Category: Salford News
Tributes paid to ‘gentleman’ Tony Crossley, 54
Tom Rodgers Mon 4th January, 4:51 PM
There’ll be a special guard of honour at St Mark’s Church in Worsley on Friday for well-respected cemetery worker Tony Crossley, who sadly passed away in...
Missing: 16-year-old Khia Lawrence
Tony Flynn Mon 4th January, 2:17 PM
A 16-year-old girl known to frequent Salford is missing from home. Khia Lawrence, from Wythenshawe, was last seen on New Year’s Eve in Manchester city centre. She...
Salford’s oldest: Jack the Donkey dies age 33
Tony Flynn Mon 4th January, 1:58 PM
A dappled grey donkey who delighted children in Salford has passed away, much to the sadness of his long-time owners. It’s thought that Jack, who lived in the...
New Year’s Honours: OBE for Morson’s Ged Mason
Tom Rodgers Mon 4th January, 12:43 PM
Local businessman Ged Mason is celebrating an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours. The Chief Executive of Salford technical recruitment firm Morson Group,...
BASIC helps over 50 people with brain injuries back into work
Tony Flynn Mon 4th January, 12:17 PM
A Salford based charity that provides rehabilitation services for those with brain and spinal injuries has helped 54 people back into work in the last 12 months. The...
Salford City Academy launches annual award
Tony Flynn Mon 4th January, 12:14 PM
Salford City Academy (SCA) has launched a new annual awards scheme for students, funded by former academy governor Professor Diana Kloss MBE. Professor Kloss has made...
More road misery for A57 users
Tony Flynn Mon 4th January, 11:45 AM
Motorists using the A57 Liverpool Road in Irlam are facing even more lengthy delays as works starts today, Monday 4 January between Makro and Barton Moss Road as part of...
Beechy Predators slam 11 past Middleton
Keith Long Mon 4th January, 10:36 AM
Just one team from Beechfield United’s Junior Section were in action during the first weekend of 2016. On Sunday morning the Under 15’s Predators made a winning...
Environement Agency fat cat bonuses
Brian Everall Sun 3rd January, 11:59 AM
Cllr Jim King, who represents the flooded area of Broughton, is shocked to hear that Env Agency ‘fat cats’ have trousered large bonuses. As many unpaid volunteers...
Pensioners left isolated for fear of offending them
Brian Everall Sun 3rd January, 11:28 AM
Britain’s notorious ‘stiff upper lip’ is leaving a generation of pensioners feeling isolated, a study has found. Millions of Brits never offer help to older...
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