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Brookhouse shooting: Window smashed as residents hear ‘four or five shots’

Shocked residents have told of hearing up to five gunshots after a house was shot at on the Brookhouse estate in Eccles, Salford. The front window of a terraced property...

MP calls for rethink on Theresa May ‘savage’ police cuts in wake of 21 Salford shootings

A local MP has urged Home Secretary Theresa May to rethink more police cuts after fears it could leave Greater Manchester Police unable to deal with gun and gang...

Shooting of mum and son in Winton: ‘I want to appeal directly to the women of Salford’, says police chief

Rebekah Sutcliffe, Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, has made an emotional appeal direct to the women of Salford to help police solve the abhorrent...

Outrage over Salford horror shootings: ‘City in fear’ demands police response

Greater Manchester Police said in a joint press conference with Salford City Council today that the deliberate close-range shooting of a 7-year-old boy in Winton had...

Police hunt two men over shooting of boy, 7, and mum in Winton

Police have issued descriptions of two men who shot a 7-year-old boy and his 29-year old mother at their home on Gillingham Road in Winton last night. Both victims were...

Mum and 7-year-old son shot in the legs on Gillingham Road, Winton

A mother and her young son have been shot at their home on Gillingham Road in Winton, Eccles. Armed police closed off the street at around 10pm on Monday 12 October,...

Warring families behind Salford and Bolton shootings, say police

Escalating violence between two gangs in Little Hulton, Salford and Bolton is behind a series of shootings in the area, police have said. The feud is thought to be...

Salford and Bolton shootings: Two more houses shot at in targeted attacks

Escalating violence in Salford overnight has seen gunmen target two houses in Little Hulton and nearby Bolton. It is understood to be gang-related violence between two...

Little Hulton: Man, 48, shot through front window of Mossbrook Drive house

A man has been shot in the back in Little Hulton, Salford. Armed police were called to a house on Mossbrook Drive in Little Hulton at midnight last night, Friday 9...

Little Hulton shooting: 21-year-old bailed after attempted murder arrest

Police have released a man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 34-year-old man was shot in Little Hulton. Armed police were scrambled to the scene at...