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364 to 6: International playwrights kickstart 2015 Irlam Festival Fringe

Over two days this week one of the best small theatre festivals in Salford returns to Irlam. TV screenwriter founder Jane McNulty told SalfordOnline.com how the...

Top 5 things to do in Salford this weekend

Those long summer holidays are stretching out ahead of us, so here’s five family-friendly things to do in Salford this weekend. As always, if you have a suggestion...

Failed ATM gas attack on Barclays Cadishead bank

Robbers tried to blow up an ATM in Cadishead, Salford, to steal cash. Police were called to the Liverpool Road branch of Barclays, near the junction with New Moss Road,...

Irlam Red Watch act to knock on the door to help save man’s life

The Irlam Red Watch fire crew came to the rescue on Sunday 9 August to help save a man’s life. A gentleman knocked on the fire station door at 10am to ask for help...

M62 to close overnight for 10 weeks near Irlam

Roadworks will close junctions 10 and 11 of the westbound M62 for a full week of resurfacing works, say Highways England. The transport authority say that work will...

Boy, 11, told ‘get into the car’ in Irlam

An 11-year-old boy was approached by a driver in Irlam and told to “get into the car”. The child, who was on his way to band practice, was walking down...

Violent organised gang jailed for multiple armed robbery in Eccles, Irlam and Manchester

An organised gang who threatened staff with a sawn-off shotgun and hit shops in Irlam and Eccles as part of a cross-country crime spree have been jailed for a total of...

Cannabis grow busted at Dixon Street in Irlam

Police have confiscated cannabis plants after stumbling across a grow in the loft of a house in Irlam. Officers looking for a man in connection with an earlier incident...

Nature in Salford: City’s best wildlife photographers wanted

The stunning array of wildlife living in Salford will go under the microscope in a new photography competition launched by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust. The Trust,...

Evicted travellers move from Irlam to Cadishead and Walkden to St Mary’s Park

Travellers evicted from two sites in Irlam and Walkden this week have moved on to occupy sites just yards down the road. On Sunday 12 July at around 4pm between 30 and...