Vacuum packed bags of drugs worth tens of thousands of pounds seized

direct to your inboxA prolific crook took the lead role in an audacious fraud which targeted luxury Lake District hotels, shops and restaurants.Sonia Malhi, 39, who had more than 100 previous convictions, travelled from her Greater Manchester home and headed up the scam to dupe businesses across Cumbria during January last year.This involved the use of stolen receipts from card terminal transactions made by innocent members of the public whose accounts were also then plundered.As accomplices

direct to your inboxTwo more people have been charged after police seized what they believe to be a number of guns and grenades during a series of raids in Stretford.Sarah Tervet, 41, and Gareth Curtis, 34, both of Milton Close in Stretford, have been charged with possession of a firearm.They appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Monday morning.They were remanded in custody and will appear at Minshull Street Crown Court on March 1.Four others, all from Stretford, have

direct to your inboxFour men have been charged after suspected weapons were seized during a series of raids across Stretford.

direct to your inboxA 'brazen' rogue builder who swindled tens of thousands of pounds from his victims has been jailed after trading standards investigators uncovered his litany of scams. Adam Routledge, 36, of Stenhills Crescent, Runcorn, targeted householders including the elderly in Manchester, Runcorn and Northwich, and used faked documents and even a non-existent building inspector to aid his duplicitous schemes.

direct to your inboxAs rain thrashes the streets of south Manchester, a mattress lies abandoned and soaked in an alley off Whiley Street in Longsight.It's a prime example of the area's fly-tipping problem.It causes genuine frustration for residents like John Collins battling to clear the streets of garbage. “It’s a regular thing - it’s been going on for years,” John, from Longsight, tells the Manchester Evening News .

direct to your inboxA man has been charged with money laundering and drugs offences after a police raid on a house in Middleton.Ricci Ferrari, 36, of Alcester Close, Middleton, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to supply class A drugs and two counts of money laundering.He appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court and will appear at Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square on February 19th for a plea and trial preparation hearing.In a statement Greater Manchester Police said:

Bolton chef decided to cook up some affordable 'school dinners' and share his recipes, following the controversy about 'woefully inadequate' food parcels in parts of Greater Manchester. Gareth Mason, who recently went viral for his 'three-tier' fish, chips and mushy peas pie, decided to visit Aldi and see how many ingredients he could buy for £20.

direct to your inboxPolice seized £100,000-worth of designer clothing and jewellery as they detained a man on suspicion of supplying drugs and money laundering.The arrest came after a dawn raid at a home in Alcester Close, Middleton.The operation is linked to Operation Foam - the Greater Manchester Police part of the National Crime Agency-led Operation Venetic, which has seen police throughout the UK mount raids against suspected members of organised crime groups after a global and encrypted

direct to your inboxThousands of homes narrowly escaped potentially devastating flooding in Didsbury and Northenden last night after the River Mersey came perilously close to breaching its banks.The Environment Agency has confirmed the waterway was just 2cm away from disaster last night as Storm Christoph raged through the region.A severe 'danger to life' warning was issued in parts of the south Manchester suburbs last night as the river hit the highest levels ever recorded.Around 2,000 homes

straight to your inbox every day for freeBruno Fernandes summed up how every Manchester United was feeling when seeing Paul Pogba fire home against Fulham. With the score locked at 1-1, Pogba picked up a loose ball on the wing and beat two players before curling home from the corner of the penalty area for a fine strike.

direct to your inboxHundreds of people were being evacuated from their homes overnight as Storm Christoph caused widespread flooding across the UK.Some 2,000 properties in the East Didsbury, West Didsbury and Northenden areas of Manchester were due to be evacuated on Wednesday night because of rising water levels, the city council said.Elsewhere people were also asked to leave their homes in parts of Ruthin and Bangor on Dee in North Wales, and Maghull in Merseyside.Authorities have been

direct to your inboxA father who was caught with cocaine, MDMA and £15,000 in cash said he was being pressured to deal drugs by a gang, a court heard.Alhad Mohammed, 36, has been jailed after police stopped his black Toyota in Manchester city centre when they noticed it had a faulty brake light.He was pulled over on Dale Street on August 5 and found with quantities of four different type of drugs - cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and class C drug clonazepam - all worth about £100 each.Officers feared

direct to your inboxAndy Burnham has promised a 'new era' at Greater Manchester Police after the force was placed in 'special measures'.The mayor held his first policing press conference yesterday since former Chief Constable Ian Hopkins was asked to step down in the wake of a scathing inspection report.