been started by a group of youths.When crews arrived at the popular walking spot, the fire had been extinguished.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereFirefighters dampened down the area as a
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direct to your inboxA police officer 'made circuits' of the blast zone at Manchester Arena to ensure all casualties of the bombing were taken out, the public inquiry into the atrocity heard.Sir John Saunders, the inquiry's chairman, said 'heroic acts' were carried out by first responders in the City Room at the Arena.And he told Greater Manchester Police sergeant Andrew Beasley: "Few of us, I suspect, could have behaved in the way you did."The officer, one of the first at the scene, told the
direct to your inboxA man has suffered facial injuries after police were called to reports of a group of men fighting with weapons.Officers were called to Ogden Lane in Openshaw at around 4.10pm today (Monday, 15 March) to reports of violence.One man sustained facial injuries during the fight, police said.They are not believe to be serious.An investigation has been launched by Greater Manchester Police.No arrests have been made.A spokesperson for GMP said: "Police were called at 4.10pm to
direct to your inboxPolice have issued over one hundred fines this weekend as people continue to break lockdown restrictions.The force said 135 fines had been handed out between Friday and Sunday to people attending house parties, meeting in large groups indoors and outoors, and for leaving the house without a valid reason.Officers also fined a number of people who travelled to Manchester Airport to wave a passenger off, and for failing to isolate after international travel.Last week, step one
direct to your inboxStudents angered by the increased police presence on campus in Fallowfield have begun following officers and acting as 'legal observers', the M.E.N can reveal.
here"We all had one common purpose, which was to help everybody in there as best we could," he said.He told the public inquiry on Thursday: "I don’t know if it was just a personal frustration but going into an incident such as that, seeing the casualties and the type of injuries that the casualties had...certainly I felt the best people in that situation would have been medical experts, paramedics."I don't know the time frame, but it felt like a while before any paramedics were in the City
direct to your inboxSpecialist response fire crews carrying advanced medical equipment were not sent to Manchester Arena after the bombing, the public inquiry into the atrocity was told.One senior Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service firefighter said frustration among colleagues on the ground at the time 'was the worst I had ever seen at an incident'.Jon Nolan, then a watch manager and the head of one of two Specialist Response Teams (SRTs), said it was the first time his team had 'trained
Bolton on Saturday.Officers arrested Carla Couperthwaite, of Halliwell Road, to 'prevent a breach of the peace', according to Greater Manchester Police's Bolton neighbourhood team.But as she was being arrested, the woman 'began spitting at officers', says the force.After the incident, police say the woman was then 'racially abusive' towards another police officer exercising their duty.She has now been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence and the assault of an emergency
Manchester Magistrates' court following the incident.
direct to your inboxA tearful paramedic, around two hours after the Manchester Arena bombing, pleaded with firefighters to get to the scene, telling them: "I have just taken an 18-year-old girl in the back of my ambulance who died en route to hospital, and you lot are just stood around," the public inquiry into the atrocity was told.And a former senior firefighter, now retired, described the delayed response by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service as 'the lowest point of my career'.Alan
direct to your inboxDetectives are investigating following a firearms discharge in Sale overnight.Officers received a report of a party at an address on Fairway Avenue, just after 1am on Saturday.Around ten minutes later, a further call to a report of shots being fired at the address was received. Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereOfficers attended and no one was
Wigan.
direct to your inboxThe Government's failure to vaccinate police against Covid-19 as a priority has been described as a 'damaging betrayal'. The view, from National Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, John Apter, was supported by Greater Manchester Police Federation chairman Stuart Berry.
direct to your inbox Firefighters tackled a blaze at a high-rise building in Manchester city centre this morning.