8 h. ago Council worker felt 'life had been destroyed' before jumping from window as GMP officers tried to arrest him

Ashley Crews had previously been arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children in 2022

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18 h. ago ‘XL bully’ destroyed by police arresting ‘men with machetes’

The incident happened as Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers arrested two 16-year-old boys.

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5 d. ago Pictured: The kiss with a prisoner that led to GMP officer's world falling apart

Choni Kenny was caught on camera while still in uniform

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5 d. ago Disgraced GMP officer had flings with crook associates and bought criminal mobile phones to use behind bars

Choni Kenny had sexual relationships with two criminals and passed on information while working as an officer for GMP

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1 week ago ‘My son killed himself after ketamine ruined his life – how many lives will this drug destroy?’

Barney Casserly took his life aged 21 as he struggled with a ketamine addiction which left him using the toilet 20 times a night due to irreversible bladder damage

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1 week ago Shocking video shows moment teenage mob surround lone GMP officer

The officer was responding to reports of young people harassing a shop worker before chaos unfolded in Salford

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1 week ago Shocking video shows moment group of teenagers surround lone GMP officer

The officer was responding to reports of young people harassing a shop worker before chaos unfolded in Salford

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2 w. ago America's missing nuclear weapons as 'Broken Arrow' incidents expose atomic

The USA reportedly still possesses over 5,000 nuclear warheads - which is enough to destroy most life on Earth - but the military is responsible for at least 32 accidents involving weapons

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2 w. ago Harvard scientist claims Mars was home to a civilization wiped out in a nuclear war

While NASA continues to search for life on Mars, a Harvard scientist has claimed it was destroyed in a nuclear war millions of years ago.

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2 w. ago Family who unleashed 'orgy of mindless disorder and destruction' during Southport

Council worker Connor Hicks, 20, and his cousins Cameron and John Williams, 29 and 32, were part of an angry mob that rampaged through Sunderland last August.

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2 w. ago Family who unleashed 'orgy of mindless disorder and destruction' during far

Council worker Connor Hicks, 20, and his cousins Cameron and John Williams, 29 and 32, were part of an angry mob that rampaged through Sunderland last August.

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3 w. ago Council fined as worker left in wheelchair from freak accident installing Christmas tree

James Lyth, 34, was left with severe injuries while installing a 20-foot Christmas tree in Bury, Greater Manchester - the local council has now been slapped with a huge fine

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3 w. ago Briton held for more than six years in India without trial speaks out: ‘My whole life is destroyed’

Exclusive: Christian Michel speaks to Namita Singh on the sidelines of a court hearing in Delhi, where he has been granted bail but cannot meet the conditions to leave the capital’s notorious high-security prison

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3 w. ago Brit tourist, 54, who was left fighting for his life after a gas explosion destroyed his B&B in Rome 'died of septic shock after surgery'

Grant Paterson, 54, had been left in a critical condition when the horror blast brought down a three-storey building while he holidayed in Rome on March 22.

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3 w. ago Brit tourist, 54, who was left fighting for his life after a gas explosion destroyed his B&B in Rome 'died of septic shock after surgery'

Grant Paterson, 54, had been left in a critical condition when the horror blast brought down a three-storey building while he holidayed in Rome on March 22.

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4 w. ago Woman arrested after newborn baby found dead in M&S shopping bag

The boy’s body was discovered last week by a council refuse worker.

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4 w. ago Woman arrested after baby found dead in M&S shopping bag outside church

The boy’s body was discovered by a council refuse worker.

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4 w. ago Woman arrested after baby boy found dead in M&S shopping bag

The boy’s body was discovered by a council refuse worker inside a black Marks & Spencer bag in Notting Hill on March 25.

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4 w. ago ‘I’d been singing the wrong word for 30 years’: Deacon Blue on how they made Dignity

‘It’s become a sort of folk song. It’s played at weddings and funerals. Dundee United play it when we win. I’ve met people who’ve told me, “I was a worker for the council for 20 years” – just like the guy in the song’I was a teacher in Glasgow but I wanted to start a band and write songs that meant something to people. Dignity began life during a holiday in Crete in 1985. I bought Sounds magazine at the airport. Morrissey was on the cover and the headline “Home thoughts from abroad” got me thinking about Glasgow. I was living in a tenement flat in Pollokshields, from where I’d see the cleansing department guys sweeping the road. So I started writing about a “worker for the council, has been 20 years” who dreamed of sailing away on a “ship called Dignity”. Continue reading...

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