More than a thousand people joined a solidarity rally in St Peter's Square

PC Lydia Ward was left with blood pouring from a broken nose, a jury has been told

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad Amaad, 26, both of Tarnside Close in Rochdale, deny the charges they face and say they acted in self-defence

Dougie Joyce sat with former prime minister Liz Truss to plug his new line of whisky

From one nightmare to another

Lisa Roussos only survived thanks to vascular surgeon Mark Welch

The move by police in France is 'draconian', says fan group

Three men, aged 24, 30 and 39, have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder

The number of top cops earning top money has risen to 28, according to the latest accounts

Police were dispatched to a domestic incident in Stockport - Khia Whitehead's life will never be the same

The Audi was captured speeding on the M60 at Stockport, say police

Here, crime reporter John Scheerhout takes a look at the use of dispersal orders by GMP

'We are the most hated and discriminated ethnic group on the planet'

A senior police officer has offered to meet with members of The Traveller Movement, a campaigning charity, next week

Philip Hamer will learn his fate in January

GMP say there was no serious trouble and no arrests last night

Were police protecting Manchester city centre or was this a case of heavy-handed policing and the profiling of a whole community? John Scheerhout examines a complex row sparked by travellers attemptin...