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Category: Salford News

Ex-Salford council flytipping worker fined for…flytipping

Ex-Salford council flytipping worker fined for…flytipping By Tom Rodgers A man who once worked as part of a cleaning crew for Salford City Council has been handed...

Driver ‘lucky to be alive’ as passerby rescues woman from flipped car in MediaCityUK smash

By Tom Rodgers Pictures and video by John McCarthy Fire crews worked to free a trapped driver near MediaCityUK when a car rolled onto its roof and smashed into a set of...

Lucy and Adam ‘will make dad Alan Henning proud’ with charity cash, vows mum

The widow of murdered Eccles taxi driver Alan Henning has promised her teenage children will do their best to honour the memory of their father with tens of thousands of...

Irlam burglar arrested after crashing stolen BMW on M66

By Tony Flynn Police took part in a dramatic chase when a burglar stole a BMW from a house in Irlam last night. Some time between 5pm and 9.15pm on Tuesday 23 June the...

Police in Little Hulton warning over Lottery scam letters

Police in Little Hulton are warning residents to be aware of fake Postcode Lottery letters that are currently circulating in the area telling you that you have won large...

Irlam burglar arrested after crashing stolen BMW on M66

By Tony Flynn Police took part in a dramatic chase when a burglar stole a BMW from a house in Irlam last night. Some time between 5pm and 9.15pm on Tuesday 23 June the...

Salford police arrest 20 in wanted criminal crackdown

By Tom Rodgers Suspected domestic abusers, thieves and burglars have been arrested by police in Salford in a week-long crackdown on wanted offenders. 150 officers have...

Police appeal after elderly woman robbed in Swinton supermarket

Officers have appealed for witnesses today after a woman in her late 70s was robbed by a man in the Swinton branch of Morrisons supermarket. The theft happened at the...

Check mates say bonjour, guten tag and welcome to Salford

Chess players from France, Germany and Greater Manchester did battle over a board as part of town twinning celebrations. The guests from Salford’s twin towns of Lunen...

Man arrested after knife brawl spills into Eccles Cross pub

By Tom Rodgers A 21-year-old man is in custody charged with possession of a blade after a brawl broke out in Eccles. Police were called shortly before midnight on...