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Watch: Danger Mouse to return to BBC, scored by Salford music firm

Children’s classic cartoon Danger Mouse is to return to TV screens in September 2015 with a new musical score by Salford-based Composerworks. 30 years ago Danger...

Pupils bin it in Broughton to help keep community clean

Salford schoolchildren have joined forces to stamp out littering in a campaign to keep their area tidy. Contour Homes teamed up with the Albion Academy, Salford, to...

Happy Eid: Muslim families to celebrate in Salford

Muslims celebrate Eid this weekend with major street parties in Manchester – but Salford will instead see homes filled with family, presents and lots of food....

Top attractions in Salford this weekend

Summer is just about with us, so why not get out and about and see the latest attractions in Salford this weekend, plenty to choose from and plenty of family fun....

Transport cops to target children trespassing on Walkden railway

A  team of undercover and uniformed officers will patrol Walkden station over the school summer holidays to crack down on youths trespassing on the railway. With weekly...

Woman, 54, hospitalised in suspected Little Hulton arson

A woman was taken to hospital and two others treated at the scene of a suspected arson in Little Hulton last night. Three fire crews from Farnworth, Eccles and Agecroft...

Police officer headbutted as drunken mob take over Piccadilly Gardens protest

Police have made multiple arrests after a group of up to 20 people attacked a police officer and a homeless man, threw chairs at a shop window and assaulted staff at...

Armed men steal thousands in Salford cash van robbery

Two masked men armed with a baseball bat and a sledgehammer stole thousands of pounds after attacking a cash-in-transit van in Salford. At around 10.40am this morning,...

Inspired Leah Dean, 16, shaves head, battles mud to raise £3,000

A Salford teenager has won a stunning result to smash a fundraising target 20 times over for Cancer Research UK. Leah Dean, 16, vowed to shave her head in honour of...

Reefer Madness: 50 years ago in Salford

While researching stories from Salford’s colourful past we came across this little item from July 1965 warning of the perils of ‘beat clubs’, and worse...