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The operation was launched in response to intelligence received about an organised crime group based in Middleton, who are allegedly running a large scale drugs conspiracy from several addresses in the area

Officers had been reluctant to volunteer for public order training - but Stephen Watson said: "It's important if you are a police officer you do the things that police officers need to do."

The force has halved the time it takes to answer the most serious 999 calls

One line of inquiry is whether fire took hold in illegal cannabis factory

Two men, aged 29 and 30, were arrested and remain in custody

"It was considered at the time more dangerous to work as a navvy than be in the British Army."

Some access will be retained for buses and taxis

Connor Bentham, 31, was handed a suspended sentence