A police force criticised for its treatment of women and girls in custody has stopped strip searches that were conducted for ...

“Back then I called on GMP to bring an end to strip-searching for so-called welfare purposes within six months. Four months ...

Strip searches are no longer being carried out by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) except as a last resort, after an ...

Strip searches by police in so-called "welfare" cases are to be stopped in Greater Manchester, mayor Andy Burnham has ...

The Children's Society said unnecessary and invasive searches of young people must end and called for more police training. A ...

A Sky News investigation last year - described by mayor Andy Burnham as a "credit" - found GMP officers had inappropriately ...

Nearly 100 Palestinian women face conditions ‘beyond all imaginable limits’, including overcrowding, confiscations of hijabs ...

GMP is also now providing all female suspects in custody with dignity packs including sanitary products, has ensured female ...

Indore teacher faces backlash after allegedly strip-searching female students in a bid to find a mobile phone that rang ...

The government has announced law changes aimed at better protecting people in state care, ahead of Tuesday's formal apology ...