Category: Salford News
Salford to rename Lowry Hotel and Swinton squares for German and French twin towns
Tom Rodgers Tue 21st June, 11:45 AM
Two squares in Salford are to be renamed in honour of the city’s twin towns in France and Germany. The area in front of Swinton Gateway and the space outside the Lowry...
Joy as Eccles dancing dozen chosen for Team England
Tom Rodgers Tue 21st June, 11:13 AM
Dance students at a dance school in Eccles are jumping for joy after being selected to represent England on the world stage. Following nationwide auditions, 12 young...
Bank to help fund ‘financial literacy’ classes in Broughton and Kersal
Tom Rodgers Tue 21st June, 11:02 AM
Santander is to fund new courses in Broughton and Kersal to help people manage their finances. A £3,600 grant from the bank’s Discovery Foundation will pave the...
Smoke alarm warning after lucky escape in Swinton dishwasher fire
Tom Rodgers Tue 21st June, 9:35 AM
A household in Swinton were lucky to escape without harm after a kitchen fire broke out in the early hours of the morning. But smoke alarms installed didn’t detect...
Jo Cox fund hits £1m with 33,000 donors
Tom Rodgers Tue 21st June, 9:18 AM
A fund set up in memorial to the Labour MP Jo Cox has passed £1 million in donations. The 41-year old died after being shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire on...
Salford firm fined after 25-year-old crushed to death at work
Tom Rodgers Mon 20th June, 4:50 PM
A Salford-registered blacksmiths and welding firm is one of two fined a total of £815,000 after a father-to-be was crushed to death by a bin lorry. Richard Calsen, 25,...
Salford keeper Chris Renshaw, 18, signs for Everton
Tom Rodgers Mon 20th June, 2:22 PM
New Everton manager Ronald Koeman has swooped for promising 18-year-old keeper Chris Renshaw, the Premier League club report today. Salford-born Renshaw, who played his...
20-year-old man found stabbed in Salford
Tom Rodgers Mon 20th June, 12:51 PM
A 20-year-old man has been treated for stab wounds after being found by paramedics in Salford. An ambulance crew were called to Cavell Way, between Clarendon Park and...
Tell us who gave 12-year-old Salford girls ‘Teddy’ ecstacy, plead police
Tom Rodgers Mon 20th June, 12:04 PM
Two people arrested when three 12-year-old girls were hospitalised after taking ecstasy in Salford have been bailed. A 22-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were...
Students hit Salford Quays for Remain campaign
Tom Rodgers Mon 20th June, 10:08 AM
Politically-aware students unfurled a banner over the Manchester Ship Canal at Salford Quays on Sunday in a bid to persuade voters to Vote Remain in the EU referendum...
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