Urgent police appeal to find missing man last seen on Saturday

huge police investigation amid reports of shots being fired.Police said around 20 men were involved.

and Wigan. A spokesman for GMP sad: “Have you seen Dale Bailey from Leigh? “He's wanted after failing to appear at court after being charged with aggravated burglary. “He is known to have links to Leigh, Atherton and Wigan in Greater Manchester.

direct to your inbox A drugs runner caught with 2kg of heroin at a motorway service station in Heywood has been jailed.

direct to your inboxThe Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester held a closed meeting with Trafford council this week to discuss policing, following the city-region’s police force being placed into special measures.The meeting came after local calls for Mayor Andy Burnham to set out an action plan to bring Greater Manchester Police ‘up to scratch’ in Trafford.Conservative members of the council criticised the fact that the meeting was held in private and felt members of the public,

at the Eccles interchange at around 1pm on Monday afternoon. Officers attended and were seen searching a dark grey Renault.

Salford. Abbey Duffin, 30, was last seen around 4pm on Monday, February 8, on Kenyon Way, Little Hulton, say police.

direct to your inboxPolice have issued an urgent appeal for help to find a missing boy with links to Manchester.Jach Fallows-Jackson was reported missing from his home in Carnforth, Lancashire, at around 11.45am on Thursday (February 4).The 14-year-old is believed to have travelled to the Preston area by train.But it's unclear where he has gone from there, Lancashire Police said in a post on Facebook.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN

direct to your inboxA man with Alzheimer's has gone missing in Rochdale. Gordon Nicholson, 78, was last seen on Leander Drive, Castleton, at around 4.30pm today (Thursday, February 4).

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has revealed how John Stones hit the depths of his football career amidst injury problems and personal troubles.The Manchester City defender has bounced back to form this season and is expected to regain his place in the team to face Burnley at Turf Moor on Wednesday night after contributing to a stunning 12-match winning streak.But he looked to be headed out of the Etihad exit door in the last two summers, when the break-up of his long-term relationship and

direct to your inbox Two loaded guns were found in a property in Ancoats during a police raid. Officers raided a property on Naval Street at around 7am this morning (Tuesday).They seized two loaded guns and ammunition.A man - aged 33 - has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a prohibited weapon.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereHe remains in custody.

direct to your inboxPolice have shut off an area near a block of flats after reports a body has been found. Eyewitnesses have told the Manchester Evening News that police have been at the scene on Bowdon Street on Thursday evening (January 28).

direct to your inboxCops were potentially put at risk for over a year because Greater Manchester’s new police computer system failed to flag hundreds of addresses likely to contain firearms.An internal audit found markers for properties with licensed firearms certificates had not transferred over to the iOPS system when it launched in 2019 and more than 800 were still missing by the time the issue was identified a year later.That meant an officer could be ‘dispatched to an address where there

Salford. He is wanted in connection with a serious assault.No further details of the alleged crime have been released.

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Bury.

direct to your inboxRecently installed ‘modal filters’ in south Manchester have proven to be a good police deterrent after they were able to block a driver from getting away during a pursuit. At the beginning of January, a number of plant box filters were installed across Levenshulme as part of a trial project being overseen by Manchester Council.