GMP being sued by family of woman stabbed to death by boyfriend days after police failed to act on horrendous abuse claims

direct to your inboxTwo more people have been arrested in connection with a murder investigation in north Manchester. Police were called to reports of a stabbing on Whitstable Road in Moston just before 5pm on Thursday (February 18).

Bury. Officers were called to a property in Daisyfield Court, off Bolton Road, at about 6.30pm on Wednesday (February 17) to a report of concern for the welfare of a man.

direct to your inboxImages have been released of two men police want to speak with after a couple and their son were attacked in a car park at the Trafford Centre on Christmas Eve.Police believe there are 'links' between the men pictured and the Middleton and north Manchester areas of Greater Manchester.Greater Manchester Police said officers were called at 5pm on December 24 last year to reports of a father, mother and son being attacked by three other men.It happened in a car park of the

here When asked by the Manchester Evening News , the force refused to provide the officer's name, but outlined some of the details of the case.

direct to your inboxA former special constable has been barred from working in the police for life after he sent a 14-year-old girl he met during a patrol a topless photo of himself on Snapchat.Michael Wallace, 30, was placed on a policing 'barred list' following an internal gross misconduct hearing at Greater Manchester Police on Monday, the police watchdog announced today (Wednesday).He resigned as a special constable ahead of the hearing.

direct to your inboxThe police watchdog warned GMP a key post in dealing with any terror attack could be 'overwhelmed' with work in the event of any terror attack just a few months before the Arena atrocity.It also outlined concerns over how prepared unarmed officers and control staff were if there was a marauding terror attack in the city.The fears were said to have been reported to an assistant chief constable of the force on November 3, 2016, following a week-long inspection of GMP's

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester Police say they are investigating a video involving a man who 'appears to be struck by a police officer' in Burnage.Officers had been responding to reports of a coronavirus breach of '100 people in a café' on Burnage Lane on Sunday afternoon (February 7).Police said the incident occurred as they were arresting a 38-year-old man on suspicion of assault and resisting arrest.The video, which has been widely circulated on social media shows a man being

direct to your inboxA boy has been taken to hospital and another arrested after reports of a stabbing at the Edge Lane Metrolink stop in Droylsden.Greater Manchester Police were called to the incident at the tram station at around 8pm on Saturday evening.On arrival they found a juvenile male with injuries.

direct to your inboxA civilian member of staff at Greater Manchester Police left the force after bosses found out they had attended an illegal lockdown rave.The female member of staff was among about 4,000 people who defied coronavirus restrictions to attend a huge illegal rave at Daisy Nook Country Park during the summer. When the breach was uncovered, the unnamed GMP employee faced a disciplinary hearing.

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester Police ‘deliberately’ failed to properly answer the mayor’s questions on its hugely troublesome computer system, Andy Burnham and his deputy have claimed. Last Friday the mayor had appeared before a scrutiny panel to describe a litany of failures within the force, arguing there had recently been a ‘persistent and repeated underplaying of problems’ at ‘the most senior level’, including, ‘at worst’, information being deliberately withheld.

direct to your inboxThe police watchdog has dropped an investigation into three former senior Greater Manchester Police officers over their 'command and control' of an armed operation during which a father-of-two was shot dead.The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said today two of three independent investigations arising from the fatal shooting of Anthony Grainger it launched have now concluded.Mr Grainger, from Salford, died on March 3, 2012, when he was shot in the chest by a

direct to your inbox Two loaded guns were found in a property in Ancoats during a police raid. Officers raided a property on Naval Street at around 7am this morning (Tuesday).They seized two loaded guns and ammunition.A man - aged 33 - has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a prohibited weapon.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 hereHe remains in custody.

direct to your inboxTwo more people have been charged after police seized what they believe to be a number of guns and grenades during a series of raids in Stretford.Sarah Tervet, 41, and Gareth Curtis, 34, both of Milton Close in Stretford, have been charged with possession of a firearm.They appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Monday morning.They were remanded in custody and will appear at Minshull Street Crown Court on March 1.Four others, all from Stretford, have

straight to your inbox every day for freeGreater Manchester Police have issued a statement condemning online racist abuse suffered by Manchester United players in the past few days.Marcus Rashford was the victim of some horrific online abuse in the wake of United's 0-0 draw at Arsenal on Saturday night, which he described as "humanity and social media at its worst".

direct to your inbox A woman from Manchester says she has been waiting over six months for a holiday refund from Teletext Holidays. Tanya Rowe from Fallowfield paid £1,284.75 for a trip to Kusadasi in Turkey with her mum as a family break away.