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Money seized from criminals and distributed to police forces via the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme (ARIS) is being invested into communities across Greater Manchester.
Date Published 01/10/2022
A charity comedy-drama show at Castlemere Banqueting Hall on 15 September has raised £1,500 for victims of the recent flooding in Pakistan.
Phone scam reports have fallen by 86 per cent in the North West over the last year, regional data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed.
Date Published 27/09/2022
Adding an extra shot to someone’s drink without them knowing is spiking, councils and police chiefs are warning students.
Date Published 26/09/2022
Victim Support Rochdale and Rochdale Borough Council have been awarded funding to support victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence.
Date Published 08/09/2022
The anti-domestic abuse campaign Cut It Out has returned and is enlisting more salon staff and hairdressers throughout the borough.
Date Published 30/08/2022
Police are appealing for witnesses to an attack on a local woman in Alkrington woods in Middleton on 3 August 2022 at 6.45pm. The victim, had been walking through Alkrington woods...
Date Published 05/08/2022
New guidelines have been launched by government to encourage more people to take a stand against anti-social behaviour and help make communities safer.
Date Published 22/07/2022
The next part of an independent review into child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester will focus on events in Rochdale.
Date Published 12/07/2022
More victims of rape and sexual violence will be spared the stress of being cross-examined in court under a scheme rolled out to a further 10 Crown Courts.
Date Published 04/07/2022
Asbestos victims, MPs and campaigners will be rallying for a big outdoor event in central Manchester at 12.30pm on Friday (1 July) in memory of all those who have lost their lives...
Date Published 29/06/2022
Later sexual abuse by notorious Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed could have been prevented if earlier ‘offending behaviour’ and the threat he posed to children had been...
Date Published 20/06/2022
A selection of incredible people from the Rochdale borough including a managing director, a headteacher, a HMRC head of development, and a delivery driver have been named in the...
Date Published 01/06/2022
A new financial investigation team at Greater Manchester Police has returned £2m of victims' money in its first six months.
Officers investigating the sexual assault of a teenage girl in Rochdale have released the image of a man they would like to speak to about the incident.
Date Published 30/05/2022
A pair of fraudsters who were part of a criminal enterprise that tricked more than 200 savers into transferring their pension pots into fraudulent schemes they controlled have...
Date Published 23/04/2022
Do you know how to protect yourself from falling victim to the crime of courier fraud? Courier fraud is when a scammer contacts the victim via phone pretending to be either a...
Date Published 18/04/2022
The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, Stephen Watson QPM, has met and personally apologised to three victims of grooming gangs in Rochdale for a catalogue of...
Date Published 12/04/2022
Survivor of rape in Rochdale helps jail his abuser three decades later
Date Published 16/03/2022
Two men brandishing a gun and a meat cleaver assaulted a member of staff at the Village Convenience Store in Heywood in an armed robbery on Friday evening (11 March).
Date Published 14/03/2022
A GMP volunteer group – the Scambusters, a group made up of mainly older and retired volunteers who offer peer-to-peer support to those who have been a victim of...
Date Published 07/03/2022
A Rochdale man has been jailed for 33 years after being found guilty of 31 sexual offences, including raping two teenage girls and subjecting one to nearly two decades of abuse.
Date Published 25/02/2022
Over four million pounds has been returned to rightful owners following an international crypto-currency scam rumbled by officers from GMP six months ago, with millions still yet...
Date Published 21/02/2022
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and Rochdale Borough Council came together with over 100 refugees and asylum seekers to raise awareness of hate crimes.
Date Published 16/02/2022
A specialist team of detectives and staff that have investigated hundreds of crimes and safeguarded almost 200 children over the last 12 months have issued a stark warning to...
Date Published 08/02/2022
The borough of Rochdale has come together again to take a stand against hate crime as part of Greater Manchester’s hate crime awareness week, which runs from 7 – 13 February 2022.
Date Published 06/02/2022
Rochdale borough’s annual Holocaust memorial commemoration was once again a virtual one this year, due to the ongoing pandemic.
Date Published 01/02/2022
A charity supporting thousands of victims and survivors of sexual abuse has appealed for help to find a new base in Manchester where they can operate for free.
Date Published 29/01/2022
People from Greater Manchester and across the country are invited to join a virtual service to remember the victims of the Holocaust and other genocides, and to hear the vital...
Date Published 26/01/2022
Andy Burnham has announced plans for a £10 council tax increase for police in Greater Manchester, one year after the force was placed in special measures.
Date Published 18/01/2022