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Category: Salford News

Help Salford Community Leisure win business award

Salford Community Leisure are contenders to win a prestigious national business award – Growing Co-operative of the Year. Salford Community Leisure manage over 40...

Police called to ‘strike’ protest outside Soapworks offices in Ordsall

Police were called to a protest by outside the Soapworks office buildings on Ordsall Lane in Salford at 7.15am this morning. Officers received reports of a group of 15...

Police appeal for missing Martin Till, 26

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a missing man last seen in Manchester city centre. Work colleagues posted about Martin Till’s disappearance...

Man who stamped on Swinton partner in violent attack jailed for 25 months

A man who viciously assaulted a woman in Swinton in August last year has been jailed for just over two years. George Roberts, 29, from Oldham, was arrested after police...

Police appeal to find next of kin of Salford man

Police are appealing for the public’s help to find Thomas O’Connor’s next of kin. The 78-year-old died at his home in Salford on Friday 20 May 2016. There are no...

‘Devastating’ benefit sanctions force crisis, hunger and despair, says Salford report

Benefit sanctions are plunging the poor and desperate into crisis in Salford, a new report on Universal Credit claims. The joint study by Salford City Council,...

Greater Manchester set for £2.5 million sustainable travel boost

Residents are set to benefit from £2.5 million of funding which will improve access to jobs and education across Greater Manchester. Transport for Greater Manchester...

Graham Nash reveals rock tales in Salford showstopper

Salford music superstar Graham Nash took to the stage in a flying visit to Salford Museum and Art Gallery this week, launching his first ever photographic exhibition to...

Osborne reputation ‘in tatters’ over lost £4bn, says Salford MP

With news revealed today that the UK deficit is nearly £4 billion larger than previously forecast, Salford MP Rebecca Long-Bailey has launched a stinging attack on the...

Crowbar gang carry out armed robbery on Salford Spar

Three men burst into a shop in Salford and stole cash while threatening staff with crowbars. The armed robbery happened on Seaford Road at around 9.10pm on Monday 23...