Taxi driver helps police catch alleged thief who fled on electric scooter

Shop workers rushed to help a 16-year-old boy who was struck by a police vehicle in Bolton.

A bus driver has been arrested after a 93-year-old man was knocked down on a main road in Trafford.

This chilling video shows the Snapchat clip a killer driver filmed moments before he lost control and ploughed into a wall. Rohani Jillani, 25, was filming the video with one hand and inhaling nitrous oxide balloons with the other while driving on the Mancunian Way.

A speeding driver inhaled laughing gas and filmed a Snapchat clip moments before ploughing into a wall and killing a 17-year-old girl. University graduate Rohail Jillani reached speeds of up to 98mph on the Mancunian Way before losing control of his Mercedes A180.

Hundreds of rail services will be cancelled on Wednesday as train drivers across the country go on strike.

A number of killer drivers are amongst those who have been locked up in Greater Manchester this month, including the boy racers Omar Choudhury and Hamidur Rahman who caused the death of 16-year-old Alisha Goup.

A mum has paid a heartbreaking tribute to her son after he was killed whilst trying to hail down a taxi after a night out.

Police are investigating after a gun was fired four times as part of a 'targeted' attack in Leigh.

A dad was killed by a hit-and-run driver 45 minutes after cops left him barefoot three miles from his home.

A town centre has been closed off by police after a suspected stolen car crashed. Police in Heywood, Rochdale, said a 'serious weapon' has also been taken off the streets during the incident.

Motorists are being warned they are 'in for a hard time' as fuel prices look set to rise again.

A man spent eight days in a coma after a 16-year-old driving his mum's car ploughed into the taxi he was riding home in. Michael Hanrahan had taken the keys to his mother's white Mercedes A200 while she slept.

Police are investigating whether the birth of a baby whose remains were found in the loft of a house may have been 'concealed', the Manchester Evening News understands.

A BMW driver who killed a father-of-three while over the legal drink-drive limit has been jailed for seven years. Daniel Masiulis, who a court heard on Tuesday was convicted in 2016 of failing to provide a specimen for analysis after suspected drink-driving, showed no emotion as he was led away from the dock to begin his sentence.

Hundreds of cannabis plants were found at a drugs farm after rushing to reports that the building was being burgled.

Police flooded the Trafford Centre on Friday in a bid to 'disrupt criminal activity', according to Greater Manchester Police.

The driver of a suspected stolen Lexus rammed the motor into police cars as he tried to escape - before being arrested. Greater Manchester Police said officers chased down the car, believed to have been solen in Worsley, Salford, overnight.

A wanted man who escaped from lawful police custody has now been arrested. Serious and organised crime cops arrested David Cummins, 36, on Altrincham Road on Thursday evening (September 7).

A union has spoken out after a pay deal for striking bus drivers was secured, bringing industrial action to an end.

A HGV driver from Greater Manchester was arrested while cycling along a coastal path in North Wales in his birthday suit.