Police find machetes in raid on 'rowdy' house party after guests seen taking drugs and urinating in street

A cricket club in Manchester where police say they found a samurai sword, an axe and knuckle dusters alongside drugs and porn could be closed down. Three men were arrested for various suspected offences after police raided Burnage Community Sports and Social Club in Mauldeth Road on August 4 and, since then, one man has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon.

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.

Homes were being raided by police in Liverpool today after a shocking series of gun murders across the city. The police action follows the murder in her own home of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was shot as she stood behind her mother when a gunman ran into their terraced house.

Cops swooped on a car heading north on the M6 and found millions of pounds worth of drugs. Now a Manchester man has been jailed for 12 years.

Coronation Street were dressed to the nines as they headed out to celebrate Millie Gibson at her leaving party, following her departure from the soap. Earlier this month, fans were left devastated over the news that Millie was quitting her role as Kelly Neelan, who she’s played for the past three years. Just a couple of months after winning the British Soap Award for best young actor, it was confirmed that Millie was heading off for pastures new, with a source saying: ‘She has loved her time on the soap but there’s a lot of excitement about what she’s going to do next.

A young woman says she 'did not want to be here anymore' after 'being raped' by Benjamin Mendy, a jury has heard. The alleged victim - Woman Two - told a court she 'just wanted my life to end' after being sexually attacked by the 28-year-old at his mansion in Cheshire.

Police have seized 30 bags of drugs after an offender ‘made off’ on a moped in Rochdale. Officers also took the moped after realising the driver had no insurance and was wanted over criminal damage allegations.

Police have arrested a man after a seven-year-old girl was 'abducted from the street, taken into woodland then sexually assaulted in a van' - though the hunt for another man continues.

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.

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.

A driver has been reported after police discovered a dog was left inside a vehicle during extremely hot weather.

A man living in an Ardwick tower block says he has nowhere to turn to after dealing with a nightmare neighbour for four years.

An inquest has opened into the death of a man who was killed in a hit-and-run after suffering from a medical episode. Nathan Louis James Hayes, 32, was waiting for a bus on Worsley Road North in Walkden when he had a medical episode ‘sat up in the road’.

Loose Women fans were left unimpressed as the show bagged the first live TV interview with Love Island's Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti. The pair, who were crowned the winners of the ITV2 dating show, appeared on the panel show on Monday (August 8).

Police have recovered thirteen stolen high value cars following a burglary in Trafford. Officers from the Neighbourhood Crime Team carried out a raid in Ashton today (August 8).

A dog has been put down after two people were attacked on a street in Rochdale. Police were called to Morley Street in the town following reports of a dog on the loose.