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GMP issue derby match statement
Chief Inspector Dean Howard from GMP has issued the following statement to fans attending Sunday’s derby meeting between Manchester United and Manchester City. As...
Salford Disney princess bids for Miss Manchester crown
17-year-old Disney impersonator Sara Humphreys is the latest Salford girl to make it through to the glittering final of Miss Manchester 2015. It’s the first time...
50 years ago: ‘Space-age’ Salford high-rise dream comes true
April 1965 saw the Salford City Reporter proudly boast in an article that the “Ellor Street dream begins to come true” complete with interviews with...
Salford student game developers wow judges at national Microsoft challenge finals
A team of student computer game developers from the University of Salford has impressed judges at the national final of a global student technology competition run by...
WATCH: Jack Whitehall to appear at Eccles pub as Fresh Meat take over The Grapes
By Tony Flynn and Tom Rodgers TV stars of the Channel 4 hit comedy Fresh Meat have set up for a two-day film shoot at The Grapes Hotel in Peel Green, Eccles. A crew from...
Salford CCG staff take on the Greater Manchester Marathon
Four members of staff at Salford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are taking part in this year’s ASICS Greater Manchester Marathon on Sunday 19 April 2015. The...
Teen guilty of buying poison ’30 times stronger than ricin’ from Dark Web
A 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to ordering a potentially deadly toxin from the ‘Dark Web’ at court in Manchester. The teenager, who is from the...
Plans lodged to turn former Chapel Street stationers into flats
Developers want to turn a derelict office building on Chapel Street in Salford into a new apartment block. The George Ellis & Sons (Stationers) Ltd building at 52-60...
Appeal: Thieves take £5,000 clarinets from Manchester train
The British Transport Police are appealing for the public’s help after two valuable instruments were stolen from a train at Manchester Piccadilly station. Officers...
50 years ago in Salford: War-winning electrical wonder firm packs up for Eccles
1,000 members of staff were on the move 50 years ago this week as the Salford Electrical Instruments factory on Silk Street shut down for good. The company was founded...
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