Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a wanted man from Bolton. Curtis Regan (26/05/97) is wanted in connection with a Section 18 Assault that took place in Bolton on Thursday 9 July 2020. Regan is known to have links to the Bolton and Bury areas of Greater Manchester. Anybody with information regarding…
Health bosses are urgently appealing to local people to only request a coronavirus test if they have symptoms to ensure tests are available for those that really need them. Rising demand for coronavirus testing is a national issue, and in response to this Bury has stepped up additional testing capacity locally with teams working hard…
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is self-isolating after a member of his household has shown possible coronavirus symptoms. His spokesman said: “This morning Keir Starmer was advised to self-isolate after a member of his household showed possible symptoms of the coronavirus. “The member of his household has now had a test. In line with NHS…
New laws prohibiting social gatherings of more than six people come into effect today (Monday 14 September) as the Government calls on the public to remain vigilant in the fight against coronavirus. The new “rule of six” simplifies and strengthens the rules on social gatherings, making them easier to understand and easier for the police…
MORE THAN 70 new apprenticeship opportunities have been created across Greater Manchester, after funding was awarded to projects helping to support underrepresented groups. A total of £328,000 has been handed to seven local organisations to support them in attracting and recruiting new apprentices as part of the Removing Barriers scheme. The projects range from placements…
Greater Manchester Police say they’ve sadly found a body during the search for a missing teenager from Bury. 17-year-old, Matthew Young was last seen on Broad Street, Bury at around 2.30 pm on Wednesday 9 September 2020. In an earlier appeal to the public, GMP said: “Matthew failed to return home after attending college for…
Two Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers helped save the life of a member of the public when he suffered a heart attack at the wheel of his HGV on the motorway and collided with the central reservation. Whilst on shift travelling along the M60, PC Chris Pixton and PC Patrick Geoghegan-Shaw, came across Shane Sharkey…
A fourth man has been charged in connection with the murder of Cole Kershaw. Raheem Hall (27/08/01), of Hardfield Street, Heywood has been charged with one count of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life or enable another to do so and one count of assisting an offender. He has been remanded in…
Bury is in danger of further lockdown as the number of coronavirus cases has doubled in just one week. With 113 new cases recorded in the seven days to 5 September, the infection rate has shot up from 25.8 to 59.4 per 100,000 – more than double the national average. Bury has now joined most…
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is to host his weekly COVID-19 press conference this afternoon The press conference is due to get underway at 2pm Follow LIVE updates below:
