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John Scheerhout
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Wizened crime reporter at the Manchester Evening News. Author of Lured To Their Deaths. Looking over walls so you don't have to
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The jury trying two brothers accused of attacking armed police at Manchester Airport were shown some distressing body-cam footage today of a woman PC sobbing after she was punched in the face
July 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Here's my round-up of the evidence we heard today in the trial of two brothers accused of attacking armed police at Manchester Airport👇
July 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Lots of chatter about a lack of political judgment here but, honestly, I'm not sure Dougie Joyce has done much wrong 😂
June 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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It's been, erm, a crap season all round at Old Trafford, what with all the mouse droppings and shite footie
*gets coat
May 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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What a joy it was to meet this guy, Mark Welch, who like so many in the NHS saved life and limb when the bomb went off at Manchester Arena eight years ago today👇
May 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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This does seem less than welcoming if you're among the travelling Reds tonight
April 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Looks like at least 13 of Man Utd's handiest scrappers (allegedly) won't be going to the derby on Sunday
April 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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My news editor absolutely insists I shouldn't use the word 'trousered' when writing stories about the rising pay of top earners in GMP
March 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Is it a co-incidence that GMP was in crisis in 2020 when one fairly routine 999 call ended in lives ruined? I'm not sure it is
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It was a routine 999 call - it ended in heart-break and tragedy
Police were dispatched to a domestic incident in Stockport - Khia Whitehead's life will never be the same
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January 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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I could imagine doing 117mph to get away from Ikea, but not never to get to it. Some folk really do love their flatpack furniture
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Driver 'rushing to get to Ikea' caught speeding at 117mph on motorway
The Audi was captured speeding on the M60 at Stockport, say police
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December 27, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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Dispersals orders are all the rage in GMP at the moment - not everyone is a fan though. The competing arguments are having a right old tussle atm...
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The criminals were 'laughing', but has the crackdown gone too far?
Here, crime reporter John Scheerhout takes a look at the use of dispersal orders by GMP
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December 8, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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The sense of grievance felt by Paddy Doherty, Tommy Joyce and other members of the Traveller communities was palpable today
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TV star joins Travellers protest in Manchester over 'shocking' GMP decision
'We are the most hated and discriminated ethnic group on the planet'
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December 6, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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GMP bosses are standing by the decisions which led to Traveller children being turned away last weekend. Some of the cops on the ground who did the turning away, however, may well have some explaining to do
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GMP investigating complaints about cops who turned people away from Manchester
A senior police officer has offered to meet with members of The Traveller Movement, a campaigning charity, next week
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November 29, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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Ex-ice hockey player and Corrie extra GUILTY of sickening rapes and abuse, story c/o of
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Ex-ice hockey player and Corrie extra GUILTY of sickening rapes and abuse
Philip Hamer will learn his fate in January
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November 29, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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Of courshe, we all know the Dutch are a little bit crazy, but those Feyenoord fans! Dank u wel en welterusten
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Rowdy Feyenoord fans light up Manchester - leaving City feeling blue
GMP say there was no serious trouble and no arrests last night
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November 27, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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There were troubling scenes in Manchester city centre on Saturday afternoon. Good piece from reporter John Scheerhout looking at what happened and why.
What really happened in town on Saturday afternoon
Were police protecting Manchester city centre or was this a case of heavy-handed policing and the profiling of a whole community? John Scheerhout examines a complex row sparked by travellers attemptin...
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November 25, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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You can't have enough social media right!? 😂 - let's give this a go
November 26, 2024 at 3:54 PM