To keep up with Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here Armed police swooped on a house in north Manchester amid an increasingly bitter feud between traveller families.
Video footage shared on social media showed armed cops arresting a man, 44, at a house on Martindale Crescent in Middleton on Wednesday.
The swoop came 24 hours after a fight between two groups of travellers, one based in Manchester and the other the Republic of Ireland, was due to take place on Dantzic Street just north of Manchester city centre.
But police were tipped off and a crowd of people was dispersed, according to GMP. READ MORE: Neighbours 'hear shouting and fighting' before hit and run as man is rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition The
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