Police launch investigation into alleged abuse at NHS mental health unit

Police have found a container of drugs stashed in a car wheel in a Metrolink stop car park - cheekily joking the owner could contact police if they wanted them back.

A coke dealer had to be moved to three different cells by police after covering the prison walls in faeces. Connah Rutledge was arrested as a part of a crackdown on drug dealing in Ellesmore Port last month.

Shutters down, empty departure boards and an eerie quietness isn't what you'd expect to find at Piccadilly train station on a normal Saturday afternoon.

The brother of Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett has spoken of his 'anger and pain' in an increasingly bitter row with an author who sparked a new police dig for the child's remains.

Police investigating money laundering hit the jackpot when they stopped a car in Salford. Stuffed into cardboard boxes in the vehicle was almost a quarter of a million pounds.

A man who died in a horror crash after a police chase in Bolton has been named as Simon Bailey.

A police horse who dedicated over half of his life to serving Greater Manchester has now retired to the Horse Trust.

The grieving family of a man shot dead by police in Australia say they want answers and support after claiming the officers involved used excessive force.

Six teenagers who were arrested outside Trafford College for making threats with a 'firearm' have been released on bail, police have confirmed.

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Hollywood came to Manchester on Monday as Fast Furious star Luke Evans and director Phil Allocco were spotted filming new movie 5lb of Pressure in Manchester. Welsh actor and singer Luke, 43, stars in the story of a man on a quest for redemption and the Northern Quarter was transformed for the scenes, believed to be set in Brooklyn, New York.

Officers are still to find any 'identifiable' human remains after spending a third consecutive day searching for Keith Bennett on Saddleworth Moor. Greater Manchester Police has been checking the area since Friday (September 30) after receiving information from an amateur sleuth.

Police have confirmed the arrest of 11 men after violence erupted in a fight between hooligans before Oldham Athletic's clash with Wrexham yesterday (October 1). Greater Manchester Police have described the scenes captured on video shared on social media yesterday as 'unacceptable' with an investigation underway to find and arrest more people that were involved.

No human remains have yet been found in the latest moorland search for Keith Bennett, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have confirmed. Police began searching an area of moorland near to Dove Stone Reservoir following an informant reporting that discoveries interpreted by experts to be bones had been located.

Armed police carried out a dramatic strike to arrest a suspect in relation to a series of shootings in Greater Manchester, it's been revealed.

Greater Manchester Police have opened an investigation following allegations that adult patients were mistreated at a mental health unit in Prestwich.

Three dogs said by police to have been 'out of control' have been seized after a man and woman aged in their 20s were bitten inside a house.

Police have praised the 'heroic' firefighters who saved a man's life after rescuing him from a burning flat. Crews carried the man to safety after the blaze broke out in a kitchen of a block of apartments in Salford on Monday night.

Police have released an image of a person they want to speak to after a man sat opposite a woman before exposing himself to her on a train to Manchester. Officers from the British Transport Police are investigating the indecent exposure that took place in July.

Police have seized £2 million in cash as part of a crack down on criminals since April. One bust included £37k in cash and £10k worth of drugs from a raid in Wythenshawe.