Chris Slater

Manchester

Reporter, My Stockport at Manchester Evening News

News reporter @MENnewsdesk. Cover Stockport but also news from across Greater Manchester. Got a story? You can email me on [email protected]

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Update after human remains found by gas workers digging at major project

3 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Slater

Police and the council have outlined the next stepsHistoric human remains discovered by workers at a major building project are to be 'respectfully reburied' after police closed their investigation.
House sealed off under court order after raid

3 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Slater

'This action sends a clear message that we will not tolerate people using properties for serious criminal activity'A house in Trafford raided by police investigating alleged drug dealing has been shut off by a court order. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers executed a warrant at the address on Marshfield Road, Timperley, on Thursday May 29. Three men and a woman were arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs and remain on bail.
Urgent appeal to find two missing girls, 11 and 12, last seen in Home Bargains

3 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Slater

Officers 'want to make sure they are safe and well'Police in Bolton are appealing for help tracing two young girls. Freya, 11, and 12-year-old Isla were last seen in Home Bargains in Farnworth at 8pm last night (Thursday, June 5), Greater Manchester Police said. They have been reported missing and officers are urgently trying to trace them. No further details about them or the circumstances surrounding their disappearance have been released.
Police issue further details after double tragedy shuts Manchester rail lines

3 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Slater

Two men died in separate incidents just hours apartPolice have confirmed two men died on railway lines in Greater Manchester yesterday (Thursday). They died in separate tragedies just hours apart in Tameside and Stockport. The first incident happened near Hyde Central station just after 6.15am. British Transport Police (BTP) said they were called to reports of a 'casualty on the tracks' and a person was declared dead at the scene.
Man arrested after police chase crash leaves passenger fighting for life

3 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Slater

He is in custody for questioningA man is in custody after a police chase ended in a horror crash which has left a passenger critically injured. A car 'made off' following a 'routine stop' by officers on Drake Street in Rochdale at around 6.15pm yesterday evening (Thursday, June 6), Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said. Officers started to chase after the car, during which the vehicle being followed 'collided with numerous other vehicles', GMP said.
United Utilities banned from paying bonuses to senior bosses 'after fish killed in reservoir'

3 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Slater

United Utilities and five other water firms have been bannedThe region's water company is among six that have been banned from paying bonuses to senior bosses, under new rules that come into force today (Friday). United Utilities (UU) are unable to pay bonuses to the chief executive or chief financial officer for the 2024/2025 financial year.
Tragedy as person dies on railway line in Greater Manchester

3 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Slater

Trains were stopped as emergency services respondedA person has died on a railway line in Greater Manchester. Emergency services were called to a stretch near Hyde Central station in Tameside shortly just after 6:15am this morning (Thursday). A person was declared dead at the scene, British Transport Police (BTP) said. No further details about the person have yet been released. An investigation into the death is now underway, they said.
Trams diverted after city centre stop hit by flooding

3 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Slater

Some services are being re-routed due to 'high standing water'Trams have been diverted in Manchester city centre this morning after a section of track flooded. The region has been hit by a deluge of heavy rain this morning (Thursday). And the wet weather has led to disruption on one Metrolink line. Due to 'high standing water', services heading in one direction on the East Didsbury to Rochdale line are not now calling at Exchange Square.
LIVE: Rail chaos with one line shut and emergency measures imposed on major route - updates

3 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Slater

Commuters are facing disruption this morning with one line blocked and services delayed on another major route. Emergency services are currently dealing with an incident between Romiley in Stockport and Guide Bridge station in Tameside. The Manchester Evening News has approached British Transport Police (BTP) for further information. The line, which runs from Rose Hill Marple and Guide Bridge to Manchester Piccadilly, is currently shut in both directions.
Human remains found in search for woman at centre of murder probe who vanished a decade and a half ago

3 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Slater

A woman has been re-arrested by detectivesPolice searching for a woman who vanished 15 years ago have found human remains. Izabela Helena Zablocka moved to the UK from Poland in 2009, and was living in Derby. In 2010, she lost contact with her family. No missing person's report was ever filed in the UK, but her family made efforts to trace her, police say. However, she was never found. A murder investigation was launched last week after Derbyshire Police said new information had come to light.