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CCTV: Residents up in arms over Boothstown ‘crime tourism’ burglary spree

Residents in Boothstown are so upset about an increase in targeted burglaries over the past month that some of considering hiring their own private security....

Salford schools amongst those targeted by gang jailed for nearly 20 years

A gang of burglars who stole computer equipment worth tens of thousands of pounds from 26 schools across the North West have been jailed for nearly 20 years. Samuel...

Cadishead’s worst burglar? Dozy thief caught on CCTV five times, leaves blood and hat at scene

A burglar who hung around a Cadishead company stole broken tablet computers and a £60 petty cash jar, the business owners say. Water treatment firm Primary Water Group...

Woman, 97, hurt in Swinton as burglars launch paving slab through window

A vulnerable elderly pensioner in Swinton was hurt when would-be burglars hurled a paving slab through her back window. Police were called to the scene, at a cul-de-sac...

Thieves target multiple properties in an hour around the Height

Youths dressed in black and wearing baseball caps targeted multiple properties around the Height tonight. Reports first came in to SalfordOnline.com around 10pm on...

Burglars hit Irlam newsagents for beer

Boozy burglars broke into a storage room for an Irlam newsagents making off with cases of beer. At around 9.45am today, Thursday 7 January, police were called to reports...

Watch: Shock CCTV shows Swinton burglars on the prowl

Shocking CCTV footage captures the moment three hooded men try to break into a Swinton home in the middle of the night while the owners are asleep upstairs. The two...

Priceless brass candlesticks stolen in Salford burglary

A 60-year-old woman is appealing for the return of a pair of 170-year-old brass candlesticks that were stolen in a burglary in Higher Broughton. Thieves broke in to her...

Kindness of strangers blew me away, says burgled Swinton mum

A mum-of-six who awoke one morning to find her house ransacked and the specially-adapted car she used to take her disabled daughter to school and hospital stolen, says...

Outrage as Swinton burglars steal disabled girl’s mobility car, food from fridge and wee in toddler’s potty

Cruel thieves have broken into a house in Pendlebury, Swinton, stealing a car used to get a disabled 11-year-old girl to school, pinching food from a fridge and weeing...