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100 years ago: Salford boys birched for stealing buckles for scuttler gangs

Yet another story of crime and the inevitable punishment comes to us 100 years ago from the pages of the September 1916 Salford City Reporter and one of the felons is...

Watch: Plans in for second phase of Embankment Greengate dual towers

Ask Real Estate has announced it has submitted detailed plans to Salford City Council for the second of two towers in Greengate near Manchester city centre. The two...

A Salford skyscraper to rival Beetham Tower?

For 10 years the skyline of central Manchester has been dominated by the £150m Beetham Tower. The 12th tallest building in the UK, and the biggest outside London at...

£50m Greengate tower blocks get green light in Salford

Developers have won the right to start building a pair of 14 and 34-storey tower blocks in Greengate after plans were passed by Salford City Council. Silverlane...

Watch: New Salford war memorial unveiled at Greengate Square for Armistice Day

A new granite war memorial commemorating 156 Salfordians who lost their lives in the First World War was unveiled at 11am today to co-incide with Armistice Day....

New £49m Greengate towers: Plans in for 300 flats by River Irwell

A developer has lodged plans for a £49 million 300-apartment scheme in Greengate, Salford. Silverlane Developments (Greengate) Ltd want to build Norton Court, two tower...

100 years ago in Salford: Poison gas explosion at Greengate rubber mill

100 years ago today Salford firefighters faced a potential disaster when a huge green poison gas cloud erupted from a blaze at the Isidor Frankenburg and Sons rubber...

Renaker get £35m to build Salford One Greengate

Construnction firm Renaker has annonuced a multi-million pound deal with the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to fund its One Greengate tower block and 282 homes in...