From the “Gunchester” era of the 1990s to today’s sustained decline in shootings, GMP say tougher sentences, targeted operations and firearms amnesties have driven a 52% reduction in gun crime. Neal ...

The tools of their trade were sawn-off shotguns and Halloween masks. And with them Fred Scott and Lenny Pilot terrorised Manchester. In the late 70s and early 80s the pair were the city's most ...