Gun, sword, machetes, knives and £150,000-worth of suspected Class As found during dawn raids in Stockport - cops are investigating drug dealing in the borough

direct to your inboxMore than 140 cases of Covid-19 have been found as part of localised mass testing in Manchester - though none involve a ‘variant of concern’ found in parts of the city so far.Testing programmes in the north and south of the city have been successful in the ongoing efforts to prevent people unknowingly spreading the virus.But public health officials are ‘frustrated’ with the speed at which positive tests are being analysed by laboratories to see if they matched the E484k

direct to your inbox Police discovered drugs worth more than £800,000 in a vehicle in Heywood.

cops carried out a number of drug raids in Aberdeen on Friday. Nearly £40,000 worth of Class A drugs were seized after properties on Richmond Terrace and Balnagask Avenue were raided and vehicles across the city searched.

direct to your inboxA man has appeared in court following police raids targeting an alleged drugs line between Manchester and Hull.Jamie Upton, 23, of Crammond Close, Newton Heath, has been charged with two counts of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, namely heroin and cocaine.

direct to your inboxA hunt to find the people behind sickening racist graffiti in Tameside is being stepped up - with up to £1,000 being offered for information. Police have had reports of nine incidents across Denton since January 21 and believe two people are responsible.

direct to your inboxAs he's led down the drive by two police officers, hands cuffed behind his back, it's fair to say he's probably had better mornings.'F*** off with that camera p****', he barks at the photographer as he's put in the back of the van.It's just before 6am on Friday and this is one of five dawn raids police are carrying out in Manchester and Humberside aimed at bringing down a county lines drug dealing gang.

Douglas Turner Ward, a Tony-winning playwright, director and actor who co-founded New York's trailblazing Negro Ensemble Company, has died. He was 90.

Douglas Turner Ward, the director, actor and playwright who co-founded the landmark, influential Off Broadway Black theater group the Negro Ensemble Company, died Saturday, Feb. 20, at his home in New York City. He was 90.

direct to your inbox A man has been charged with guns and drugs offences following police raids in Stockport. Jack Wilde, 23, of Brownwood Avenue, Offerton was charged with possession of a firearm, possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to supply and possession of cannabis.He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on March 19.

direct to your inboxScout Association officials have issued an apology to the family of a 16-year-old boy who fell 200ft to his death.Benjamin Leonard suffered severe head injuries when he fell around 200 feet down a cliff on Llandudno's Great Orme.

Edgeley, Stockport.

direct to your inboxThe bomb squad have been called after a suspected grenade was found in a canal.Police received reports that an item was found in water near Margaret Street in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside.Officers from the bomb squad are at the scene as investigations continue this afternoon.A witness reported seeing police and officers from the bomb squad working at the Portland Basin.A GMP spokesperson said: "Just after 1.15pm today (12 February 2021), officers were called to a report of a