9 h. ago Violence feared in Oldham town centre as police issue urgent statement

Police have introduced special powers in Oldham town centre following repeated incidents of disorder involving youths

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6 d. ago John Lewis issues statement after urgent safety warning issued

The Office for Product Safety and Standards issued an urgent warning on the items

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6 d. ago Police descend on Welsh town centre with large cordon in place

A police cordon has been set up around a cashpoint

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9 d. ago Four injured in town centre incident as police make attempted murder arrest

Police were called to Railway Street in Altrincham after reports of a disturbance with four people injured and one man arrested

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9 d. ago Altrincham town centre 'disturbance' sees four injured as businesses remain shut

Altrincham town centre has seen a huge police cordon keep many of its shops closed while they investigate a major incident that saw four people suffer injuries

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9 d. ago Altrincham town centre street shut after two hospitalised as police swarm area

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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9 d. ago Altrincham emergency LIVE: Police seal off town streets after 'serious incident'

Police have swarmed Altrincham town centre after a serious incident which left at least two men with serious injuries

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9 d. ago LIVE: Police responding to serious incident in Greater Manchester town centre

Two men have been left seriously injured

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1 week ago Man raped and robbed in Crawley town centre as police release CCTV images

Sussex Police have released CCTV images of a person they want to speak to after a man in his 30s was raped and robbed in Crawley High Street on October 15

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1 week ago Tom Phillips case: New Zealand to hold public inquiry into disappearance of fugitive father and children

Hearings will be held in private to assess ‘whether government agencies took all practicable steps to protect the safety and welfare of the Phillips children’, says attorney generalA public inquiry will be held into the authorities’ handling of the disappearance of fugitive father Tom Phillips with his three children, who hid in New Zealand’s wilderness for nearly four years, the government has announced. Phillips disappeared into the rugged North Island wilderness with his children just before Christmas in 2021, following a dispute with their mother. He did not have legal custody of his children.In August, he was killed in an exchange of fire with police after reports of a burglary in the remote town of Piopio, in the central North Island. A police officer was shot and required surgery. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Driver arrested after pedestrian hit by car near Greater Manchester town centre

Police and paramedics raced to the scene near Bury town centre

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3 w. ago This is what led to police slapping order on town centre with two teens arrested

Police say such behaviour 'will not be tolerated'

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3 w. ago Police swarm UK town centre as 'trouble involving 60 people' breaks out

A disposal order has been issued in Bolton this evening after police swarmed the town centre following reports of trouble involving as many as 60 people

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3 w. ago Police descend on town centre after trouble involving up to 60 people erupts

A dispersal order is now in force which gives police powers to order trouble-makers to leave or face arrest

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4 w. ago Driver in dressing gown runs through town centre in bid to escape police

Police stopped a car due to a 'defective light'

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