There were a lot of police on foot searching back gardens of streets all down Wotton Drive estate with torches at about 4.30am. They were stop-searching people leaving the estate as late as 7:00am but were gone by 9:00am..still no idea who they were looking for!

Town: Ashton

I was woken too. I took the dog for a walk to have a nosey I went all the way down the field to bottom of Lincoln Drive. Then past Old Georges but seen nothing at around 5am. So I have no idea what happened but it kept me and the kids and most other people I know awake for ages.

Town: Ashton

Someone spotted four men getting out of a car on Manor park estate about 3.30am, they were wearing balaclavas and had burglary tools. The householder rang the Police who came with cars, helicopter, dogs etc.
Three of the men were caught on the estate hiding in various places, the other one got away.

Town: Ashton

We got back from hols at about 1am that morning and went to bed about 2am. Only found out at lunch time Thursday from a neighbour that the police helicopter was hovering directly over our house - one of the would-be burglars was dragged out from under a car in Wotton, another was hiding in next-door-but-one's shed, and the last was cowering between a bush and our van in our driveway until the police hauled him out. So all this went on a few feet from where we slept, blissfully unaware! We must've thought we were still on the plane........ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Town: AinM