All news on the topic: Greater Manchester

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Keir Starmer promises to prove his skeptics wrong in a do-or-die speech
Keir Starmer has admitted that the British people do not believe Labour cares about them as he took responsibility for Labour’s devastating election results.
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Keir Starmer cautions Labour against internal political disputes amid discussions of leadership
Sir Keir Starmer has urged his party not to repeat the Conservative Party’s mistake of "descending into political infighting" amid speculation that his rivals are plotting a leadership challenge.
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First tailgating case sees fan banned after sneaking into Wembley final
A man has been banned from attending football matches following what police have said is the first charge for tailgating a football match.
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Burnham lines up byelection bid to challenge Starmer’s grip on Labour
Andy Burnham has a credible plan to return to Westminster “within weeks”, his allies have said, with the Greater Manchester mayor expected to use a byelection fight to set out a new agenda for government.
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RBS banker jailed after stealing £274k from struggling clients in bribery scandal
A Royal Bank of Scotland manager who stole nearly £250,000 from his customers has been jailed.
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Woman in custody after tragic death of 14-week-old baby sparks police probe
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after a baby girl died on Saturday.
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Horror collapse leaves 40 evacuated amid fears of modern slavery link
A shocking building collapse has raised concerns about possible human trafficking after it reportedly forced more than 40 people nearby to evacuate.
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Starmer defends move to block Andy Burnham from Westminster by-election as Labour anger grows
Sir Keir Starmer has defended his decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in a Westminster by-election next month, as anger continues to grow within the Labour Party over the move.
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Labour weighs Andy Burnham return to Westminster as Gorton and Denton by-election looms
Labour MPs are preparing to meet amid growing speculation that Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham could stand in an upcoming Westminster by-election triggered by the resignation of a local MP.
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Boy, 14, arrested on suspicion of harassment after death of Manchester schoolgirl
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of harassment following the death of a schoolgirl.
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Major crime crackdown in Brinnington nets 15 arrests, £200k heroin haul and dozens of weapons seized
A crime-fighting neighborhood policing operation is underway in Brinnington as local teams strive to disrupt illegal activities, arrest criminals, and take action according to public demand.
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Pensioner pilot cheats death in gyrocopter crash-landing on Bolton street
A gyrocopter pilot executed a bold emergency landing in a field after his propeller was hit and damaged above Greater Manchester.
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Bonfire Night chaos as police attacked with fireworks and teenagers arrested across UK cities
Bonfire Night descended into chaos across the UK, with cops pelted with fireworks and flares hurled at cars.
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Council and authorities accused of inaction over industrial-scale dump
That smell of maggots, rotting food, and maggots, that’s what my house smells like.
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‘We are not giving up’: Detectives vow to find who baby Ava was and what happened to her a year after she was found in the snow
Detectives trying to identify a baby whose body was found in a field almost a year ago hope a distinctive piece of underwear made abroad will help them track down her parents.
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Gunman who killed two at Manchester synagogue had criminal record but no terror links
The Manchester synagogue terrorist was on police bail for an alleged rape when he carried out the attack, the Guardian can reveal.
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Former world champion Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton dies aged 46
World boxing champion Ricky ’The Hitman’ Hatton was found dead at his home in Greater Manchester.
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Rayner’s £800,000 Hove flat sparks accusations of tax avoidance and hypocrisy
Angela Rayner put down a whopping £150,000 deposit on her lavish new seaside pad, it has been revealed - as backlash continues to grow over her housing affairs.
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Ten new facial recognition vans to be deployed across regions of England and Wales
The UK plans to expand facial recognition to catch suspects more quickly, reduce crime rates, and enhance neighborhood patrols by 2029.
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Teenage boy stabbed to death in Powerleague car park as police launch murder investigation
A man with a knife is at large after a teenage boy was fatally stabbed in a parking lot at a Powerleague football facility.
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Serious accident on M60: traffic closed between Stockport and Denton
A stretch of the M60 has closed after a serious crash on the busy motorway in Greater Manchester.
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Seven Asian men have been convicted of the sexual exploitation of two white teenage schoolgirls in Rochdale
The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as "sex slaves" from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.
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“I don’t want to die”: 14-year-old boy stabbed in Manchester — teenagers now suspects
A murder investigation has been launched after a teenage boy was stabbed to death in Manchester.
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Teen killed in broad daylight in Manchester — police arrest three
A murder investigation has been launched after a teenage boy died in Manchester.
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Briton jailed for 17 years for rape he didn’t commit: acquitted man fights for system reform
Andrew Malkinson, 59, spent 17 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of rape. His conviction was overturned in 2023, but he says his fight for justice is not over.