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Category: Salford News

Plan to knock down Salford’s Hyde Park Corner pub for 38 flats

The Hyde Park Corner pub shut its doors in July 2015, and there’s already plans lodged with Salford City Council to demolish it for 38 new flats. The pub and 0.4ha...

Child hurt after being knocked down in Walkden

A young child suffered head injuries after being knocked over by a car in Walkden this morning. Police were called at 11am today, Thursday 17 September, to the junction...

Police warning over £130,000 toy theft

Police are warning anyone who is approached to buy children’s toys after an audacious £130,000 raid at an industrial unit this week. Officers fear the stolen...

4* Review: Hal Cruttenden – The Lowry, Salford Quays

Hal Cruttenden has been on the stand-up comedy circuit for some years now but put in one of his finest performances yet in front of a full house at The Lowry in Salford....

Salford’s finest sportsmen and women honoured

Salford Sports Network celebrated the incredible achievements of sportsmen and women at the 2015 Sports Awards dinner in Worsley. Around 80 visitors watched as coaches,...

‘Ugly and forgotten’ LS Lowry sketches go on sale for up to £50k per piece

Previously unseen sketches from Salford artist L.S. Lowry are to go on sale next week in London, with experts predicting the sketches could sell for £500,000 in total....

Drugs paraphernalia dumped on the streets of Salford has been transformed into art

Young people in Swinton helped turn hundreds of discarded laughing gas cylinders into decorative ceramic tiles to brighten up the Beechfarm estate in Swinton. Salix...

Police appeal again for help in finding 15 year old girl Eve Woods

Police are again appealing for help regarding a 15-year-old girl who has gone missing from the Penrith area. Eve Woods, who has recently moved to the area from...

City West and friends walk for Dementia Carers’ Day

A social landlord has raised £750 for National Dementia Carers’ Day, after organising a ‘memory walk’ across Salford. Staff working at City West Housing Trust’s...

One-man Strangeways rooftop protest ends as killer Horner surrenders

A three-day rooftop standoff with Strangeways prison staff has come to an end as convicted murderer Stuart Horner surrendered. At around 3am this morning, Wednesday 16...