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Category: Salford News

Plan ahead for temporary road changes along Eccles Metrolink line

Drivers travelling through the Ordsall, Langworthy and Weaste areas of Salford are advised to plan ahead and allow extra time for their journeys due to upcoming...

Female train conductor assaulted at Walkden station

British Transport Police are appealing for information after a man assaulted a female train conductor, by grabbing her by the wrist, and pulling her backwards. It...

Playing out: Love on the Dole returns to the streets of Salford

A new production of Walter Greenwood’s classic Salford-set novel, Love on the Dole, has literally taken to the streets of Salford this week. Salford Community...

Greater Manchester emergency services to be put through paces in training exercise

Around 36 organisations across Greater Manchester and nationally are taking part in an emergency planning exercise later this month. The live exercise, called Exercise...

Shoddy signs playing havoc with Eccles Old Road bus lane trial

A plan to get drivers to use the bus lanes on Eccles Old Road has been scuppered – so far – by poor signage. That’s the message from SalfordOnline.com...

Investigation launched after baby is found abandoned in Wigan hospital toilets

Police have launched an investigation after a baby was found abandoned in hospital toilets. Shortly after 12am on Wednesday 6 July 2016 police were called to the Royal...

20 new jobs as GHM! family store opens 10,000sq ft in Walkden

Family fashion and grocery retailer Guess How Much! has signed a deal to open a new store at Walkden’s Ellesmere Centre. Around 20 new jobs are expected to be...

Watch: Beyonce fans hit the high notes after Manchester concert

Delirious Beyonce fans from Salford joined in a mass singalong on the way home from seeing their idol play in Manchester last night, Tuesday, 5 July. Their rendition of...

Solved: Mystery of treacherous Captain Webster as SS Clan MacDuff lost at sea

While looking through the now-derelict graveyard at the rear of the old Barton Wesleyan Chapel on Barton Road, I was intrigued to see an ornamental gravestone dedicated...

Fire crews called to Salford house after kitchen blaze

Fire crews were called to a house in Salford on Tuesday evening after reports of a kitchen fire had broke out. At around 6.46pm three fire crews from Agecroft, Broughton...