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• Officers given extra powers following knifepoint robberies

  A Section 60 and 60AA has been authorised in Newton Heath and Miles Platting areas following reports of knifepoint robberies in the area on Saturday evening.

• 'There were times I felt like I was drowning in silence' - girl tells court as man is sentenced for child grooming

  A 26-year-old man who groomed and sexually abused a vulnerable young girl over a prolonged period has been sentenced to sixteen-and-a-half-years in prison today (Friday).

• Man found and charged with shoplifting offences

  Officers from the Failsworth and Town Centre Neighbourhood Team have charged a man on suspicion of multiple shoplifting offences.

• Former landlady of Royton pub speaks out after gangster video is filmed in the building

  The former landlady of a Royton pub said she has been unfairly dismissed from her post after a group entered the venue to film a gangster video showing-off wads of cash and a gun.