Chris Slater
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 159
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- Oct 1, 2026
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- Jul 6, 2026
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The excuses of a dirty cash gang as one moans 'I've had to move home from Dubai' (opens the original)
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A man whose parents' Greater Manchester home was shot at whilst he was involved in a £22 million cash smuggling enterprise complained to a judge that he had been forced to move back to the UK from Dubai. Couriers posing as holidaymakers smuggled the cash, which a court heard was being laundered for organized criminals 'including high-level drug dealers', in up to five suitcases at a time. The gang - said to be spearheaded by a British Dubai-based kingpin - smuggled the money via Dubai-bound Emir
Police shut down 'brothel' and properties linked to 'exploitation' (opens the original)
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Police say they have shut down a suspected brothel and six other properties as part of a crackdown on serious crime in one corner of Stockport. Officers launched an operation to tackle a 'multitude of criminality' - including drug-dealing, prostitution, exploitation and anti-social behavior - in Woodley, near the border with Tameside, earlier this year. Since February, they say they have carried out ten raids, made 28 arrests, secured 88 charges, and obtained five criminal behaviour orders (CBOs
Ex-Man City player became dad again weeks before sudden death at 32 (opens the original)
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Former Manchester City footballer Courtney Meppen-Walter had become a dad for the third time just weeks before his sudden death, it has emerged. The death of the Bury-born defender and once England under-18 international, at the age of 32, was announced by one of his former clubs Bury FC on Tuesday (September 30). No further details, including the cause of his death, have yet been revealed. Click here to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter Meppen-Walter, who li
Stepping Hill car park bosses speak as patients slapped with incorrect £70 fines (opens the original)
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Two family members of patients at Stepping Hill Hospital have hit out after being wrongly issued parking fines. Terry Wansell and Emily Heward say they both received tickets in the post after paying to park at the hospital in Stockport this summer and had to endure an arduous process to have them overturned. Terry, 59, from Great Moor, was fined twice, the first time as he took his son to A&E with a serious hand injury in March this year. Terry, who works in the care sector, said he paid for a t
Stockport criminal arrested at Florida petrol station is hauled back into court (opens the original)
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A double-glazing conman who was hauled back from America to face justice has been ordered to pay back his ill-gotten gains. Stockport Council's Trading Standards Team started investigating The Cheshire Window Outlet Ltd after complaints that they had paid deposits for windows and doors that were never supplied or fitted. Steven Wright, 51, from Bramhall, was running the company despite having twice previously been banned from being the director of a business. Click here to hear the latest from M
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