A teenager has been charged after an investigation into a fire at a church in Bury.
The charge is in relation to an incident at around 8.00pm on Saturday 22 December at Heaton Park Methodist Church, Bury Old Road.
Emergency services were called out to the church and a blaze was put out by the fire service.
Further enquiries carried out by police established that the church was broken into shortly before the fire occurred and a number of items were stolen from inside.
A 14-year-old from the Whitefield area – who cannot be named for legal reasons – has been charged with burglary and will appear at Manchester and Salford Youth Court on 21 January 2019.

Man in Critical Condition After Vauxhall Assault
Leeds Station Gateway Set to Begin Opening in October
Two Arrested After Reported Firearms Incident in Leeds
Six Greater Manchester Police Officers Dismissed Over Racial Discrimination Case
Historic Chiswick Riverside House to Receive New Blue Plaque
Bradford Drug Dealer Jailed Over ‘Jake Line’ County Lines Operation
Taxi Driver Jailed After Falling Asleep at Wheel and Causing Fatal A23 Collision
Drugs Seized and Wanted Woman Arrested During Milton Keynes Police Patrol
Boy, 15, Charged with Murder After Fatal Wembley Stabbing
Three Bradford Shops Closed Over Illegal Goods and Anti-Social Behaviour
Man Jailed After Deliberately Driving Car at People Outside Bradford Casino
Alim OnAir
The Golden Era
Legal Show
Remix Saturdays