The IPCC last night sent a senior investigator to assess what has happened and advise how the investigation should be carried out.

They were barred from bringing the suit because they failed to comply with the administrative procedure.

I've got family in town, other guys have family in town. This was just the only day we could get together and go out.

The officers performed first aid until paramedics arrived and took him to Tameside General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 9pm (2100 BST).

A councillor's position is not judicial. It's emotional.

The most elementary of investigative efforts, such as obtaining telephone and credit card records, were met without support, search warrants denied. The significant opinions of national experts were casually dismissed or ignored by the district attorney's office, even the experienced FBI were waved aside.

There's a return to the values we learned as a kid. Most of us remember messing around with our dad or our mom in the garden and the workshop. There's an inherent satisfaction in working with your hands. The only space you can control is the space within your four walls.

They got police escorts coming in here, breaking in houses and taking the stuff.

As far as the chains go, it might have been a matter of the location. Maybe competition opened up nearby and it just dried up for them.

These days, it's not uncommon to see a kitchen costing $50,000 or $100,000.