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Concern is rising for a missing pensioner who was last seen on Monday.

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A drugs boss facing a lengthy sentence for cocaine trafficking has been urged by a bereaved mother to name her son's killer.

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direct to your inboxA loaded gun and a "significant" amount of bullets were recovered after police raided containers in Miles Platting.Police have been at the scene between Viaduct Street and Barking Street for three days with armed officers guarding the location overnight.An operation was launched early on Wednesday morning in an industrial area of the district.

direct to your inboxTributes have been paid to long-serving former Manchester coroner Leonard Gorodkin following his death aged 87.The father-of-three served as the city's coroner from 1974 to 2006. The youngest of four siblings, he was raised in Miles Platting where his family owned a luggage and jewellery shop on Oldham Road, and later Prestwich.

direct to your inboxGun shots were fired at a house in Miles Platting.Police say two men on foot opened fire at a property on Keele Close at around midnight (Thursday into Friday morning).No one is reported to have been hurt but a window was damaged by the firearm.A single bullet and bullet casing were recovered from the scene.Police said they were called to the shooting at around 8.10am this morning (Friday). No arrests have been made.

direct to your inboxA man who 'recklessly' fired a shotgun through the kitchen window of a house during a 'campaign of intimidation and hatred' after the break-up of a relationship has been jailed.A family were inside the property in Miles Platting at the time, but nobody was injured, a court heard.A month earlier, Scott Cartwright, 21, also smashed a window at the home in Moston of his former girlfriend, as well as a car windscreen, Manchester Crown Court was told.Cartwright, of no fixed abode,

direct to your inboxHundreds of homes in north and east Manchester have been hit by a power cut.The black-out began at around 4.15pm.Electricity North West said 522 customers have been left with no power.The situation could continue until around 7pm.Engineers are on their way to work on a fix.

in Miles Platting.It happened on Oldham Road, close to the junction with Naylor Street, just after 7pm on Wednesday, October 14. A Ford Fiesta travelling collided with a with a 68 year-old woman who its believed was crossing the road, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.

in Miles Platting just after 7pm this evening (Wednesday).

were given the green light by councillors last month.The £80m scheme will include a range of types of homes - from one-bedroom apartments to three-bedroom houses - with bosses saying half would be designated as family properties.The planned development, on 6.4 hectares of brownfield land bordered by Coleshill Street, Iron Street and Varley Street, which once included the Manox chemical dye factory and part of which is currently green space, will also include commercial office space, shops, cafés

with intermittent wet weather expected to continue on Sunday.

here The driver also stopped at the scene, a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said. Neighbours described seeing emergency services in the area following the collision.

Miles Platting. Officers are now trying to establish how the man, in his 50s, came by his injuries.

A masked man pointed a sawn-off shotgun at a dad before firing it in the air 'several times' following a row between their children.John Fleck, from Miles Platting, left his victims fearing for their life following the 'dangerous and serious' shooting in March this year, a court heard.Children were inside the home as he blasted the weapon on Winstanley Road, Manchester Crown Court heard.Fleck, of Farnborough Road, was found guilty of a firearms offence - possession with intent to cause fear of

with the company forecasting a huge funding black hole in the coming years, the town hall wants to take back control.

where tighter restrictions have been reintroduced in the borough after infection rates surged.

Hulme, Miles Platting and Levenshulme are included in the list.Safety measures will be put in place at each library, including a restriction on the number of people allowed in at the same time, hand sanitising stations and social distancing and queuing systems.At busy times, visitors are advised that they may need to queue in order to ensure the measures can be safely adhered to.The full list of libraries reopening on Monday (September 14) are:From 10am until 11am every weekday morning, each