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Detectives suspect children were trafficked from Romanian village and forced to commit petty crime Police investigating an alleged child-trafficking ring yesterday rescued 15 children during raids on three homes in Manchester. Officers searched the houses in Gorton and Longsight after receiving intelligence that children were being shipped from a Romanian village into the UK. Officers are questioning...
Four British-Pakistani Muslims have been charged with Islamic terror offences following raids reported here last week (but you wouldn’t know any of these relevant facts if you were to read the Manchester Evening News, or the BBC report of the same story): Israr Malik, 21, of Fallowfield, Greater Manchester, [...]
Terror raid protest at police HQ About 120 people have taken part in a protest outside Greater Manchester Police (GMP) headquarters in support of those arrested in terror raids. Five men were arrested on Monday on suspicion of inciting terrorism overseas following raids across Greater Manchester and near Heathrow Airport. Police were given seven days to question the men, aged 21-62. A force spokesman...
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Police judged unwise for not taking legal advice before 'combat-style' arrests of 11 men Intercept evidence should not be allowed into British terror trials, the government's terrorism reviewer said today. In a report into Operation Pathway, an anti-terror swoop on 11 men in north-west England, Lord Carlile said he had considered whether the admissibility of such evidence could have led to any of...
This caught my eye because it contains two conflicting topics for me – airports and bars. I like bars. I don’t like airports. Their marrying is an interesting concept still, especially when put into this context – plans to install a bar/restaurant into the now defunct control tower at Manchester airport terminal one. My dislike of airports stems from a disliking of flying, and their...
Lord Carlisle criticises officers over failure to consult lawyers before operation in Liverpool and Manchester Counter-terrorism police were criticised by the independent reviewer of terrorism today for a total failure to take legal advice in advance of their operation to arrest 12 suspects in Liverpool and Manchester . Lord Carlisle's report revealed that police in Greater Manchester failed to consult...
Martin Forshaw jailed for life with minimum term of 18 years for what judge describes as 'brutal killing' A policeman was jailed for at least 18 years today for killing his fiancee by bludgeoning her with a hammer before trying to cover his tracks by staging a car accident. Claire Howarth, 31, a police constable, was declared dead in hospital following the fake crash hours before the pair were due...
Charges follow investigation into Colin Blanchard, who recently admitted child sex abuse with nursery worker Vanessa George A woman will appear in court today charged with child sex offences following the investigation into paedophile Colin Blanchard. Blanchard, 38, nursery worker Vanessa George, 39, and Angela Allen, 39, admitted a string of offences at Bristol crown court last month. Merseyside...
I HAVE recently read Manchester Airport’s own publication Plane Talk. I noticed with interest that the Government in conjunction with Greater Manchester Public Transport Executive are spending £600 million expanding the Metrolink involving nearly 20 miles of new track, 40 new trams along 4 new routes.
The Manchester Craft Mafia are here to stay. They are a group of craft businesses dedicated to supporting and sharing a creative, maverick spirit of crafting in Manchester, Greater Manchester and beyond. They want to help kick-start the new wave of entrepreneurial crafters sacking the rat race and finding other ways to make a living - [...]
A RELIGIOUS leader is among five men arrested on suspicion of terrorism. The Muslim preacher and three others were arrested in raids across Greater Manchester . The man, who has not been named, teaches the Koran at a number of mosques across the region. The 62-year-old was arrested at his home on Willows Lane, Deane, Bolton. "I'm surprised. He carries out spiritual sessions twice-a-week. He is...
Yeah yeah.. you got 'em!! Raids in Manchester and Bolton coincided with the arrest of a 26-year-old man at a hotel near Heathrow airport. Sources were unable to confirm suggestions that he was planning to travel to Pakistan or Afghanistan. It is thought the men had been under surveillance for some time and Assistant Chief Constable Dave Thompson of Greater Manchester Police said: "This is a complex...
I’m trying hard not to think about it but apparently it’s that time of year when everything has the word ‘Christmas’ attached to it in some way. Christmas plans, Christmas markets, Christmas lights, Christmas drinks, Christmas holidays, Christmas bloody shopping. This is why I’m almost sick of it when the time comes to leave work behind and try and enjoy it – because...
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