All news by author: Andrew Bardsley

Kyle Ratcliffe was jailed at Manchester crown court for three sex offences which occurred days before his son Eddie Ratcliffe went on trial for the murder of Brianna Ghey

Zaara and Rafiq Jamadar were caught out by their own CCTV camera installed inside their home in Blackburn bagging up Spice in front of their small child - while ordering their other kid to deal

Vigilantes wrongly picked out their suspect during an operation at Asda to hunt out a man who had been messaging teenage girls in a sexualised way

Romeo Smalley, 20, from Oldham, filmed a schoolboy he had tied up and posted videos on YouTube when he was aged 18. He admitted being "sexually aroused" by it as he was jailed

Abdulmalik Sayid, 25, drove at 100mph in a 30mph zone, passed through red lights and crossed onto the wrong side of the road as he tried to escape police before crashing, a court heard

Rosemary Lai is now behind bars after she tried to fleece her ex of £60,000 when his mental health was in a vulnerable state following the end of their engagement

Former police officer James Riley attempted to murder his girlfriend after a failed attempt at rekindling the relationship, leaving her in an induced coma following the horror attack

Storm Gerrit, named by the Met Office, caused 90mph winds and a "supercell thunderstorm", was linked to several weather warnings across the UK, and the ferocity of the winds led to a "localised tornado" in Greater Manchester

A trial has heard how the DNA and blood of Brianna Ghey was found on a shoe and knife, recovered from one of her accused murderer's homes - but he refused to comment

This week, Girl X and Boy X appeared in court charged with the murder of Brianna Ghey on February 11 this year. Both defendants deny murder and are blaming each other

Schoolgirl Brianna Ghey was stabbed 28 times in Culcheth Linear Park, near Warrington, Cheshire, and tragically killed as two other teenagers, named as Girl X and Boy Y, stand trial for her murder

Kathryn Vize had been walking her dog with her husband when they came across dying teen Brianna Ghey. She had stabbed 28 times in Culcheth Linear Park, near Warrington

Emma Lomax-Newton and Cindy Molyneux both pleaded guilty to child cruelty at Manchester Crown Court following the death of two-year-old Masie Lomax-Newton in December 2021

Mohammed ‘Skinny’ Sajid was imprisoned for 18 years after being convicted of an axe attack. But after a recording appeared to show police involvement in a witness statement, he appealed the conviction

Eleanor Davies claimed she was acting in 'self defence' and that her ex had been violent towards her before. The man suffered two serious wounds from the attack

John Brazil, 28, mowed down Anne Jones, 60, in a Mercedes as she walked to meet her husband for dinner and told police afterwards he wasn't to blame despite driving at double the speed limit

Kyle Huckland was left to die on the driveway of a home in Manchester after being set upon by a group of teenagers, who stabbed him four times in November last year

Rachel Bartram described Kathleen Kirby "like a rainbow... a butterfly" after Chad Rimmington, who has never passed a driving test, admitted killing her in a horror crash

Joanne Hunter kissed and sent explicit pictures of herself to the prisoner and she admitted to bringing in cannabis to him because she thought he was 'in love with her'

Criminals who robbed £1million worth of cocaine from an organised crime group in Liverpool are now facing years behind bars - but will also have to "look over their shoulder" for the rest of their life.

Alisha Goup, 16, was struck by Omar Choudhury, 22, after he reached 66mph in a 30mph zone while being pursued by extended member Hamidur Rahman, 24, who he had 'beef' with

Holly Snelgar, who makes money through Instagram and TikTok, sobbed in court as she apologised for the December 2021 incident in which her dog Kaiser attacked Jennie Lawrenson and her partner

Transport for Greater Manchester has announced that the Bury tram line will remain suspended for the rest of the day due to damage to the overhead line at Victoria

Piccadilly Gardens in the city was alive with celebration after Pep Guardiola's men became only the second side after neighbours United to win a Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League treble

Kidus Wondwosen, who had dreams of becoming a police officer, was on his bike near his home in Hulme when he was hit by 34-year-old Jenefer Ebosele -ollowing Kidus' death, Manchester United's Marcus Rashford said his 'heart hurts for his family'