{"id":1117004,"date":"2026-07-28T23:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T23:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1117004\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T23:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T23:42:11","slug":"massive-police-presence-in-moston-as-road-blocked-off-and-ambulances-at-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1117004\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Massive police presence&#8217; in Moston as road blocked off and ambulances at scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cordon is in place tonight<\/p>\n<p>21:16, 28 Jul 2026Updated 21:17, 28 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1_EB1JPG.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Police at the scene on Nuthurst Road in Moston tonight (July 28)\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Police at the scene on Nuthurst Road in Moston tonight (July 28)(Image: MEN)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">There is a &#8216;massive&#8217; police presence in Moston tonight (Tuesday, July 28) as officers respond to an incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Eyewitnesses report a large cordon in place on Lightbowne Road near to the junction with Nuthurst Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Nearby residents also report a &#8216;very large&#8217; police presence on nearby Shawford Road with the road blocked off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a aria-label=\"Click hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Photos show the scene show a sizeable cordon in place on the road, with both lanes blocked and multiple cars at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A resident said the police had been there since approximately 8:30pm this evening with police cars, unmarked vehicles and fast response ambulances all at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The nature of the incident is not yet clear. We have approached Greater Manchester Police for more information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">This is a breaking incident. We will bring you an update when one becomes available.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cordon is in place tonight 21:16, 28 Jul 2026Updated 21:17, 28 Jul 2026 Police at the scene&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1117005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,187,2465,17557,16,15],"class_list":["post-1117004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-greater-manchester-police","tag-manchester","tag-moston","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117000258755478526","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1117005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}