Police appeal for help tracing wanted man from Macclesfield

Police are appealing to members of the public for help in tracing a missing teen believed to be in the Rochdale area.

Pupils were kept indoors on Thursday afternoon (September 8) after a high school was put on 'lockdown' due to a police incident nearby. The incident, which did not happen at the school but in an area nearby, caused The Westleigh School to be put on lockdown.

Police have issued an urgent appeal for witnesses after a child was left injured by flares set off by protestors at a Bury AFC cup match last week. The youngster and a footballer sustained minor injuries after the flares were set off into Bury AFC's ground during an FA Cup qualifier on September 3.

A 'Jack the Lad' criminal wanted in Salford following a high-speed police chase was found hiding half-naked in his dad's wardrobe in west Wales - but managed to escaped after cops took off his hand-cuffs to let get dressed. Lawrence Goldsworthy, from Salford, fled from the house and was on the run from the authorities for nine days before before being caught back in Manchester, a court heard.

A man has been arrested in Salford after they were seen making threats with a 'large meat cleaver' in a park, police say. Officers were called to Eccles Recreational Ground, in Church Street, Eccles, overnight to reports of a man making threats with a 'machete'.

Police have issued an urgent appeal to find a pensioner who may appear 'confused and disorientated'. Greater Manchester Police says Derek was last seen yesterday (September 2).

Police are asking for the public's help in finding the relatives of a man who died in Salford. Ian Davidson, 64, sadly passed away at his home in Salford on Thursday (August 25) and police believe there to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.

Police are asking for the public's help in tracing this man after a woman was punched in the face for refusing to speak to a man in the city centre. The assault took place on Tuesday 31 May 2022, outside the Spar on St Mary’s Gate, Manchester just before midnight.

The father of a teenager who sadly passed away in a police chase crash says he wants to ask questions ‘to see what really happened’ at the full inquest set to go ahead in November. Shae Marlow, 16, tragically died after the VW Golf he was driving hit a wall on Road, Stalybridge, Tameside on November 3, 2020.

A young mum who was slammed with a £70 fine after being trapped for an hour and a half trying to exit a Tesco car park in a heatwave on match day has had her appeal rejected.

Mental health clinicians 'dismissed' a patient making threats to take his own life moments before he 'rolled' into the road and was hit by a taxi, an inquest has heard.

Police have issued a public appeal to locate a man 'wanted for stalking'. Ben Dodd is 31 and has links to the Droylsden area of Tameside, Greater Manchester Police said.

Police are hunting for a man wanted on suspicion of the alleged murder of Thomas Campbell in Tameside. An investigation was launched after Mr Campbell, 38, was found dead at a property on Riverside, Mossley, on July 3.

Police are appealing for help to find a missing woman from Dukinfield.

Police have been invited to help a Rochdale children’s home following a ‘significant number’ of incidents in which youngsters have gone missing. The council-run home, which cannot be named, was rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted following a two day inspection in June.

A 'large number' of police officers are currently carrying out "extensive" searches in an area of Tameside after a young girl was 'taken into the woods' by a stranger.

Police have issued an urgent appeal following reports a young woman was 'forced into the back of a car' in Tameside late on Monday night (August 15). Concerns are growing for the welfare of a young man and a woman involved, after the incident was reported by a concerned member of the public.

Over this weekend, the sun-soaked streets of Moss Side were filled with happiness and celebration.

Armed police were scrambled after shots were fired at a mental health unit in Heywood. A man reportedly shot at the #Thrive facility from his garden on Argyle Parade this morning (Friday).

Jurors were shown footage of the moment Ryan Giggs was arrested and placed in a police van after allegedly headbutting his ex-girlfriend. Kate Greville alleges that the former Manchester United star attacked her at his home in Swinton after they had an argument at the Stock Exchange hotel.