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Category: Salford News

Travellers ordered to leave Irlam and Walkden

Travellers who have set up camp illegally on two sites in Salford have been ordered to leave by council officers. Scores of caravans arrived at Princes Park in Irlam on...

Call for speed limit cut as 81-year-old hospitalised in head-on Eccles smash

An elderly man suffered chest injuries when two cars collided head-on on Chadwick Road in Eccles on Saturday. The 81-year-old was driving his burgundy Ford Focus along...

International Aid volunteer Alan Henning posthumously honoured by University of Salford

Alan Henning, the international aid volunteer who was killed while providing humanitarian relief in Syria is to be honoured with a posthumous Doctorate from the...

Twelve men arrested on suspicion of trafficking as part of ‘Operation Portsmouth’

Twelve men have been arrested on suspicion of trafficking after a multi-agency operation led by Greater Manchester Police and Home Office Criminal Investigations. Eight...

6 new jobs as Salford-based Quaytickets picks up West End contract

Entertainment industry giant The Nederlander Organisation has handed a contract for two major London theatres to Salford-based ticketing agency Quaytickets. The deal...

Ainsley Barker missing from Clifton

Ainsley Barker aged 19 from Clifton is a missing person. She was last seen on Sackville Street at the junction with Canal Street in Manchester City Centre at 04.50am on...

Eccles Giving Day – Saturday July 25th

Eccles Councillor Peter Wheeler is asking local citizens to help stock the numerous food banks that have sprung up in the area in recent years. Appealing directly...

Man arrested for City Centre rape

A man has been arrested on suspicion of rape. On 5 July 2015, police received a report that a woman was raped in an NCP Car Park on New York Street in Manchester City...

Further devolution to Greater Manchester announced

New freedoms, which will further strengthen the area’s ability to shape a more prosperous future and more effective public services, were set out in a document...

Trans flag raised ahead of Sparkle weekend

Greater Manchester Police has raised the trans* flag in celebration of Sparkle this weekend. The pink, blue and white flag was raised this morning by Assistant Chief...