Greater Manchester Police last night said a fake bomb detonated at Old Trafford was a “training device” accidentally left behind by a company. 

Great Manchester Police are investigating after being alerted to death threats made to banned Wigan rugby league player Ben Flower.

IN WHAT bore an eerie resemblance to the storyline of a 1980s movie, two women were arrested in Liverpool this weekend after trying to check in at an airport with the body of a dead 91-year-old man propped up in a wheelchair and wearing sunglasses.