57 h. ago Police 'increasingly concerned' for woman last seen one month ago

Greater Manchester Police have issued an appeal

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3 d. ago Haiti gangsters like 'Barbecue' now have 'near total control' as nation 'on brink'

A worrying new UN report has warned Haiti's violent criminal gangs have nearly taken over the capital and are pushing the country 'closer to the brink'

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4 d. ago Greater Manchester police investigating over 1,000 grooming gang suspects

Inspectorate finds force has made ‘significant improvements’ in how it treats victims of sexual exploitationGreater Manchester police are investigating more than 1,000 grooming gang suspects, as a new report found the force was “trying to provide a better service to those who have experienced sexual exploitation”.The force has made “significant improvements” in how it investigates grooming gangs and other types of child sexual abuse offences, according to the report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Andy Burnham issues statement on his grooming gang review after he's forced to miss press conference

The reports found that Greater Manchester Police has made 'significant improvements', but still faces some issues in tackling child sexual exploitation

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4 d. ago Greater Manchester Police investigating 1,000 grooming gang suspects, watchdog says

Andy Burnham said ‘never again will any child here be labelled or dismissed’ after a report found significant improvements in the force’s response to grooming gangs

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4 d. ago Grooming gangs update LIVE as final Andy Burnham report is published

GMP has made 'significant improvements', but still face issues in fighting 'devastating' child sexual exploitation, the report finds

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6 d. ago Police issue update after car smashes into Nando's restaurant

Police and paramedics blocked a main road after a car ploughed into the window of a Nando's restaurant

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7 d. ago Brothers back in court ahead of Manchester Airport police assault trial as judge issues warning to potential jurors

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, Muhammad Amaad, 26, deny all charges

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1 week ago Police issue urgent appeal over missing man last seen in Trafford

Warren also has links to Salford

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1 week ago Police issue tickets after warning over 'illegal car meet' in leafy village

'We have a zero-tolerance approach'

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1 week ago Police issue update after shot fired at group of men on Salford street

Three suspects were arrested following the incident

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2 w. ago Police issue warning after four 'electrocuted' on funfair ride and three rushed to hospital

Police have confirmed that four people reported injuries 'consistent with an electric shock from a ride

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2 w. ago Police issue update as body found in search for missing Adeo after five weeks

The search ended in Cheadle this week

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2 w. ago Labour's work to devise official definition of 'Islamophobia' should be suspended IMMEDIATELY as it risks worsening grooming gangs scandal, report warns

The Policy Exchange think-tank said the work of the Government's 'Anti-Muslim Hate/Islamophobia Definition Working Group', set up earlier this year, should be immediately suspended.

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2 w. ago ROSS CLARK: The farce of HS2 shows how Whitehall has allowed waste and fraud to flourish on an industrial scale

Year by year, the tale of HS2 grows more wretched. The latest report on the fiasco depicts contractors behaving like a gang that tarmacs driveways taking advantage of a widow.

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2 w. ago Labour's lack of control over illegal immigration 'risks fuelling new grooming gang crisis' as report says non

Chris Philp said abuse of teenage girls was a 'border security issue' after a damning report said foreign nationals are involved in a 'significant proportion' of ongoing police investigations.

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2 w. ago Grooming gangs report author Baroness Casey ‘disappointed’ in Tories for ‘politicising’ scandal

Baroness Casey, the author of a report into grooming gangs, has said that she was “disappointed” that the Conservatives have “politicised” the findings of her audit.

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2 w. ago Badenoch ‘not doing politics’ on grooming gangs as report author urges ‘calm’

Baroness Louise Casey told the BBC she was ‘disappointed’ by the Opposition’s response to her review of the grooming gangs scandal.

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2 w. ago Grooming gangs report's disturbing reality highlighted by two word demand

Baroness Louise Casey, who led a harrowing review into sexual abuse of children by groups of men in England and Wales called for a 'national reset' in the way children are treated

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2 w. ago Ethnicity of people in grooming gangs was 'shied away from', Louise Casey report says

"The appalling lack of data on ethnicity in crime recording alone is a major failing over the last decade or more. Questions about ethnicity have been asked but dodged for years"

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