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Category: Salford News

Pictured: Police hunt ‘dangerous’ woman who terrorised staff in Salford robbery

Police have issued CCTV images of a woman they want to speak to in connection with an armed robbery at a convenience store in Salford. At around 7.45pm on Friday 10...

Winton lad has mountain to climb for St Ann’s Hospice

Personal trainer Jordan Lang is getting his gym clients in peak fitness by scaling Mount Snowdon. There is little chance of them getting lonely, with around two dozen...

Pictured: ‘Explosion and fireball’ at Coronation Street was special effects

A huge explosion and fire at the Coronation Street set in Salford has been revealed to be a controlled blaze as part of a storyline. At around 9.25pm on Tuesday 14 April...

Appeal: Men armed with hammer attempt robbery at Salford Iceland

Police are appealing for information and witnesses after two men in balaclavas tried to rob a supermarket in Salford armed with a claw hammer. Officers were called at...

Man arrested for immigration offences at Victoria Park in Swinton

A man has been arrested for immigration offences after being spotted taking photographs of children in a Swinton park. Police were called to Victoria Park at around...

Inquest hears tragic death of 23-year-old man in Walkden

A 23-year-old man was found dead by his landlord at a flat in Walkden, Bolton Coroner’s Court has heard. Warehouse worker William Andrew Seymour – known to...

Woman ‘smoking in bed’ sparks Salford house blaze

Two people had a narrow escape in Broughton after a discarded cigarette sparked a bedroom fire in the early hours of Tuesday 14 April. Three fire engines were called to...

M60 to close at Eccles, Worsley and Swinton overnight

Drivers are being warned that parts of the M60 at Eccles, Worsley and Swinton are to close overnight for six days in April. Highways England is undertaking work to...

Woman, 33, raped in ‘horrific and deeply traumatic’ attack on Salford canal path

Police have launched an investigation after a woman was raped on a canal tow path in Salford. Her attacker is described as being a pale, white man, in his late...

Appeal to find family of Steven Hodgkinson, 57, who died at Little Hulton hospice

The Police Coroner’s Office has issued an appeal to find the family of a man who passed away at St Ann’s Hospice in Little Hulton. 57-year-old Steven...