Moment dozens of party-goers put police officer's 'lives at risks' in massive house raves with DJs

direct to your inboxThe Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester held a closed meeting with Trafford council this week to discuss policing, following the city-region’s police force being placed into special measures.The meeting came after local calls for Mayor Andy Burnham to set out an action plan to bring Greater Manchester Police ‘up to scratch’ in Trafford.Conservative members of the council criticised the fact that the meeting was held in private and felt members of the public,

Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletterThe 'heavy' of a gang who posed as police officers and kidnapped a 'drug dealer' before demanding £500,000 in cash and drugs for his release has admitted his part in the plot.Micah Walfall, 36, who was referred to by other offenders as 'Big Dave', pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kidnap.Five other members of the gang were previously jailed for a total of more than 50 years, for their part in the audacious

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 inboxThe country's top counter-terror police officer has sent his sympathies to those left bereaved and injured by the 'horror' of the Manchester Arena suicide bomb attack, saying he thinks of the victims everyday.Neil Basu, the Metropolitan Police's Assistant Commissioner for specialist operations and the national lead for counter-terrorism policing, spoke before giving evidence at the ongoing public inquiry into the atrocity.And he went on to describe dealing with an incident of

direct to your inboxFrom the drug-fuelled speeding BMW driver who killed a teenage girl as she walked to school - before trying to blame her after driving off - to the fraudster jailed for stealing £136,000 from a solicitor's firm using an elderly dementia sufferer's bank account.These are some of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester in January.The region's courts have given out hefty prison sentences for all manner of crimes last month with M.E.N.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United fans have been reacting to a moment in the second half of Wednesday's loss to Sheffield United which perfectly highlighted the difference in work ethic of Bruno Fernandes and Anthony Martial during the game. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side suffered a 2-1 defeat to the Blades at Old Trafford.

direct to your inbox Pupils from a primary school in Moston have dedicated a heartwarming song to footballer Marcus Rashford after his successful free school meal campaign.

direct to your inboxThis is moment armed police detained a robbery suspect following a police chase that ended in a crash on a major road in south Manchester. The drama unfolded on Wilbraham Road in Fallowfield  late on Saturday night, January 25.

in Bolton.A 25 year-old man has been arrested following the incident which saw a taser deployed and also left a delivery driver injured.Police were called to Brandforth Gardens in Westhoughton at 8.50am this morning (Monday) to "reports of a domestic incident involving a man with a knife" Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.A delivery driver, a man in his thirties, had been assaulted at the scene, they added.Specialist officers were dispatched and a Taser was deployed before a man was

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer has got his side performing like the Manchester United of old, according to Ian Wright.United moved to the top of the Premier League table on the back of a 13-game unbeaten run following Wednesday’s 2-1 away win over Fulham.

straight to your inbox every day for freeThere was something frustratingly predictable about the dull nature of Manchester United's goalless draw with Liverpool last weekend.So often over-hyped and regularly underwhelming, it almost seems inevitable that annual meetings between the two most successful sides in English football history rarely seem to deliver.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jurgen Klopp will be looking for a lot more passion when the two sides meet in the FA Cup this afternoon - and they

direct to your inboxTributes have been paid to a “loyal, protective and fearless” police officer and father-of-two who died in hospital after testing positive for Covid-19.Police Constable Abbas Uddin, 40 - who served with Greater Manchester Police - passed away on Thursday (January 21).Abbas, from Longsight, developed pneumonia and was taken into hospital around a month ago.His condition continued to deteriorate and he sadly passed away.A well-known community figure as well as a highly

straight to your inboxAston Villa manager Dean Smith has been charged by the Football Association after he was sent off during their 2-0 defeat to Manchester City.Pep Guardiola 's side temporarily moved top of the Premier League table after beating Villa in a hard-fought match at the Etihad Stadium.

direct to your inboxAndy Burnham has promised a 'new era' at Greater Manchester Police after the force was placed in 'special measures'.The mayor held his first policing press conference yesterday since former Chief Constable Ian Hopkins was asked to step down in the wake of a scathing inspection report.