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Armed robber pulls gun on Bargain Booze raid in Little Hulton

Police are hunting a white male in his early 20s who held up a Bargain Booze in Little Hulton last night. Officers were called to Manchester Road East store at 7.05pm on...

Update: Swinton jewellers hit in broad daylight armed robbery

Three men attempted an armed robbery in broad daylight at a jewellers on Swinton precinct. At 11.50am today, Tuesday 19 January, three masked men approached the THJ...

Men ‘with Salford accent’ armed with shotgun and machete try to rob Little Hulton pub

Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a three men burst into a Little Hulton pub and tried to carry out an armed robbery. One of the would-be thieves...

Salford bank and bookies armed robber: ‘One-man crime wave’ steals just £800

Police are still hunting for a man who hit four banks and bookmakers in Salford and Warrington in under three hours. But it’s been revealed the armed robber...

50 years ago in Salford: Brave Broughton Post Office staff shot as they face down armed robbers

Robberies on Post Offices and security vans are not a new phenomenon as this story from December 1965 shows. But one elderly couple who ran the Lower Broughton sub-post...

Violent organised gang jailed for multiple armed robbery in Eccles, Irlam and Manchester

An organised gang who threatened staff with a sawn-off shotgun and hit shops in Irlam and Eccles as part of a cross-country crime spree have been jailed for a total of...

Man robs Salford Costcutter in possible armed raid

Picture by Jane Gregory Police are investigating at a mini-market on Eccles Old Road after a man threatened staff, telling them he had a gun, and stole cash. The robbery...