Swords, shotgun ammo and drugs found at house during police raid

A meeting scheduled between Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and a woman handcuffed naked during a botched police raid was canceled after the parties failed to agree on terms of the gathering, a spokesperson for the woman said. Anjanette Young, who is Black, invited Lightfoot, and other city officials and police for a closed-door meeting and public forum Wednesday to discuss "transparency, accountability and justice," a spokesperson for her attorney said in a press release.

Manchester. Officers were called by paramedics responding to a concern for welfare call on Oldham Road in Failsworth at 3.30pm on Monday, a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said.

Police are investigating a shooting incident after a house in Manchester was shot at during Christmas dinner.

direct to your inboxA man has been jailed after a haul of firearms - including an assault rifle - were found hidden at a 'safe house' above a takeaway during a police raid. Michael Davis, 54, was arrested after cops raided the flat above the premises on Victoria Avenue, Blackley, in September last year.

direct to your inboxPolice have seized over half a million pounds worth of drugs found stashed inside pizza boxes following morning raids in Tameside. Officers stormed two addresses on Market Street in Hollingworth this morning (23 December) where they made the shocking discvoery.

in Salford.  Officers searched five properties as part of an investigation into the supply of drugs across the city on Wednesday (December 23). Two men, aged 24 and 55; and a 17-year-old girl were arrested on suspicion of drug offences. Two men, aged 19 and 21, were arrested on suspicion of firearm offences.They remain in custody for questioning. Suspected class A and B drugs, a Taser, CS gas, 'offensive weapons' and a 'large quantity' of cash were seized. Enquires are ongoing, a spokesman for

to a report of a 39-year-old man appearing in hospital with a gunshot wound to the foot. The shooting took place earlier that morning around 5am, near to Cromwell Road in Salford, say Greater Manchester Police officers.

successfully sued the BBC for broadcasting the incident around the world, the singer has said he does not think he will get over it: “It’s not something you can wipe from your memory. ”Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs , the veteran entertainer recalls how he collapsed in shock on the floor of his Berkshire home.

direct to your inboxA loaded gun was 'discarded' during a police chase in Moss Side.Police were alerted to a suspicious vehicle on Platt Lane at around 4.30pm on Friday.The white Skoda Fabia failed to stop when approached by police. Officers then launched a pursuit of the car.A witness contacted police around 15 minutes after spotting a loaded firearm being discarded on Broadfield Road during the chase.The gun was recovered for forensic examination.

The celebrity filled holiday season has officially began in Aspen, Colorado. Rebel Wilson has jetted into the posh Rocky Mountain ski town with boyfriend Jacob Busch one week ahead of Christmas.

A Promised Land, and he's revealed —including how the former first family spent the early days of quarantine. During an appearance on , Obama spilled even more tea, namely that his oldest daughter boyfriend actually quarantined with the family for a while. Can you imagine?!“I think, [like] a lot of families, we went through that first month where we were playing games every night and doing little arts and crafts projects and then slowly they started to get a little bored with us," Obama said.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday that her staff informed her in November 2019 about a botched police raid that happened nine months earlier – thus revising her office’s Tuesday claim that she hadn’t learned about the February 2019 raid until this week.

The Law Department of the city of Chicago this week tried to block a local TV station from airing video of a botched police raid in February 2019, in which city officers allegedly stormed the wrong house and handcuffed an innocent woman while she was naked – and while a group of male officers looked on, according to reports.

Police in Florida conducted a raid on Monday at the home of a former Florida Department of Health employee who built the state’s COVID-19 case tracker only to be fired earlier this year for alleged insubordination. The former employee, Rebekah Jones, published footage on her Twitter account which showed officers with their guns drawn entering the house.The former state employee said the officers “pointed a gun in my face” and “pointed guns at my kids” during the encounter.

A woman who lived in the house used in the Christmas classic, Home Alone, has spoken about the experience on This Morning.