Urgent police appeal to find 'high risk' missing man last seen near Etihad stadium

Police are appealing for help from the public to find a Macclesfield man wanted for theft.

Police have said they are becoming 'increasingly concerned' for the welfare of a missing man who has not been seen for 15 days. Kurt O'Brien has been missing since August 9.

Police have issued a public appeal to locate a man 'wanted for stalking'. Ben Dodd is 31 and has links to the Droylsden area of Tameside, Greater Manchester Police said.

Emergency services rushed to a city centre flat this evening following reports of a blaze. Fire crews were called to a high rise building on Whitworth Street in Manchester just before 6:30pm (August 20).

Police are appealing for help to find a missing woman from Dukinfield.

A 'large number' of police officers are currently carrying out "extensive" searches in an area of Tameside after a young girl was 'taken into the woods' by a stranger.

Police have issued an urgent appeal following reports a young woman was 'forced into the back of a car' in Tameside late on Monday night (August 15). Concerns are growing for the welfare of a young man and a woman involved, after the incident was reported by a concerned member of the public.

Two police officers have successfully apprehended a pig after he was caught hogging all the greenery in some people's gardens.

Over this weekend, the sun-soaked streets of Moss Side were filled with happiness and celebration.

Manchester City will step out at the Etihad Stadium for the first time on Saturday when they host newly promoted Bournemouth.

The Premier League has announced that it will be reintroducing drinks breaks this weekend for all matches, including Manchester United and Manchester City's fixtures.

A number of fire crews were rushed to a blaze near a petrol station in Trafford this evening (August 10). Plumes of black smoke could be seen above the Londis garage on Chester Road, Stretford, just before 8pm.

A Lebanon man who was "intercepted" in the English Channel last June was found dead in Manchester Ship Canal just over a year later.

Police are appealing for help tracing a man from Wythenshawe. Officers want to speak to Cain McConville in relation to a burglary in Cheshire.

Police are appealing for information after a serious crash in Stockport which saw two people cut from a van and a car. Four people were injured and two people currently remain in hospital after the collision yesterday afternoon (August 7).

An urgent appeal has been issued after an elderly woman was seen walking the street in her dressing gown in Trafford. Police in Stretford said they were alerted to the vulnerable woman, believed to be in her 80s, by a member of the public.

Four Vietnamese nationals feared to have died in a mill fire in Oldham have been named. They are married father Cuong Van Chu, 39, married Uoc Van Nguyen, 31, Duong Van Nguyen, 29, and 21-year-old Nam Thanh Le.

Police are appealing for help to find a missing 17-year-old who was last seen in June.