"Inexcusable": Judge blasts police as rapist finally jailed after taking over TWO YEARS to get to court

A man has been arrested after what appeared to be a minor car stop resulted in a massive cocaine haul.

The killer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was quizzed by police over a murder in 2013, it can now be revealed. Thomas Cashman was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 31-year-old Karl Bradley in Liverpool.

Police have issued an appeal to help trace a Salford woman who is believed to be missing with her four children.

Police have objected to a Bury nightclub extending their opening hours saying among past issues was the rape of 17-year-old girl after she had left the premises. Club 66, on Silver Street have given notice to Bury Council for a temporary event this weekend (April 1 and 2) to allow their alcohol licence to be extended from 4am to 5am.

Police have released CCTV of a man they want to speak to following a burglary in Stockport.

Police have seized 17 dogs after a pack of canines mauled a six-year-old girl during a brutal attack on Sunday. Emergency services raced out to Ackers Lane in Carrington, Trafford at around 2.40pm after reports of an unconscious child who had suffered injuries during a dog attack.

Two thugs blackmailed an innocent mum into paying them thousands of pounds worth of her ex's drug debt. Christopher Swift, 30 and Sebastian Jones, 35, were met by the woman's young son when they banged on her front door.

A significant amount of arrests and warrants took place during a day of action in Rochdale yesterday (March 21). This coincided with hundreds of cars being stopped for checks leading to more arrests as Operation AVRO made its mark on the town.

A police car was left wrecked after a crash with a tram in Oldham this morning.

Police have discovered a cannabis farm worth around £200,000 following a raid at a property in south Manchester this morning.

A mum who lived an 'extravagant' lifestyle funded by her drug boss boyfriend avoided jail as a judge told her the career criminal had 'ruined her life'. Georgia Harkness, 27, began a relationship with Salford drug dealer Ashley Blackett after they met in prison, while he was serving time and she worked as a prison nurse.

Two men from Greater Manchester are among 26 people jailed after a 'major' drugs operation in Lancashire was brought down.

Three men have been arrested after police stormed homes in south Manchester amid fears they were being used for cuckooing.

Armed police swooped on a cul-de-sac after a man was 'hit over the head with a bottle of Grey Goose vodka'. A 48-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of GBH following the incident in Heywood on Saturday morning.

American music star Chris Brown is entertaining thousands of fans in Manchester this week at his three huge AO Arena gigs. And after the opening night show on Thursday, he decided to continue the party at one of the city's swankiest celeb haunts.

Police have issued an appeal for help to find a missing woman from Tameside who was last seen at a Coroners' Court.

Rank-and-file police officers across Greater Manchester have backed calls for a 17 per cent pay rise this year.

Police are investigating after a crossbow bolt was fired at an Oldham primary school earlier this week, it has been confirmed.

Police are aksing members of the public to help them locate a missing man last seen this morning near Royal Bolton Hospital.

Police want to speak to this young man in connection with a 'serious assault'.