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Category: Food & Drink

160 Years of Beer: Salford Star Inn Festival returns

On Saturday 23 April Britain’s first co-operative pub will see its popular mini-beer festival return. To celebrate 160 years of beer, Broughton’s Star Inn on...

‘Stop the Slop’: £1.3m ready meals row at Salford Royal

Malnutrition and poor food care are inevitable at Salford’s flagship hospital if bosses go ahead with plans to cut back on fresh food prepared on site, says a...

Mum’s warning after finding parasitic wasp in Walkden KFC ricebox

A mum has warned local residents to check their food after she was served a wasp in a takeaway box from a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Walkden. Michele Carey, 44, visited...

Salford pubs to open late for Queen’s 90th

Pubs in Salford will get an extra boost to trade in honour of the Queen’s 90th birthday. Pubs that normally shut up shop at 11pm will be able to serve drinks until...

WiFi, gluten-free upgrade as Morrisons Eccles gets £1m revamp

A revamp of Morrisons in Eccles has seen the store add free Wifi, a dry cleaners and Amazon collection lockers. The Irwell Place store in the middle of the town centre...

It’s a no: Revolt after Swinton KFC drive-thru plans refused

Council planners have turned down KFC’s idea to build a new drive-thru restaurant in Swinton town centre. The fast-food giant said new premises on Swinton Hall...

Italian restaurant Vero Moderno to open at Vimto Gardens

Salford restauranteur Giuseppe Piccoli is to open an Italian restaurant on Chapel Street at the Vimto Gardens development. Piccoli, who lives on Chapel Street himself,...

Review: The Blind Pig, Monton

It’s easy to imagine how anyone who had been away from Monton for the last couple of years would find the new ‘village’ centre almost unrecognisable. New...

Top tips on how to fight the cravings and maintain a healthy weight

Watch our video featuring nutritionist Shona Wilkinson for helpful tips and advice on how you can maintain a healthy weight in 2016 Many of us think that we are taking...

Plans pushed through to knock down Hyde Park Corner pub for 38 flats

Developers Knight Knox have been given the go-ahead to demolish an historic pub in Salford. Hyde Park Corner was built at the corner of Silk Street and Blackburn Street...