Police dismiss social media rumours of 'attempted child abduction' in Rochdale

Detectives have released CCTV footage of several men they want to speak to after a man was 'sprayed with a substance' during an 'unprovoked' attack. The victim, a man in his 40s, was walking home when he was assaulted by a group of four men in Wigan Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, at about 12.45pm last Monday (June 13).

Police swooped down on a house in Gorton this morning to raid a home as part of ‘ongoing investigation’.

Police are ‘becoming increasingly concerned’ about a missing pensioner from Tameside.

A man has died following a fire at a house in Wigan. Firefighters were called to the blaze in Newstead Road, Goose Green, at about 4am today (Saturday, July 23).

Bosses at Oldham Pride claim they have been told that a Pride-themed police car has been banned from this weekend’s event due to concerns over ‘hate crime’.

Police have circulated a leaflet on social media after a Bury resident allegedly had unwanted work done to her home against her will.

A Greater Manchester Police detective has been charged with four counts of rape.

The bomb squad was deployed and a police station was cordoned off after 'ammunition' was found in a river in south Manchester.

Police are appealing for the public's help to find a missing woman from Bolton. Jade, 31, was last seen on East Way, Hall I’th Wood at around 10pm on Monday.

Police have issued an urgent appeal to help find an elderly man reported missing in Trafford.

Police have closed a road in Littleborough following what witnesses have described as a 'quad bike crash'. Canal Street near Littleborough railway station is cordoned off following the incident.

Police are appealing for the public's help to find a missing man in south Manchester. Jerzy, 68, who uses a wheelchair, got lost from his partner on Sunday afternoon after a day in the park in Didsbury.

Police say '20 youths' have been reported swimming in a reservoir less than 24 hours after a teenager drowned in Salford Quays. Officers were called to Rumworth Lodge in Bolton on Sunday afternoon and say some youngsters were seen jumping off a pier into the water.

Police have issued an update after investigating possible gunshots which were reported on a quiet Stockport street. Officers descended on Dorac Avenue, in Heald Green, on Thursday, July 7.

Police have been seen guarding car parks and beach entrances as sunseekers enjoy the summer heatwave. Officers have been pictured at Formby in Merseyside after being enlisted to help deal with parking problems and possible anti-social behaviour.

A series of fires suspected to have been started deliberately on land near Dovestone Reservoir is being investigated by police and brigade bosses. The blazes - between Sunday, July 10 and Tuesday, July 1 2 - were near the car park at the Oldham beauty spot, cops say.

This is the wreckage left behind after a dramatic police chase was brought to a sudden halt - by a tree. Greater Manchester Police says the pursuit began after the driver of a grey Vauxhall Astra failed to stop for officers in Middleton.

This is the moment undercover police officers dressed as builders swooped to arrest two men on an electric bike at a university campus on suspicion of drugs offences.

Three people have been arrested after a sickening attack on a male victim in Oldham. Horrific footage shows him being beaten by a number of people.