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5* Review: Shrek The Musical – The Lowry, Salford Quays

Last night Shrek the Musical opened at The Lowry in Salford and what a terrific, fun-packed, laugh-a-long evening it was. The tone of the evening was set when the lights...

Decision looms for 94 homes on former Walkden High School site

Salford City Council planners will meet this week to decide whether a £9.5m development of new-build homes in Walkden can go ahead. Barratt Homes want to build 94...

Man’s body found in Ellesmere Park

The body of a man has been discovered in Ellesmere Park in Eccles. Police, fire crews and North West Ambulance services were called to an address on Winchester Road...

Pictures: End of the line for Eccles Drill Hall as demolition starts

Demolition work has begun on a former army drill hall in Eccles to make way for eight houses. Plans to replace the dilapidated and derelict buidling with two new rows of...

100 years ago in Salford: NSPCC tell horror tale of sickening child neglect

In 1916 the local papers were full of war-time exploits, but this sorry tale hits a little closer to home. Salford itself may be a city tainted by the shadow of...

Metrolink vote to freeze ticket prices

Transport bosses have voted to hold Metrolink fares at 2014 levels in the latest Greater Manchester budget. The combined authority, which is made up of all ten Greater...

Injured driver walks away from head-on bus crash in Salford

A driver suffered a head injury in a head-on collision with a 52 First bus in Lower Broughton this morning. Police were called to the scene on Cromwell Road, near the...

John retires after 30 years service with the Jewish Talking Newspaper

John Kramrisch of Salford chose his 80th birthday to finally retire as a volunteer with the Manchester Jewish Community Care’s Nicky Alliance Centre after more than 30...

Salford City crush Rams to go third

Salford City returned to winning ways with a bruising 4-0 win over Ramsbottom United at Moor Lane. It means The Ammies have closed the gap to league leaders Blyth...

MP condemns Conservative Government for failing to support women affected by state pension age increase

Barbara Keeley, MP for Worsley and Eccles South, has condemned the Conservative Government for making women born in the 1950s unfairly bear the brunt of the changes to...