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

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.

Illegal vapes were found stashed inside 'hidden compartments' of a shop during a police and council crime crackdown, it was revealed today.

A man who was arrested in connection with a spate of attacks on an adult store in Manchester's Gay Village has been released on bail, police have confirmed.

Police are searching for three men suspected of being linked to a break-in at the home of England footballer Raheem Sterling.

Two men were arrested and explosives were found as part of a crackdown on cash machine explosions in Greater Manchester.

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

Police stormed a Ryanair flight that had suddenly been forced to turn around after a 'mid-air fight' broke out on board. A man was arrested at Manchester Airport by officers for alleged drunk and disruptive behaviour.

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.

Three youths were arrested after police uncovered a machete and a large knife within moments of arriving at the Trafford Centre. Greater Manchester Police says officers from its transport unit visited the site in plain clothes on Saturday night (September 9).

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.

Police are hunting a 'dangerous' suspect who escaped from the clutches of cops after they arrested him and took him to hospital for treatment.