Nemanja Matic has poked fun at Cristiano Ronaldo after beating the forward in Manchester United training.
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A KFC thief and a controlling drug addict were just two of the offenders jailed in our region over the last week.
The courts also dealt with a yob who spat at cops, and a stalker who bombarded a stranger.
Prison sentences are handed out to the worst offenders each week and Manchester Evening News reporters are in court to cover the most serious cases.
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Here are some of the criminals locked up in Greater
Nemanja Matic has poked fun at Cristiano Ronaldo after beating the forward in Manchester United training.
'A remorseless' teenager who brutally murdered a dad-to-be in the street and a perverted primary school deputy headteacher and her rapist boyfriend were just some of the offenders jailed in our region over the last week - just in time for Christmas.
Manchester United have continued their beautiful tradition of sending gifts and messages of support to children's hospitals ahead of Christmas Day.
A man who indecently assaulted two girls has been jailed.
An ex-firefighter jailed for raping two women was dismissed from the service for cocaine use and drink-driving, the Manchester Evening News has learned.
"We can't wait to get home, sit in our pyjamas and do nothing for a week," laughs Eddie Osman as the final day of trading on Manchester Christmas Markets dawns.
A drugs gang ring-leader and two lottery-winning fraudsters are just three of the offenders who have been locked up in our region this week.
BBC's Strictly Come Dancing returns to our screens tonight for its grand final, as two celebrities take to the dancefloor in a bid to win the coveted glitterball trophy.
Allotment owners have been left outraged after heaps of rubbish continue to be dumped right outside their gates.
Omicron cases have risen sharply over the last month in Greater Manchester, the latest figures reveal.
A star of Channel 4 show Educating Greater Manchester who was locked up for hiding a gun and ammunition for her boyfriend has had her jail sentence cut.
A Conservative MP from Greater Manchester says he will vote against the government's proposed vaccine passport plan.
Manchester’s famous Christmas markets are well over half way through with just under two weeks until stalls are closed for another year.
A heartbroken father told a coroner his late son - who died in a crash following a police chase - was 'no angel', but that he wasn't a criminal and that he wanted to 'clear his name'.
Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in seven boroughs of Greater Manchester, the latest figures show.
A 'wannabe gangster' who took videos of himself posing with guns and machetes and an accountant who raped a woman at a party while she thought she was having sex with another man were just some of the offenders jailed in our region over the last week.
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Manchester United have been told to replace Harry Maguire with a £60million-rated signing - one of their former targets Matthijs de Ligt.
A woman launched a vodka bottle at a group of people brawling with her boyfriend on a night out in an 'ill-considered, stupid and reckless' bid to protect him.