SPAR get green light for new 7-day-a-week Walkden store
Tom Rodgers Thu 21st January, 9:09 AM
Discount retailer SPAR has been handed planning permission to open a new store in a former car showroom on Manchester Road in Walkden. It’s due to open 7am until...
Emmeline Pankhurst will be first woman in 100 years honoured with Manchester statue
Tom Rodgers Thu 21st January, 8:41 AM
A statue to suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst will be built in Manchester after winning a public vote. The women’s rights activist came on top of the scheme –...
Man’s body found next to burning tent in Salford
Tom Rodgers Wed 20th January, 1:45 PM
The body of a man has been discovered in Salford. Fire crews called police to the scene, under a railway bridge on Irwell Street, in the early hours of this morning....
Salford City land super striker Josh Hine
Tom Rodgers Wed 20th January, 12:57 PM
Goal-happy Chorley forward Josh Hine has signed for Salford City FC for an undisclosed fee. The prolific 24-year-old ex-Southport and Clitheroe striker has 12 goals this...
7-day Ellenbrook Road closure causing long delays
Tom Rodgers Wed 20th January, 6:33 AM
Ellenbrook Road in Worsley has been shut southbound for a week while Urban Vision repair the pedestrian footway. The commuter route is closed in between 8am and 4pm in...
The Pusher: Channel 4 documentary on ‘Manchester serial killer’ claim screens tonight
Tom Rodgers Tue 19th January, 4:29 PM
Channel 4 is to screen a documentary tonight investigating rumours of a serial killer dubbed ‘The Pusher’ operating on Manchester’s waterways. The...
Update: Swinton jewellers hit in broad daylight armed robbery
Tom Rodgers Tue 19th January, 2:30 PM
Three men attempted an armed robbery in broad daylight at a jewellers on Swinton precinct. At 11.50am today, Tuesday 19 January, three masked men approached the THJ...
10-year-old cancer sufferer Ciaran wins bravery award
Tom Rodgers Tue 19th January, 2:19 PM
Ten-year-old Ciaran Bailey from Eccles has received a Star Award from Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens for his courage in facing cancer. Young Ciaran, who lives in...
20-year-old charged with GBH after man and woman left fighting for life in Weaste
Tom Rodgers Tue 19th January, 1:27 PM
A man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a man and woman were seriously injured in a baseball bat attack in Weaste, Salford. Jake Hines, 20, of...
Winton and proud: Bid now for £18k seized from convicted criminals
Tom Rodgers Tue 19th January, 11:13 AM
Greater Manchester Police have thrown open their popular Community Piggy Bank event in Winton to distribute money seized from drug dealers and fraudsters. A massive...
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