Three charged over £2.5m passport thefts

12:17pm Thursday 8th January 2009

Three men have been charged in connection with the theft of passports worth £2.5 million from a van in Greater Manchester.

Salford shooting: Man, 23, bailed

10:40am Thursday 8th January 2009

A 23-year-old man arrested after a shooting in Salford has been bailed pending further inquiries.

Arson probe as three escape Salford house blaze

10:41am Thursday 8th January 2009

Three people escaped after an arson attack on a house in Salford.

Shop worker fights off Chorlton thief with cardboard box

10:42am Thursday 8th January 2009

A shop assistant fended off a thug with a cardboard box when he attempted to steal cash from the shop where she worked.

Women shop workers threatened in Stockport gun raid

10:39am Thursday 8th January 2009

Armed robbers threatened women working at a Stockport general store with a gun.

Two held after fatal stabbing in Hulme

10:39am Thursday 8th January 2009

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a stabbing in Hulme.

£3m for 'barmy' green group

3:59pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

A "barmy" North-west group has been given £3million of taxpayers’ money to come up with ideas on how the environment can help the economy, it has emerged.

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