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Category: Salford News

Action promised on Salford’s nightmare traffic hotspots

Transport bosses will trial measures to ease congestion at some of the major traffic hotspots in Salford, after intervention by a local MP. Barbara Keeley, MP for...

What remains of listed Salford mill to be demolished for 150-space car park

A lone tower on an windswept industrial estate in Salford is the last remnant of the Grade II-listed Springfield and Overbridge mill. The stair tower is the only section...

Man with links to Little Hulton wanted on recall to prison

Police are appealing for the public’s help to find a man wanted on a recall to prison. Jacob Holland, 26, was released from HMP Manchester on 12 April 2016 after...

100 years ago: Salford family ‘drunk on Oxo’ in pub perjury

The pages of the Salford City Reporter newspaper continue to throw up fascinating stories as this one from April 1916 shows. PC Lamb a well-known, oft-quoted and...

Gallery: Blossoms bloom in sunny Salford

We’ve been blessed with warm temperatures this week in Salford. Three days of sunshine does not a summer make. However, it does encourage all those little buds to...

Top 5 things to do in Salford this weekend

April is upon us at the entertainment is coming thick and fast. As always, if you’ve got an event for our Top 5, email newsdesk@salfordonline.com. Workers Memorial...

St George’s Day 2016: Is Walkden pub the best party in Salford?

Saturday 23 April is a time for celebration for England’s patron saint, but you might not know it in Salford. Every year the displays get fewer and farther...

Two Little Hulton men charged after violent machete robberies

Two local men have been charged following two violent robberies in Bury. Macaulay Heald, 26, of Ridyard Street, Little Hulton, has been charged with robbery. Ashton...

Police hunt Irlam stun gun attacker

Police are looking for a man who fired a stun gun in an assault in Irlam. At 12.30am on Sunday 10 April, the 22-year-old victim was on Liverpool Road, Irlam, at its...

Police appeal for next of kin of Eccles man

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace the next of kin for a man from Eccles. John Smith, 71, passed away at his home address on Trafford Road, Eccles...