'Full investigation' into rampage in city centre

POLICE say a full investigation will be launched after hundreds of kids ran riot on the last day of school in Manchester city centre.

- ETHAN DAVIES

A large group of school children gathered in Piccadilly Gardens on Friday afternoon.

For a few hours, there was chaos as cops and passers-by were egged, trams were stopped and businesses closed.

Now GMP and senior councillors are promising a full investigation.

The force says it ‘will not tolerate or accept this level of disorder or disruption in Manchester’.

The mayhem came to an end when Tactical Aid Unit officers were deployed and successfully corralled the teenagers onto Piccadilly Gardens itself.

Hundreds had earlier moved from the Market Street tram stop, down to the Arndale centre, and back up to Oldham Street.