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Category: Salford News

Work starts on £200m X1 MediaCity Salford

Construction has started on site at the largest apartment development in Salford – X1 MediaCity. Building is being carried out by Liverpool-based Vermont Construction...

Chocolate’s the prize as Salford City Academy stages Easter Egg Hunt

The search was on yesterday 1st April when local primary school pupils took part in Salford City Academy’s first ever Easter Egg hunt. Academy prefects and student...

Restoring Cadishead’s devastated Little Woolden Moss

A 114-hectare section of mossland known as ‘Salford’s rainforest’ is undergoing treatment to restore it after years of devastating peat extraction....

Appeal as 78-year-old pedestrian Joseph Hurst killed in Bolton

Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly man was killed in a trafffic accident in Bolton. At around 8pm on Wednesday 1 April a Skoda Fabia was driving along...

Tonight: Salford to host Election 2015 leaders debate

Seven party leaders will face off at Salford’s MediaCityUK studios in the second TV debate for the 2015 General Election, ITV have confirmed. The debate will be...

Port Salford: Community 'badly let down' as Peel given go-ahead without road and rail links

Salford City Council planners have given the green light to Peel Holdings to bring in their first tenant into Port Salford without road or rail links being in place. The...

Passover warning after Salford’s family gas poisoning scare

Firefighters have issued a plea to the Jewish community asking them to take care during Passover after one Salford family almost suffered carbon monoxide poisoning....

Irlam and Cadishead College becomes Academy after damning Ofsted report

Governors at the £25m Irlam and Cadishead College have confirmed the school will become an Academy sponsored by the Salford Academy Trust. The Salford Academy Trust...

Reality Party Irlam candidate Jackie Anderson steps down amid sacking rumours

With five weeks to go until the local council elections, Bez’s We Are The Reality Party have reportedly dismissed their candidate for Irlam, Jackie Anderson. In a...

Man arrested after Manchester to Stockport train sexual touching appeal

A 28-year-old man, from Stockport, has been arrested following a British Transport Police appeal into a report of sexual touching on a train between Manchester...