Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Tributes have been paid to a popular police officer who has died following a battle with illness.
Affectionately known by colleagues as The Dude, PC Mark Wells came to national prominence as one of the officers who arrested a man following a stabbing spree at the Arndale shopping centre in Manchester in 2019.
Although he was not named at the time, he was the officer pictured standing over the suspect with a Taser stun gun after five people were hurt. Read more: Salford street shut after man suffers stab injuries - he is recovering in hospital Friends and colleagues have now paid tribute to PC Wells following his death.
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