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Category: What’s On

Join in the fun at first ever Islington Festival

A brand new festival for the people of Salford will take place later this weekend The first ever Islington Festival promises to be fun for all the family, with an...

Knock Knock! Anti-austerity play lands in Salford

As Chancellor George Osborne announces Budget plans to cut child tax credits and cap benefits to families, hard-hitting anti-austerity play Knock Knock arrives at the...

Salford Smiles: Banners proclaim ‘you are beautiful’ in Salford

A graffiti campaign ‘inspired by love’ has been taking Salford by storm. Homemade spraypainted banners proclaiming ‘You Are Beautiful’ and...

What is this? Mysterious posters appear in Eccles

Picture by Wilz Wilson A series of mysterious posters bearing the phrase ‘What is this?’ have appeared in Eccles town centre. Consisting only of a large...

Pictured: Manchester Air Show wows crowds at City Airport

Pictures by Phil Hogan, Allen Worthington Some 15,000 people flocked to the City Aiport at Barton for this year’s Manchester Air Show. The event returned to Barton...

Give your head a wobble: Ordsall to host world’s first jelly wanging contest

Salford is a city of world-firsts, from the Vegetarian Society to public libraries and street lighting, but this weekend will see a first of an entirely different kind....

Top 5 things to do in Salford this weekend

Summer is in the air and the sun is literally cracking the pavements as they say, and here is our choice for the top 5 attractions in Salford this weekend. Monton...

Pictured: Final flight of the Vulcan Bomber captured over Salford

Pictures by Nigel Eatough Photographers and readers were looking to the sky on Saturday 27 June trying to catch a glimpse of the last ever flight of the former RAF XH558...

Last chance to see: Vulcan Bomber set for Salford flyover

Plane spotters will get a rare opportunity to see the last example of an RAF Vulcan nuclear bomber when it passes over Salford and Manchester this weekend. The XH558...

5* Review: Not Too Tame’s Early Doors – The Royal Oak, Eccles

Heading into the historic Royal Oak on Barton Lane in Eccles last night, I was intrigued and excited by the prospect of the Early Doors promise of “immersive pub...