A MAN has been charged with possessing a firearm after reports that a car had been shot at.

Martin Hogan, aged 25, of Tarnbrook Road in Whitefield, was charged with possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.

He appeared at Manchester Magistrates’ Court this morning.

Shortly after 3pm on Wednesday, May 24 police were called to Bowker Street, in Radcliffe, to reports a car had been shot at. No one was injured.