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Emergency crews simulate two planes ‘colliding’ at City Airport Barton
Emergency crews simulated the after effects of a huge plane crash in Salford yesterday. Police, firefighters, airport crews and paramedics mocked up a scenario with mass...
100 years ago: Mystery of Patricroft girl, 17, found drowned in Bridgewater Canal
This story from the pages of the Eccles and Patricroft Journal of September 1916 tells of the mysterious death of teenager Doris Crossley, 17, who lived with her aunt...
Love at 3,000ft: Is this Salford’s most ambitious ever wedding proposal?
A lovestruck would-be groom proposed to his fiancee while she flew high over Salford this week. Jamie Dell, 32, proposed to his fiancee Sally Richmond, 38, with a huge...
Pictured: Apache attack helicopter training at City Airport Barton
Aircraft spotters were shocked and delighted yesterday when a rare Apache attack helicopter swooped over Salford’s City Airport at Barton. Bosses at the airport...
50 years ago in Eccles: ‘Son of Jaws’ lands boy in hospital
I should imagine we have all heard fisherman’s stories about the size of the one that got away, however one young Eccles lad lived to tell the tale of the one that...
Pics & Video: Barton bridge collapse ‘felt like explosion’
The partial collapse of a new bridge at Barton in Salford this morning was so loud it felt like a bomb had gone off, workers have told SalfordOnline.com. Emergency...
19th-century Worsley Methodist Church to be turned into flats
A former Methodist Church on Barton Road in Worsley is to be converted into four apartments after plans were passed by Salford City Council. The now vacant church, which...
Watch: Video and Pics – Vulcan Bomber flypast at City Airport Barton
Huge crowds gathered at Salford’s City Airport, Barton, to see the iconic delta-winged Vulcan Bomber fly overhead. The long-range former RAF nuclear bomber, XH558,...
Vulcan Bomber flypast: Iconic plane can be seen in Salford skies this weekend
Plane spotters will get a rare opportunity to see the last example of an RAF Vulcan nuclear bomber when it passes over Salford this weekend. The Avro Vulcan XH558,...
Man’s body found in Manchester Ship Canal in Salford
The body of a man has been discovered in the Manchester Ship Canal in Peel Green, Salford. Greater Manchester Police are treating the death as “unexplained”...
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