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Countryside to turn Seedley Primary School into 60 homes

Council planners have passed proposals by housebuilders Countryside Properties (UK) Ltd for 60 homes on the site of a famous former primary school in Salford. Seedley...

Bird watchers flock to Cadishead moss as rare Stone Curlew reappears

Bird watchers are racing in their droves to catch a glimpse of a rare and strange bird spotted in Salford for the first time in over 50 years. The evasive Stone Curlew...

50 years ago in Salford: Beat combo The Rogues tipped for the top

In May 1965 a group of young chaps from Salford and Swinton who called themselves The Rogues were intent on world domination of the musical kind. The Eccles and...

£75m Adelphi Wharf in Salford recommended for approval

Council planners have no objections to a new development of 206 apartments proposed for the banks of the River Irwell as part of the £75 million Adelphi Wharf. Fortis...

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Chorlton stabbing update: 49-year-old woman arrested

A woman has been arrested after a woman was stabbed in Chorlton. At around 1.05pm on Friday 1st May 2015, police were called to an address on Caldervale Avenue in...

Woman stabbed up to eight times in Chorlton

A 30-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after being stabbed up to eight times. The victim, who is understood to be from Salford, suffered stab wounds to her neck,...

Plan to turn part of Salford park into ‘memorial woodland’

Plans are afoot to lease part of Clowes Park in Broughton to a charity to create a ‘memorial woodland’. The Oldham-based Life for a Life nonprofit currently...

Monton road closures and temporary traffic lights in May

Urban Vision are to close a number of streets in Monton over the next three weeks for road and roundabout repairs. Monton Road will shut from the junction with Highfield...

Transport police hunt first class passenger who abused teen girl on train

British Transport Police have issued the picture of a man they want to speak to after a young girl was assaulted and verbally abused on a train from Manchester. At...