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A woman battered a pensioner with his own walking stick before robbing his pizza. Jade McDonnell, 27, approached the elderly man as he sat down for a rest after a day of shopping in Manchester city centre.

A dad has been jailed after threatening to kill his wife and three children during a row about him arriving home late and drunk following a 12 hour pub binge.

Ryanair passengers burst into a round of applause after two business owners were pulled off of the plane due to 'drunken behaviour'.

Ryanair passengers burst into applause as two drunk business owners were escorted off a flight by police. Officers were asked to collect Amy Aspinall and Thomas Bromley when their flight from Malaga to Manchester Airport landed.

The Strangeways prisoner who staged a 12-hour protest on the roof of HMP Manchester last night was handed a further jail term for criminal damage to another prison cell this morning.

A woman who climbed through her neighbour's bedroom window brazenly walked out wearing her stolen winter boots. Eleonora Fitzgerald, 33, alerted the terrified woman to her presence by banging around as she was sat in the living room of her ground floor flat.

A serial pervert who performed a vile sex act in front of a girl at a bus stop was one of the criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week.

A judge has blasted a GMP investigation into a prolific shoplifter who repeatedly targeted an Asda supermarket. Michael Gormley, 31, was spotted time and time again by a security guard at the Harpurhey store entering through the main door, taking hundreds of pounds-worth of alcohol, and walking out via the fire escape.

A man who brandished a 12-inch kitchen after his friend's young dog had been fatally attacked by a couple's bigger dog has been spared jail.

here"You have no control over the quantities taken or how that individual might react to additional medication."Minshull Street Crown Court heard that between October 2019 and February last year, Mulliner made nine successful attempts to obtain prescription drugs, receiving a total of 3,784 tablets.She had previously stolen a prescription book and stamp, and was dealt with by 'restorative justice' after being caught.But she had kept some of the prescription sheets to be able to receive the tablets at two pharmacies in Swinton, prosecutor James Preece said.Prosecutors said the alarm was raised in February last year after pharmacy staff noticed a discrepancy when she turned up to receive a prescription.A pharmacy worker took a picture of

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA peckish police officer crashed into a vehicle after putting on his emergency lights to rush home to his dinner after his wife told him it was ready.PC John Byrne, from Liverpool, was prompted to rush home after a 12-hour shift when his wife sent him a message saying his ‘tea was on the table’.The officer, who serves with Merseyside police, switched on the vehicle's siren to dart through traffic before crashing into a BMW, in November 2019.The court heard the vehicle’s emergency lights were activated for no 'proper reason'.Prosecutor James Preece told the Manchester Crown Court PC Byrne was in the company of PC May, when they left St