Police enforce new powers in Moss Side after man shot dead as murder probe ramps up

Stressed-out hedgehogs and badgers around a paintball centre in Greater Manchester's largest area of green belt woodland are getting a "right to roam". A backdated planning application for the fun-seekers facility - launched in 2014 - has been approved by councillors on Salford's planning and transportation regulatory panel.

Campaigners and locals have banded together to stop the closure of a 300-year-old pathway alongside the River Irwell in Salford.

The family of a 26-year-old woman at the centre of a murder and rape investigation in Tameside have paid a heartfelt tribute to her.

Detectives investigating the alleged murder of a man in Moss Side have arrested a teenager. The M.E.N. previously told how Javell Morgan, 20, was found with serious injuries following an incident on Claremont Road at about 12.15am on Monday, August 15.

A man accused of murdering Tyson Fury's cousin Rico Burton could go on trial at the beginning of next year. Liam O'Prey, 21, faces four counts relating to the same incident in Goose Green, Altrincham, which left 31-year-old Rico dead in the early hours of Sunday morning (August 21).

Police have amped up stop and search powers in Altrincham after an 'increased risk of violence' in the area.

A property in Rochdale has had a huge amount of interest after it was put on the market earlier this week. Andrew Kelly, one of the largest independent estate agents in the borough, listed the four-bed home in Hall Fold, Whitworth for sale on Tuesday, August 16 - and ever since it has been swarmed with attention.

Two men have been charged with the murder of Javell Morgan. Police have confirmed that Jacob Doughty, 21. of Ponyfield Close, Huddersfield, and Simeon Baptiste, 24, of Wellfield Bank, Huddersfield, have been remanded in custody and will appear before Manchester & Salford Magistrates court on Monday (22 August).

Work will begin on a new CYCLOPS junction in South Manchester next week. The busy Brooks Bar junction in Whalley Range, sees five lanes of traffic crossing and is a route into many areas south of the city.

A man had a high value watch stolen from him in a late night robbery in Altrincham on Wednesday (August 17). Police were called to the scene, on Groby Road, shortly before 9pm.

Specialist search teams scrambled to a quiet residential street on Monday evening following reports of a person getting into difficulty in the water. A huge emergency services response raced to Crowswood Drive, in Stalybridge, shortly after 6.30pm.

Multiple people suffered stab wounds after a knife brawl broke out just metres away from where a young man tragically died after being shot in Moss Side, it has been confirmed. The large fight, which saw numerous people injured, occurred on Roseberry Street in the early hours of Monday morning (August 15), at around 2.52am.

Commuters at Piccadilly Station this morning were fed up with more rail disruption — which they say happens ‘every week’.

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

A woman charged with conspiracy to murder following the death of 38-year-old Thomas Campbell has appeared in court. Coleen Campbell, 38, and two men, Stephen Cleworth, 37, and Reece Steven, 29, appeared over videolink at Manchester Crown Court for a preliminary hearing.

Police have released a new image of a teenager who has been missing since the start of August. Aron, 13, was last seen on the morning of Tuesday, August 2 in the Broom area of Rotherham.

The Manchester Caribbean Carnival returns to the city this weekend to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The event, an annual fixture across Moss Side and Hulme since 1972, has mostly missed the last two years due to the pandemic.

A number of fire crews were rushed to a blaze near a petrol station in Trafford this evening (August 10). Plumes of black smoke could be seen above the Londis garage on Chester Road, Stretford, just before 8pm.

A son has been left heartbroken after losing a court battle to stay in his childhood council home a week after his mum died.