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Watch: Large fire breaks out at CWS building in Manchester city centre

Fire crews are warning the public to avoid the area around The Printworks in Manchester after a large fire broke out on the roof of the CWS building. Firefighters are...

SalfordOnline.com Autumn Colours photo competition: Five of the best…so far…

SalfordOnline.com are running a competition to find the best photograph of Salford in the glory of its autumn colours. Despite the intermittent rainstorms readers have...

Great Bridgewater Street closed after 2ft sinkhole appears in Manchester road

Yet another section of road has collapsed in Manchester, this time on Great Bridgewater Street. The street has now been closed for emergency repairs. Manchester City...

Schoolgirl being treated by paramedics after falling outside Eccles police station

At around 3.35pm today, Thursday 1 October, a schoolgirl was found by lying in the street outside Eccles police station on Hardy Street, Peel Green. Paramedics are...

SalfordOnline.com Photo Competition: Autumn Colours 2015

The leaves are starting to turn as the last vestiges of sun beat down on Salford: so get out there, and get snapping. SalfordOnline.com has some of the most talented...

Three drivers escape injury in Boothstown crash

Three drivers were lucky to escape injury after crashing in Boothstown last night, Tuesday 29 September. Police were called to a Y-junction between between Ellenbrook...

£150k health and safety fears put Irlam skate park out of action

A popular BMX and skateboarding park in Irlam will have to be dismantled and replaced due to health and safety fears. Opened at Princes Park in July 2005, the skate park...

12.5 tons of rubbish collected in clean ups as council call for Langworthy litter-pickers

Over 12 tonnes of rubbish was picked up in community clean ups in Salford and Eccles, say Salford council. The massive haul came after volunteers tackled two small areas...

Strangeways: Stuart Horner prison roof protest continues into second day

A convicted killer is continuing his rooftop protest at HMP Strangeways in Manchester. Stuart Horner, 35, made national headlines when he scaled the roof of the prison...

Strangeways: Prisoner in underwear singing and dancing in roof protest

A prisoner made his way onto the roof of HMP Strangeways in Manchester in a protest that lasted over nine hours He has been named as 35-year-old Stuart Horner, who was...