Police issue arrest update after man killed in crash in Oldham

A pensioner who died after he drove the wrong way onto the M62 and crashed into another car has been named and pictured. Police say they are piecing together the circumstances surrounding the death of Leslie Lewis who was killed in a head-on smash near Saddleworth on Saturday (March 22).

A suspect wanted in connection with the murder of a Manchester man in Ukraine has been named. Daniel Burke had gone to suport the resistance against Russia when he was fatally shot from behind, an inquest hearing was told. But Daniel did not die in a theatre of war.

Police have issued a new statement over allegations Angela Rayner paid the incorrect amount of tax when selling her former home.

Police are looking into the circumstances behind a video that shows a group of youths gathering near a mosque in Bury.

A driver has issued a warning to fellow motorists following a 'scary' crash on a major Manchester motorway.

Greater Manchester Police has issued a warning as 'childhood infections of measles and whooping cough are rising dramatically'. The police force is urging parents to make sure they and their children are vaccinated as 'we are already seeing cases requiring hospital attendance including hospital admittance'.

A burger restaurant where staff are purposely rude to customers has issued an update after its Manchester branch was put on the market. The lease for Karen's Diner, which opened in Prestwich in 2022, was listed on Rightmove prompting questions about its future.

A police search for 'guns and grenades' that saw residents asked to leave their homes in Salford has come to an end.

A man has been killed after being hit by a car in Oldham.

Armed police descended on a street in Stockport on Thursday morning (March 21) after a Land Rover was 'smashed up with a crowbar' and a man was stabbed.

Police have made an arrest after a man was 'attacked with a hammer' after a collision on the M61 on Tuesday morning (March 20).

A man who was pulled over after being seen driving recklessly tried to offer an excuse as police discovered he was uninsured. Officers spotted an Audi A3 being driven 'erratically at excess speed' on Wilmslow Road, in south Manchester, last night (March 19).

Kobbie Mainoo continues to go from strength to strength despite making his breakthrough in a chaotic and tumultuous Manchester United season. The 18-year-old had not featured in the league for United before this campaign, but has rapidly become a mainstay in Erik ten Hag's midfield, shining in the 4-3 FA Cup win over Liverpool on Sunday.

A suspect held following a dramatic swoop on an electric Jaguar whose brakes had reportedly failed on the M62 has been released 'pending further enquiries', say police.

A man accused of murder has denied a double stabbing after one man was killed and another was injured after a ‘fist fight’ in Manchester city centre.

Armed police boarded a holiday flight and arrested a suspect moments after it touched down. Passengers watched in shock as a man was escorted off the plane.

Police have made a fresh appeal for information into a killing believed to have been committed 55 years ago. As reported in the Manchester Evening News in December, the disappearance of Isabella Skelton, on June 5, 1969, from Crumpsall, is now being investigated as a murder inquiry. One man has been interviewed under caution on suspicion of her murder but no one has been charged.

Jamie Carragher is still of the opinion Manchester City are the team to beat as the business end of the Premier League season approaches.

Pep Guardiola said that Kevin De Bruyne was happy after the game as he explained the thinking behind the substitutions that he believed saved Manchester City a point against Liverpool.

Armed police descended on a cemetery in Ashton-under-Lyne on Sunday afternoon (March 10) after a woman was viciously mauled by a dog.