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Category: Salford News

Inspired Leah Dean, 16, shaves head, battles mud to raise £3,000

A Salford teenager has won a stunning result to smash a fundraising target 20 times over for Cancer Research UK. Leah Dean, 16, vowed to shave her head in honour of...

Police appeal for next of kin of John Hughes

Police and hospital staff are appealing for the public’s help to trace the next of kin of a Manchester man. John G Hughes, 83, died in the North Manchester General...

£5,570 bill for Salford lamb curry that was beef

An Indian takeaway owner who served up beef instead of lamb has been handed a whopping £5,570 bill by magistrates. Durud Miah, of Indian Flavaz, Eccles New Road,...

Evicted travellers move from Irlam to Cadishead and Walkden to St Mary’s Park

Travellers evicted from two sites in Irlam and Walkden this week have moved on to occupy sites just yards down the road. On Sunday 12 July at around 4pm between 30 and...

Man attempts to rape woman in Manchester city centre

A man attempted to rape a woman in Manchester city centre. At around 3.15am on Friday 10 July 2015, a man approached a 32-year-old woman on St Andrew’s Street,...

Award honour for playwright Shelagh Delaney

One of Salford’s most famous writers will be honoured once again in this year’s Salix Stars Awards. For the second year running housing association Salix Homes will...

Man, 35, dies after plunge from M60 Barton Bridge

A man has been found after falling to his death from the M60 Barton High Level Bridge in Peel Green, Salford. Police were called at around 7.10am on Wednesday 15 July to...

11-year-old suspended for taking WW1 gun to Salford primary school

A pupil at Willow Tree Primary School in Salford was suspended after taking a gun to school. The 11-year-old boy brought the weapon to school on Thursday 18 June but the...

Police swarm Salford precinct in hunt for car thief

Police have a man in handcuffs at Fitzwarren Street in Salford after chasing a suspected car thief. Two marked cars and an unmarked police intercept BMW appeared on...

Little Hulton Thai boxing star Dylan Furness seeks help to rep Team England in Thailand

A 14-year-old Thai boxing champion from Little Hulton in Salford has launched an appeal to raise enough funds to represent his country at the World Championships in...