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‘Worst ever’ cannabis farm found in Eccles
A cannabis farm dubbed the ‘worst ever’ by local police has been busted in a business premises in Patricroft, Eccles. Around 30 plants in varying states of...
100 years ago in Salford: Boys age 8-12 face the birch for throwing stones at Seedley train station
In a story which has unusual resonance to anti-social behaviour still going on in Salford, we investigate a court case from 100 years ago today. A young miscreant by the...
Salford’s Grade II-listed Peel Building set for major upgrade
Salford University’s oldest and most historically-interesting building is set for a major upgrade. The Peel Building on the Crescent was Grade-II listed in 1974....
Police hunt three after man brutally attacked in Manchester
A man suffered two fractured eye sockets after he was attacked in Manchester city centre. The 25-year-old man was assaulted by three men outside the Blackdog Ballroom on...
100 years ago in Salford: Swinton women’s violent quarrel ends in jail
Violence in the home is sadly nothing new, but as this court case from July 1915 shows, so-called ‘ladies’ from Swinton were not averse to knocking lumps out...
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...
Two Bangladeshi workers arrested for immigration offences at Salford takeaway
Two suspected illegal immigrants working at a takeaway restaurant in Cadishead, Salford, have been arrested after a raid by Home Office officials. Acting on a tip-off,...
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....
Salford apprentice becomes first in UK to achieve new construction qualifications
A former nursery nurse who swapped the playroom for the building site has become the first person in the UK to achieve a ground breaking new construction qualification...
Save Mo’s: Campaigners vow to protest every week for under-threat Chapel Street store
On Saturday 4 July local families gathered to protest for the second time in a week to show backing for a community store being priced out of the booming Chapel Street...
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