The real change that's happening in Greater Manchester, one year after a tragedy

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

New powers are being used by police to protect victims of domestic abuse in Greater Manchester. Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (DAPOs), which were first trialled in Bury last November, have now been rolled out in Wigan.

Within one week, five orders have been issued in the borough, prohibiting perpetrators of domestic abuse from contacting victims.

And those who ignore the orders are facing the consequences. Last week, a man from Bury who breached a DAPO by visiting a woman's home on Boxing Day, as well as failing to attend a police station as required by the order, was jailed for eight months.

As of last week, seven people had been issued with a DAPO in Greater Manchester. GMP have now secured another five DAPOs in Wigan where the scheme was rolled out on January 6, with applications relating to several others due to go through the courts.