Man who nicknamed himself after Pablo Escobar sees criminal empire unravels in minutes

Salford Quays is at the forefront of Greater Manchester's transformation, but it has a serious litter problem.

A man has been charged with assault after an incident outside a takeaway in Failsworth. Police were called to reports a man was injured in Oldham Road, Failsworth, on Sunday evening (March 17). A 42-year-old man remains in hospital in a serious, life-threatening condition, officers said.

Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho missed training this week due to a hamstring injury before his impressive performance against Liverpool at Old Trafford.

A beloved daughter was found dead in her sister's bed just hours after feeling ill.

A 40-year-old man tragically died after he was found 'unresponsive' by paramedics in Ashton-under-Lyne on Thursday morning (March 14).

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has picked up UK rights to Kaur, a short film that debuted last year on British streamers ITVX and BritBox.

A man accused of murdering a woman whose body has never been found has been appeared in court. Alisha Apostoloff-Boyarin, 24, from Ashton-under-Lyne, disappeared more than two years ago.

A convicted terrorist who helped radicalise Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi could be freed from jail within weeks. Abdalraouf Abdallah, who was jailed for nine and a half years in 2016 for helping people going to Syria to join the Islamic State group, was a childhood friend of Abedi in south Manchester.

A woman was taken to hospital after an Audi was smashed into a lamp post and flipped onto its roof in Manchester on Wednesday night (March 13).

A man has been arrested a week after police dramatically swarmed the M62 to 'bring a car to a stop'. A number of police vehicles descended on the busy motorway last Wednesday afternoon (March 6) to help stop the vehicle travelling in between J11 for Birchwood and J12 for Eccles.

A man has died three days after he was involved in a horror crash on the A9 near Aviemore.

Erik ten Hag insists managers are duty-bound to adjust to players amid Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's criticism of portions of the Manchester United dressing room.

Strictly Come Dancing star Amanda Abbington has withdrawn her complaint to the BBC, stating that her experience on the show led to post-traumatic stress disorder.The Mail Online reports that the Sherlock actress, 52, who demanded CCTV footage of rehearsals with her professional partner Giovanni Pernice following her departure from the programme, has not contacted the Corporation on the matter further. Sources told the publication that the ‘matter is now closed’ and they have ‘moved on’ after she asked to review the recordings of their off-screen dancing after she left the series, citing ‘personal reasons.’ Amanda left the competition last October due to "personal reasons", after whispers of a 'feud' between her and her professional partner Giovanni, 33, and three months later it was reported that the BBC had received a request from Amanda for footage from her dance rehearsals.

One in five Greater Manchester children have not had their full childhood immunisations by the time they get to primary school, new figures show. Health bosses say the trend of declining childhood vaccinations 'needs to be urgently reversed', with the ongoing measles outbreak serving as a 'reminder that these diseases have not gone away'.

An Indiana man was charged with the murder of a 44-year-old woman who disappeared last month — after she predicted he would kill her in a video posted to social media! According to court documents obtained by WT

Manchester United lost the Premier League title without knowing in October 2011.

A paedophile who engaged in disgusting online chats with two under-age girls denied having a sexual interest in children. But a judge told 43-year-old Nigel Lambert - who used the online handle ‘Bunnies’ - “That is simply unrealistic. Of course you had, that is why you committed these offences."

Ismael Bennacer, a former Arsenal youngster, had the opportunity to join Manchester City but decided against it due to an unusual reason - he didn't feel comfortable with the club.

A man had surgery to remove a "huge" nose growth which stopped him leaving the house in daylight - unless he wore a motorbike helmet. Former Navy sailor Ian Arthur, 64, originally from Manchester, began developing enlarged, red bumps on his nose more than ten years ago, and he sought medical advice.

Jessica Kiang As with so much, you can blame Pablo Escobar. Following the druglord’s 1993 death, the exotic animals that populated the menagerie at his sprawling Hacienda Nápoles estate faced an uncertain future. Many were sent to zoos, but the hippos remained – although not indigenous to the Americas, they were thriving in Colombia.