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Category: Salford News

Europe’s vision helps transform new-look city centre Metrolink stop

A key city centre Metrolink stop has been completely transformed with the help of a major European grant. A new passenger lift opened at the Deansgate-Castlefield...

Wanted: Absconded prisoner, Thomas Quinn

Merseyside Police is appealing for information after a 30-year-old man escaped from lawful custody in Fazakerley today (Thursday, 17 September). At about 12.25am a...

PAYE – Key facts, figures, dates and rates

HMRC can help you Working out how much to pay your employee is one of the most important tasks as an employer. But payroll doesn’t end there. That’s why HMRC has a...

‘Explosion’ at St Paul’s Church: Man throws ‘paint bomb’ into wedding

Police are investigating after a man apparently tried to throw a ‘paint bomb’ into a crowded wedding party at St Paul’s Church in Salford. It’s...

Manchester United fan banned for three years for smuggling smoke bomb into match

A Manchester United fan has been banned from all UK matches until 2018 after he was caught trying to take a flare into a Premier League match. 27-year-old James Finnegan...

£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...

Consultation launched on Salford’s 2000-home, £575m Middlewood Locks

Developers looking at building thousands of homes on the vacant Middlewood Locks in Salford near Manchester city centre are to hold drop-in sessions for the public to...

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...

Metrolink Eccles line closed this Sunday

Metrolink is to close the Eccles line this Sunday for engineering maintenance works. No trams will run in either direction between Eccles and MediaCityUK. A MediaCityUK...

Watch: Salford’s Buile Hill Park hothouse abandoned to the elements

While filming an archeological dig, SalfordOnline.com was shocked to discover the skeletal remains of the once-grand Buile Hill Park hothouse in Salford. Generations of...