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Gallery: Historic images of Salford’s Peel Park as more detail on £2.5m upgrade revealed

Talking flowers, toy diggers and rope swings will give Peel Park a 21st century look when it reopens next summer, say Salford City Council. Now historic images of the...

Vote now to get your local group £1,000 Recycle and Reward cash

Do you want to help your local good cause win up to £1,000? Salford City Council have recently set up the ‘Recycle and Reward Scheme’, which will boost the...

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Labour’s Paul Dennett wins Salford mayoral election

Paul Dennett is the new mayor of Salford after a second round victory in the City Mayor elections. The Labour candidate was very close to pulling off a victory in the...

Council to hit ‘city’s worst private landlords’ in three-month crackdown

Damp, dangerous and unsafe private homes are to be targeted in a new crackdown by Salford City Council. The new operation will work with private landlords to tackle the...

Tributes paid to Jean Lefort, French Worsley town twinning champion

Tributes have been paid to a great exponent of Worsley’s town twinning with French commune Saint-Ouen. Jean Lefort, president of the Saint-Ouen Twinning...

Warning: Men posing as Salford City Council workers out to scam you on your doorstep

Salford residents are being warned that scammers have branched out into gardening fraud. Fake letters – with Salford City Council logos on – are being...

Bin-obsessed birthday boy Lewis gets special Salford visit

Salford bin men made a special house call for one of their biggest fans. 7-year-old Lewis Berrisford, a pupil at Springwood Primary School, just loves bin wagons so his...

Alan Henning anniversary: Salford Council to fly flag at half-mast as mark of respect

Salford City Council is to fly its Union flag to half-mast in tribute to Alan Henning, the Eccles taxi driver turned aid worker killed one year ago this week. The flag,...

Cash flow problems: Council’s explanation for £857,000 loan to Salford stadium company

It’s deja vu over at Salford City Council as officers have signed off on another £857,000 to the company which owns the AJ Bell Stadium and the land around it in...

Vivastreet ‘sex ads’ pulled from Salford taxis after charity outcry

Salford City Council has vowed to remove adverts from Salford taxis which appear to offer sex for sale. The ads, for classified website Vivastreet.co.uk, show three...