Tag: bomb, IRA, Manchester
Watch: Unseen footage 20 years on from 1996 Manchester IRA bomb
Greater Manchester Fire has released footage of the aftermath of the IRA bomb that blew up in Manchester city centre on 16 June 1996. 212 people were injured when the...
Ordsall car explosion: Police close roads and widen cordon in Salford blast probe
A car on the Ordsall estate in Salford was damaged in an as-yet unexplained blast, Greater Manchester Police said. Officers cordoned off the Cloughfield Avenue...
Bomb squad detonate ‘potentially toxic chemicals’ found at Boothstown house
Police, fire crews and army bomb disposal teams were sent to Boothstown this morning to help remove suspected toxic chemicals from a house. The homeowner, who lives on...
Patricroft ROF housebuilder under fire after bomb squad called to Eccles twice in a week
Criticism has been levelled at a housebuilding firm after army bomb disposal teams were called to one of their new housing sites twice in a matter of days. Countryside...
Bomb alert on Green Lane Eccles: Former Patricroft ROF site evacuated after ‘unexploded mortar’ found
A former munitions factory being demolished for housing in Eccles has been evacuated after workers found what they thought was an unexploded bomb. Army bomb disposal...
‘Explosion’ at St Paul’s Church: Man throws ‘paint bomb’ into wedding
Police are investigating after a man apparently tried to throw a ‘paint bomb’ into a crowded wedding party at St Paul’s Church in Salford. It’s...
50 years ago in Salford: Boy, 10, rolls unexploded anti-aircraft shell into Eccles police station
Police stations across the country must have seen some strange objects handed over their counters but officers at Green Lane in Eccles in August 1965 got the shock of...
‘Suspect package’ outside Salford Cathedral was suitcase full of rubbish
Police investigating reports of a suspect package outside Salford Cathedral this morning have confirmed it was not a dangerous device. Officers were called to the scene...
Ordsall bank robber jailed for threatening to explode bomb
A man who robbed a bank by pretending to carry a bomb in a rucksack has been jailed. Steve Andrew Morrell (born 19/01/1984) of Mayflower Avenue, Ordsall, pleaded guilty...
WATCH: Man robs Salford bookies and bank with bomb-threat note
Police are hunting a man who robbed a bookmakers in Eccles and a bank in Swinton armed only with a handwritten note. The offender is described as a white man, between 25...
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