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Fog warning for rush-hour drivers as visibility drops

Low and dense fog is expected to cause travel delays throughout rush hour today. Commuters and parents returning their children to school after the half-term break are...

GMCA to loan £4.6m to Port Salford for job creation

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has approved a loan of £4.6 million to Port Salford Holdings Ltd to help deliver their inland port on the Manchester Ship...

Firefighters rescue ‘blue and unresponsive’ woman, 51, from canal

Firefighters are urging people to take care around waterways in Manchester city centre after a 51-year-old woman was rescued from near-death after falling into a canal....

AFC Monton Club report

By Ron Hodkin FBT Manchester League Premier Division AFC Monton 0 Old Alts 1 AFC Monton faced a revitalised Old Alts side in this fixture and ended the game with nothing...

Trafford Centre gives N W’s biggest free firework display – Tonight!

Tonight at 6.30pm, the North West’s biggest free firework display returns to intu Trafford Centre with more than 10,000 people expected to descend on Barton Square....

Living Wage Week – celebration event at Media City tomorrow

The Greater Manchester Living Wage Campaign will be celebrating a ~600% increase in the number of Living Wage Employers since its launch two years ago, at a special...

4* Review: Rob Beckett ” Mouth from the South” – The Lowry, Salford Quays

By Gina Harris Rob Beckett is an English stand-up comedian and actor, best known for being a co-host on the ITV2 spin-off show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of...

50 Per cent of cancer patients in Salford to benefit from innovative exercise programme

Cancer patients are being helped back to full fitness with an innovative exercise referral programme being rolled out across Salford. CAN-Move Salford is a collaboration...

Princess Street opened up to two-way traffic

Vital road traffic changes to a key city centre route will start this week as part of a major scheme to future-proof the city’s transport infrastructure. From Sunday 1...

New vision will improve independence for people with learning disabilities in Salford

People with a learning disability and / or autism will be supported to lead more independent lives and have a greater say about the support they receive under a plan...