Police launch investigation into mental health unit mistreatment claims

Passengers have told of the terrifying moment armed police surrounded a plane after it was diverted away from Manchester due to a 'security threat'.

Police have released an image of a man they are searching for in connection to a serious assault in Bolton.

A child was treated by paramedics after being injured in a crash in Salford.

A man has died after police were called to a 'concern for welfare' report on the M61.

Manchester council will ask the government for a public inquiry into a mental health unit at the heart of a BBC Panorama investigation aired last month. The calls for an inquiry come with fears that alleged abuse of patients at the Edenfield Centre, as claimed by the BBC, is happening at other Greater Manchester’s mental health treatment units.

A passenger has described the dramatic moment '20 to 30' armed police stormed his train in the hunt for two men believed to be carrying weapons at Manchester Victoria.

Police are hunting for a man from Rochdale who is wanted in connection with an attack.

An ex-soldier whose life 'spiralled out of control' after being kicked by a horse was caught with a knife and fake gun outside Tesco.

Reports two girls aged six and seven were sexually assaulted by a man in Oldham are being investigated by detectives, police have revealed. Greater Manchester Police said the girls and their families were being supported by specialist officers.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

Police have launched an investigaion into alleged mistreatment of patients at a mental health unit. The Manchester Evening News understands that more than 12 staff have been suspended at the facility by the NHS Trust that runs it.

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.