Paul joined the Corporate Communications department at Greater Manchester Police on a temporary contract in March 2021 – here is some of his work:
In the press
- Man poses as delivery driver and robs elderly woman in Whitefield (Bury Times)
- Woman in her 70s left bruised and ‘terrified’ after thief posing as delivery driver (MEN)
- Next of kin appeal for man who has died in Oldham aged 71 (Oldham Times)
- Woman charged and named following three-car smash (MEN)
- Teenager locked up for horrific attack after Manchester city centre restaurant staff slashed (MEN)
- Witnesses sought for Ashton knifepoint robbery (Oldham Times)
- Machete-wielding thugs attack couple sat waiting for a takeaway in their car (MEN)
- Greater Manchester Police officer charged with animal cruelty (MEN)
Manchester cannabis farm
- Suspected cannabis farm worth £5m found in Manchester – BBC News
- The ‘garden centre’ cannabis factory in the shadow of Piccadilly Station – Manchester Evening News
- Huge cannabis farm worth £5m discovered in Manchester city centre | Granada | ITV News
- Police seize 5 million worth of narcotics in Manchester property raid (telegraph.co.uk)
- Huge cannabis farm discovered in Manchester city centre | Metro Video
- Police find cannabis farm worth £5m in warehouse on Heyrod Street, Manchester | Bury Times
- Huge cannabis farm worth £5million discovered in Manchester city centre | Wigan Today
- Police find cannabis farm worth £5m in warehouse on Heyrod Street, Manchester | The Bolton News
- Huge cannabis farm worth £5million discovered in Manchester city centre | Lancashire Evening Post (lep.co.uk)
- Huge Cannabis Farm With 4000 Plants In Manchester City Centre – Manchester News
- Video news from the Prestwich and Whitefield Guide
In the press
- Police swoop on Manchester street after reports of woman ‘kidnapped’ (MEN)
- Murder investigation launched after man with ‘multiple injuries’ found dead in canal (MEN)
- Murder inquiry after man’s body pulled from Leigh canal (Leigh Journal)
- Woman found dead after police called to house in Wigan (MEN)
- Police hunt for bank robber who threatened staff and escaped with cash (MEN)
- Police appeal for witnesses to bank robbery in Middleton (Rochdale Online)
- Armed man steals cash from branch of Barclays in Middleton (About Manchester)
- Man, 28, fighting for life after being found unconscious in the street (MEN)
- Man in critical condition in hospital after being found unconscious on Wigan street (Wigan Reporter)
- Man found unconscious in the street now fighting for his life (Liverpool Echo)
- Burglar stabbed two men in their own home during break-in (MEN)
- Baseball bat thug clubbed three people in ‘brutal and unprovoked attack’ (MEN)
- ‘Depraved’ Salford man jailed for thousands of extreme child sex abuse images (MEN)
- Salford man jailed after police find 15,000 child abuse images (About Manchester)
Bolton dog attack
- Bolton dog attack: Man, 50, suffers life-changing injuries – BBC News
- Bolton dog attack: Vicious mauling leaves man with ‘life-threatening injuries’ – Mirror Online
- Police rush to scene after vicious dog attack leaves man with ‘life-threatening injuries’ in Bolton – Manchester Evening News
- Shock as dog attacks pets in Bolton park | The Bolton News
- Breaking news: Dog attack leaves man in Bolton Greater Manchester hurt | UK | News | Express.co.uk
- Man mauled in the face by ‘pit bull style’ dog had ‘wanted it taken away after it attacked him hours earlier’ (thesun.co.uk)
- Dog which left man in critical condition after attack in Bolton to be destroyed | Lancashire Telegraph
In the press
- Police increase patrols after girl grabbed in woodland area in Bolton – Manchester Evening News
- Man in rooftop stand-off with cops comes down after 12-hours – Manchester Evening News
- Man arrested after roof police stand-off in Kearsley ends | The Bolton News
- Bolton news: Man wielding axe on roof of house in tense stand-off with armed police Express.co.uk
- Two people charged after man hurt in alleged stabbing in Bolton – Manchester Evening News
- Two men charged after man stabbed on Victoria Square, Bolton | The Bolton News
- Mum, 26, had sex with boy, 15, after manipulating him with ‘sexually-charged’ texts after befriending parents (thesun.co.uk)
- Mother-of-two had sex with schoolboy, 15, dozens of times after his parents helped her in lockdown | Daily Mail
- Mum-of-two groomed vulnerable boy for sex – she was caught out by her sickening love letters – Manchester Evening News
- Sex Offences To Vulnerable Child: Woman Has Been Jailed For Six Years – Manchester News
- Police operation in Wigan sees reports of burglaries fall by 69 per cent | Wigan Today
- Jailed, the Cheetham Hill drug dealer who had £134,000 in criminal cash – Manchester Evening News
- Jealous mum glassed woman with broken vodka bottle at NYE party – causing her to lose an eye – Manchester Evening News
- Woman jailed for attack with broken vodka bottle that left woman blind in one eye – Oldham Chronicle
- Police issue update into ‘targeted incident’ after a man was shot in the leg in Wigan – Manchester Evening News
- Detectives continue to investigate shooting in Wigan which left man in critical condition | Wigan Today
- Two teenagers arrested on suspicion of murder after Eccles death – Manchester Evening News
- Eccles death: Teenagers arrested on suspicion of murder – BBC News
Christina Rack
- Mum-of-two who went missing in October 2018 found dead in south Manchester – Manchester Evening News
- The mum who left her Chorlton home for a walk and never came back – Manchester Evening News
- Mum-of-two Christina Rack found dead after being missing for more than two years – Birmingham Live (birminghammail.co.uk)
- Mum-of-two Christina Rack, 48, who disappeared in 2018 is found dead in nature reserve (thesun.co.uk)
- Mum who went for a walk and never came home tragically found dead two years later – Mirror Online
- Mum-of-two, missing since 2018, found dead in Chorlton Ees woodland | Metro News
- Body of mother-of-two, 48, is found in nature reserve by dog walkers two years after she disappeared | Daily Mail Online
In the press
- Girl, 9, fights off three masked men trying to grab her in playing field – Manchester Evening News
- Two 17-year-old boys arrested on suspicion of the murder in Salford of Leigh Smith – Manchester Evening News
- Eccles death: Third teen charged with Leigh Smith’s murder – BBC News
- Leigh Smith: A third teenager has been charged with Salford murder | The Bolton News
- Third teenager appears in court accused of murder of Salford man Leigh Smith – Manchester Evening News
- Man, 27, fighting for life after hit-and-run in Stockport – Manchester Evening News
- Serious Collision In Stockport Left 27-Year-Old Man In Critical Condition – Manchester News
- 27 year old man critical after Stockport hit and run | News – Hits Radio (Manchester) (planetradio.co.uk)
- Police cars had tyres slashed and windscreens broken as officers arrive to stop illegal event – Manchester Evening News
- Man, 24, charged with robbery and possession of blade over Salford carjacking – Manchester Evening News
- Murder investigation launched after man was found in Luxe Lounge | The Bolton News
- Murder investigation launched after man dies following Bolton town centre attack – Manchester Evening News
- Luxe Lounge death: Murder arrest after man dies in bar assault – BBC News
- “Our family and friends have been utterly destroyed by his loss”: Dad who died in attack named as man charged with murder – Manchester Evening News
- Luxe Lounge death: Man charged over fatal attack in bar – BBC News
- Luxe Lounge Bolton: Tributes to Robert Smethurst, man charged with murder | The Bolton News
- Man stabbed in the stomach outside a restaurant at 1am – Manchester Evening News
- Investigation after gang of 10 youths attack man in Bolton town centre | The Bolton News
- Police release images of man they want to speak to after young woman followed and sexually assaulted in Oldham – Manchester Evening News
- CCTV appeal after young woman attacked in sexual assault on Cornwall Street, Chadderton | The Oldham Times
- Two teenage girls injured in hit-and-run smash as police hunt Audi driver – Manchester Evening News
- Bolton hit-and-run: Teenage girls injured in crash – BBC News
- Teenage girl in hospital with life-changing injuries after Bolton own centre hit-and- run | The Bolton News
- Officers to patrol Fallowfield bars after five women report having drinks spiked – Manchester Evening News
- Man, 59, dies after collision with car in Chadderton – Manchester Evening News
- Teenagers to appear in court after spate of robberies in Bury town centre – Manchester Evening News
- Three teens to appear in court over Bury robberies | Bury Times
- Appeal for witnesses after man, 59, dies after being hit by car in Chadderton – Manchester Evening News
- Chadderton: Appeal after man dies in Broadway crash | The Oldham Times
- Eight-strong gang pull knife out on man before robbing his motorbike – Manchester Evening News
- Police issue CCTV images after boy assaulted on Metrolink tram – Manchester Evening News
- Images released after teenager targeted in Bury to Radcliffe tram assault | Bury Times
- Teenager arrested after Queens Park, Bolton stabbing | The Bolton News
- Teenager arrested after stabbing at Bolton park – Manchester Evening News
- Man arrested after gun and ammunition found at Tameside house – Manchester Evening News
- Shotgun and cartridges seized from house in Hyde – Tameside Reporter
- “He walked everywhere, was strong and played football with his friends… he does none of these things now”: Couple jailed for brutally attacking man – leaving him unable to work – Manchester Evening News
- Pensioner who ‘posed a significant threat to children’ jailed after internet history revealed disturbing interest – Manchester Evening News
- Trafford man sentenced for indecent photos of children | Messenger Newspapers
- Major police presence near waste water treatment works as search unit stationed at scene – Manchester Evening News
- Dispersal order issued for Stockport after anti-social behaviour (planetradio.co.uk)
- Huge cannabis farm and 228,000 litres of beer seized after illegal brewery raided by HMRC – Manchester Evening News
- Raid on illegal Bolton alcohol distillery finds 350,000 pints of beer – BBC News
- Police looking for person who gave man first aid before he died in the street – Manchester Evening News
- Can you help police trace last movements of Andrew Barker from Heaton Moor – About Manchester
- Michael Smith: Family remembers ‘gentle giant’ killed in Wigan crash | Greater Manchester Police (gmp.police.uk)
- ‘Justice is finally served’: Family of ‘gentle giant’ speak out after man who killed him is jailed – Manchester Evening News
- Lorry driver jailed for smuggling £5m of cocaine in frozen pizzas – BBC News
- Serbian lorry driver smuggled up to £5million of cocaine into Greater Manchester in FROZEN PIZZAS – Manchester Evening News
- Lorry driver jailed after £5m worth of cocaine found in frozen pizzas load | Bury Times
- Lorry driver busted smuggling £5m worth of cocaine into UK with frozen pizzas – Daily Record
- Woman arrested and charged for thefts in Chadderton | The Oldham Times
- Ringleader of lucrative ‘Gucci line’ crack and cocaine gang jailed – Manchester Evening News
- Drugs ringleader jailed after police smash his ‘Gucci line’ business | Bury Times
- Leigh man jailed for trying to kill ex-girlfriend’s new partner – BBC News
- Leigh man jailed for stabbing ex-partner’s new boyfriend seven times | Leigh Journal
- Man who stabbed ex-girlfriend’s new partner seven times in ‘fit of jealousy’ jailed for 20 years | Wigan Today
- Leigh man stabbed ex-girlfriend’s partner in head during ‘fit of jealousy’ | ITV News Granada
Sean Howarth sentence
- Drink spiking: Man jailed for sexual assault on unconscious woman – BBC News
- ‘Devious predator’ jailed after spiking reveller’s drink in nightclub and sexually assaulting victim | Daily Mail Online
- Sex predator spiked clubber’s drink then lured her to hotel and filmed attack | Metro News
- Depraved ‘predator’ spiked girl’s drink then sexually assaulted and robbed her as she lay unconscious – Manchester Evening News
Marcus Simmons-Allen tribute
- “He had a lifetime of dreams ahead of him”: Mum’s heartbreaking tribute to ‘truly fab son’, 18, who died after being struck by car – Manchester Evening News
- Tribute to teenager killed in Altrincham hit-and-run crash – BBC News
- Tributes to teen killed in hit and run with ‘lifetime of dreams’ ahead | Messenger Newspapers
- Mother pays tribute to teenager who died in Trafford collision | News – Hits Radio (Manchester) (planetradio.co.uk)
- “He was a truly fab son and we are destroyed”: Mum’s tribute to 18-year-old killed in Broadheath crash – Altrincham (todaynews.co.uk)
Aaron Jarvis tribute
- “He will be missed by everyone”: Tributes to ‘fun-loving, free-spirited’ bar manager who died in three-vehicle crash – Manchester Evening News
- Whitefield crash: Stoke man who died was ‘fun-loving lad’ – BBC News
- Family pay tribute to man who died in Whitefield crash | Bury Times
Social media
Proactive Releases
- Michael Smith tribute – Michael Smith: Family remembers ‘gentle giant’ killed in Wigan crash
- Peter Waterworth sentence – A registered sex offender from Trafford has been jailed for 5 years
- Catherine Jones/Joel Hall sentence – Couple jailed for attack that left victim with life-changing injuries
- Sean Howarth sentence – Man jailed for spiking woman’s drink and then sexually assaulting her
- Marcus Simmons-Allen tribute – Marcus Simmons-Allen: Tribute to teenager who died in Trafford collision
- Davide Imuetinyan/Benjamin Ankers sentence – Two men jailed after setting fire to family home in Manchester
- Fallowfield drink spiking – Detectives investigating drink-spiking incidents in Fallowfield
- Aaron Jarvis tribute – Family pays tribute to Whitefield crash victim Aaron Jarvis
- Vladan Petrovic sentence – Serbian lorry driver jailed for 14 years for smuggling 50kg of cocaine into the UK in load of frozen pizzas
- Tameside assault appeal – Police release image in connection with assault in Tameside (prgloo.com)
- Gucci line drug dealer – Drug dealer behind the ‘Gucci line’ operation in Bury is jailed
- Leigh man jailed 20 years for ‘violent and frenzied attack’ on ex-girlfriend’s new partner
GMP news site
- Appeal after robbery in Whitefield
- Car stolen in violent knifepoint robbery
- Did you witness an attempted kidnap in Eccles?
- Appeal for witnesses to bank robbery in Middleton
- Man found unconscious in Wigan street
- Huge cannabis farm uncovered in Manchester city centre warehouse
- CCTV images released in connection with robbery in Wigan
- Man jailed for stabbing two men during attempted burglary in Stockport
- Hale man jailed for attack with baseball bat
- Salford man jailed after police find 15,000 child abuse images
- Police appeal for information after man grabs teenage girl in Bolton
- Two men charged after incident in Bolton town centre
- Police appeal for information after man grabs teenage girl
- Woman jailed for sex offences with vulnerable child
- Burglaries in parts of Wigan cut by two-thirds after police operation
- Manchester man jailed for drugs and cash offences
- Man charged with attempted murder after incident in Oldham
- Body found in Chorlton identified as missing woman Christina Rack
- Woman jailed for attack with broken vodka bottle
- Appeal after man shot in leg in Wigan
- Two teenagers arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of man in Salford
- Teenagers charged with murder after death of man in Salford
- Officers release images after Metrolink tram is damaged
- Two 17-year-olds arrested in connection with death of Leigh Smith
- Appeal for witnesses after serious RTC in Stockport
- Cannabis farms discovered after warrants carried out in Tameside
- Oldham man jailed for life after stabbing girlfriend to death
- Police cars damaged as officers break up unlicensed music event
- Murder investigation launched after man dies in Bolton
- Two teenagers arrested and stolen car recovered in Bolton
- Detectives appeal for witnesses after assault in Bolton town centre
- Detectives release images of man after serious sexual assault in Oldham
- Detectives release new image in relation to serious assault in Oldham
- Detectives investigating drink-spiking incidents in Fallowfield
- Police appeal after woman is assaulted in Manchester park