Benny Napoleon, a Detroit-area sheriff who spent decades in Motor City law enforcement and whose police chief brother overcame COVID-19 earlier this year, succumbed to the illness. He was 65.
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continue to fall and are down by over a third from last week.
The latest data from Public Health England shows the rate for the region is now 230.6 per 100,000 people in the local population.That is down 36 per cent on last week.It is still above the national rate of 186.7 but the rate is falling faster than the country as a whole.The rate in Tameside, now 192.9, has also gone below 200, for first time since September 28.
.Benny Napoleon, a Detroit-area sheriff who spent decades in Motor City law enforcement and whose police chief brother overcame COVID-19 earlier this year, succumbed to the illness. He was 65.
direct to your inboxTwo men have been arrested after police discovered a £100k cannabis farm in Tameside. Police raided a property in the Dukinfield area this morning (Friday 18 December) as part of an ongoing investigation into the supply of drugs.Officers found an industrial scale cannabis farm covering two stories of the property.
Inspector Eamon McManus, of GMP's Salford district, said: "This is a significant find and fantastic work by our officers who managed to detain all those believed to be involved."The property is in the process of being made safe and due to the scale of the find, officers may remain at the scene for a day or two."We will continue to bring offenders who blight our communities with drugs to justice.
Sometimes, the people we trust most turn out to be those we should trust the least.
direct to your inboxA body has been recovered from a city centre canal after police responded to reports of 'concern for the welfare of a man'. A large cordon was in place this morning (Tuesday) in the area around St George's Island in Castlefield.
direct to your inboxA crash which put three people in hospital including a child followed a short police pursuit, it has emerged.Police, fire and ambulance crews attended the incident on Angel Street near the Co-op headquarters in the NOMA district of Manchester city centre at around 9.24pm yesterday after a Ford Escort van crashed head-on into a bus.The van had been travelling the wrong way down a one way street, say police.Three injured people from the van - a man, woman and a child aged four
Bolton has been charged following an incident which saw police officers doused with an accelerant and a property set alight.Christian Smith, of Higher Market Street, Farnworth, has been charged with one count of arson with intent to endanger life, one count of affray, one count of actual bodily harm to a police officer and one count of harassment.The 51-year-old has been remanded into custody.He will appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court tomorrow (Monday, December 14).
planning to join the police.Declan Blythe is behind bars awaiting sentence for the murder of Cameron MacMillan, 23, in Motherwell.It has emerged that at the time of the fatal attack in May last year Blythe had ambitions of a career with Police Scotland.A source said Blythe sustained injuries in an incident hours before the killing.He was asked to provide a police statement but told officers he was worried that it might affect his application to join the force.The insider said: “He didn’t want
police officer narrowly escaped serious injury after a knife-wielding man attempted to stab him with a blade. Cops were sent to a property on Abbey Park Avenue in St Andrews, Fife, at around 1.50pm on Tuesday, December 8.
direct to your inboxThe fire service carried out a search of the canal in the city centre after personal items were discovered on the towpath.The service was alerted by the police shortly after 10pm on Friday night, who requested support following the discovery. Pictures from the scene show a number of fire fighters and emergency service vehicles on Princess Street. Crews spent around 90 minutes at the scene and a thorough search was carried out, but no evidence that anyone was in the water was
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