Weapons haul and 'banned dog' seized after police raid cricket club being 'used to store stolen vehicles'

A man has been charged with allegedly selling crack cocaine from behind a city centre hotel. Edward Afekafe, 40, of Warbeck Road, Manchester has been charged with possession with intent to supply.

Homes were being raided by police in Liverpool today after a shocking series of gun murders across the city. The police action follows the murder in her own home of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was shot as she stood behind her mother when a gunman ran into their terraced house.

First Dates star Fred Sirieix headed for a curry in Hale as he partied with the stars of his new BBC show on a break from filming here in Manchester. Fred has just announced he is to host the new BBC2 show Master of Ceremonies alongside Dragon's Den star Sara Davies and Manchester events boss Raj Somaiya.

Police have arrested a man after a seven-year-old girl was 'abducted from the street, taken into woodland then sexually assaulted in a van' - though the hunt for another man continues.

Police were called to Bolton on Wednesday afternoon (August 17) as a group of protestors stormed the Town Hall during a Drag Queen children's book reading event. Drag Queen Story Hour UK, who have been touring venues across the country, perform interactive shows for young children and their families.

An inquest has opened into the death of a man who was killed in a hit-and-run after suffering from a medical episode. Nathan Louis James Hayes, 32, was waiting for a bus on Worsley Road North in Walkden when he had a medical episode ‘sat up in the road’.

DEALSSony Music’s AWAL has expanded its partnership with Genesis Owusu and his Ourness label to provide global artist services for the rapper’s upcoming new album. “My ambitions for both Ourness as a label and Genesis Owusu are that we continue on our path to creative freedom through independence and agility”, says Owusu’s manager and Ourness co-founder Andrew Klippel.

Officers investigating the dealing of drugs in Bury have arrested a man and seized suspected drugs following an early morning raid. Police searched a property at Thorne View, in Bury, on Wednesday morning (August 10).

Police recovered a stolen vehicle after swarming an area near a park in Bolton. There was a large police presence on Hall Lane in Farnworth last night (Tuesday).

Loose Women fans were left unimpressed as the show bagged the first live TV interview with Love Island's Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti. The pair, who were crowned the winners of the ITV2 dating show, appeared on the panel show on Monday (August 8).

A man whose body was discovered at Chorlton Water Park can be named. The body of 31-year-old Iain Bruce-McArdle was discovered at the popular south Manchester beauty spot early in the morning on Tuesday, July 19.

Nine men and a woman have been charged with drugs, firearms and money laundering offences after police raids. All 10 are appearing before Manchester magistrates' court today - Thursday.

Greater Manchester Police seized a terrifying 'Rambo' knife from masked males "acting suspiciously" in Eccles on Tuesday night. Officers from the force's Transport Unit said they saw three males wearing balaclavas in the town.

A man has been charged with child abduction after police were called to an Aldi store in Heywood last weekend.

British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful, crime novelist Ian Rankin and legendary actress Sheila Hancock are some of the first big names announced to be taking part in this year’s Manchester Literature Festival.

The family of a 27-year-old man who was due to study at the University of Manchester but tragically died have told of his long-term battle with mental illness - amid claims on Twitter that the university had left him in a 'hopeless situation'.