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Charlotte Vernon

A third year BA Journalism student at Salford University. Special interests: Music and Sport. Follow me on twitter @charlotte041994

Police and fire crews rescue ‘distressed’ man from M602 motorway bridge

Police closed the westbound carriageway of the M602 at Eccles last night after reports that a man was in a distressed state on a motorway bridge. At around 11.10pm on...

Giant killers: Salford City’s FA Cup dream lives on as Second Round replay looms

Salford City will be hoping to push on with their giant-killing antics on Tuesday when they take on League Two’s Hartlepool United in a replay for a place in the...

Salford weather: Yellow warning for rain extended until Tuesday

Forecasters at the Met Office have extended a weather alert for heavy rain until Tuesday this week. Heavy storm winds battered the region on Sunday, causing damage to...

Daughter’s plea to find devastated dad’s 63-year-old wedding ring

Ally Barbour, a local woman from Eccles, has posted an online appeal to recover her father’s lost wedding ring. On Saturday 21 November she was out shopping with her...

Boy, 13, hospitalised after being hit by car outside Walkden school

A 13-year-old boy was taken to hospital after being hit by a car outside Harrop Fold school in Walkden. Police and ambulances were called to Hilton Lane at around 2.40pm...

Salford weather: Cold snap to continue throughout the week

More cold weather is on the way for Salford and temperatures will drop further throughout the week, according to the Met Office. Luckily however there are no weather...

Almost 20,000 properties in Salford hit by power cut ‘brown out’

Almost 20,000 homes and businesses lost power this morning at 11.24am after a power supply fault was reported across large areas of central Salford. The power cut hit...

New group reaches out to grieving people in Salford

A Little Hulton mum-of-three and an orphaned Bangladeshi counsellor have launched a new self-help group to help people struggling with loss and bereavement in Salford....

Hope for Irlam Skate Park as teens lead £150k fundraising campaign

Passionate teenagers in Irlam are fronting a community campaign to raise money to re-open a hugely popular skate park at Prince’s Park. Irlam Skate Park closed on...

Salford weather warning: Yellow alert in place as more heavy rain predicted

The Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning in Salford and Greater Manchester for Tuesday and Wednesday as more heavy rainfall is expected to hit the region....