Police concerned for safety of missing boy, 15

direct to your inboxA former Manchester Airport police officer already under investigation over whether he abused his warrant card on a flight has narrowly escaped a prison sentence for a drunken car crash.John Ashton, 55, was more than four times over the drink-drive limit when he hit a kerb, swerved into the wrong side of the road in his BMW and hit an on-coming car.The shocked driver of the other car saw the former PC, who had downed a bottle and a half of red wine, stagger out of his car and

direct to your inboxPolice are appealing for information about a missing man last seen on Saturday.Thomas Sarsfield is from the Milnrow in Rochdale, but also known to frequent Oldham.Police say he's been known to use bus, tram and train networks.Anyone with information is asked to call 101 and quote Greater Manchester Police missing reference MSP/06PP/0000130/21. Get breaking news first on the free Manchester Evening News app - download it here for your Apple or Android device.You can also get a

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

direct to your inboxCops were potentially put at risk for over a year because Greater Manchester’s new police computer system failed to flag hundreds of addresses likely to contain firearms.An internal audit found markers for properties with licensed firearms certificates had not transferred over to the iOPS system when it launched in 2019 and more than 800 were still missing by the time the issue was identified a year later.That meant an officer could be ‘dispatched to an address where there

Salford. He is wanted in connection with a serious assault.No further details of the alleged crime have been released.

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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 inboxPep Guardiola believes the focus should be on improving current leagues rather than starting new ones. There has been regular suggestions for years that the best clubs in Europe could break away and form a new competition, and reports this week suggested Manchester United, Real Madrid and AC Milan were driving plans for 15 permanent clubs as well as five other clubs to play between 18 and 23 matches a season against each other.

direct to your inbox Police are set to impose a tougher crackdown on partygoers after fining 87 people in a week for holding illegal house parties.

direct to your inboxThe £68.5m transformation of Manchester city centre’s iconic Debenhams building will go ahead despite concerns about an ‘ugly’ rooftop extension.Major plans to redevelop the Rylands building to provide a new shopping arcade at street level, along with several floors of new offices, have been touted by owners AM Alpha.It would also involve the Grade II listed landmark on Market Street getting a much-needed makeover aimed at restoring its Art Deco glory.Debenhams, which has

Bury.

direct to your inboxPolice investigating a shocking gun battle between three cars racing through a suburb have carried out a series of armed swoops across north Manchester.Officers, supported by armed cops, smashed their way into six address on Wednesday night as they executed a number of warrants.One man, 38, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody being questioned by detectives.

direct to your inboxRecently installed ‘modal filters’ in south Manchester have proven to be a good police deterrent after they were able to block a driver from getting away during a pursuit. At the beginning of January, a number of plant box filters were installed across Levenshulme as part of a trial project being overseen by Manchester Council.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola was left hoping on Wednesday night that the injuries that forced Kyle Walker and Kevin De Bruyne off against Aston Villa will not be too serious.Manchester City continued their good form, winning their sixth straight league game and ninth in all competitions to reach the Premier League summit for the first time this season thanks to late goals from Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan.However, they had to make do without two of their starting XI for long spells.

reports of an altercation on Cemetery Road in Swinton at around 10.20pm on Tuesday night (12 January).

'needlessly' taking up spaces after some key workers said they'd been refused places for their children, despite working in schools and for the NHS.