Police appeal for man 'wanted for stalking'

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 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.

Police are appealing for help from the public to find a Macclesfield man wanted for theft.

A man has been charged with allegedly selling crack cocaine from behind a city centre hotel. Edward Afekafe, 40, of Warbeck Road, Manchester has been charged with possession with intent to supply.

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 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 are hunting a man wanted for controlling behaviour and escaping prison. Gavin Phythian is also wanted in connection with possession with intent to supply.

A seven-year-old girl was reportedly taken into the woods in an abduction attempt. The child is believed to have been taken on Wednesday afternoon from Warne Avenue, Droylsden, Greater Manchester, on Wednesday afternoon.

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.

Forensic officers are continuing to investigate at the scene of a shooting in Moss Side as police put in a dispersal order for the area.

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).

Manchester City players including Kevin De Bruyne are keeping in contact with former academy youngster Romeo Lavia, who says he left the Etihad permanently this summer after being impressed with Southampton when they visited the Etihad last season.