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Salford’s Missguided fashion turns to Worldpay to crack America

Online fashion retailer Missguided, which is headquartered at Salford Quays, has announced a link-up with Worldpay as its strives for ambitious expansion overseas....

Swinton baker’s lifelong dream rises with business launch

A cake-maker hit by bad luck and poor fortune has risen to the challenge of launching his very own business thanks to a programme which helps people to turn their...

Missing man David Long, 36, has Darth Vader T-shirt and Salford accent

Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a man missing from home in Manchester. David Long, 36, was last seen last seen on Denshaw Avenue in Denton....

Shotgun attack on Blantyre Street Swinton – masked man spotted fleeing the scene

Police are investigating after an unknown offender blasted the door of a house in Swinton with a shotgun. Armed officers were called to Blantyre Street, near Moorside...

Salford City see off Irlam to win Advertiser Trophy

The Salford Advertiser may be no more than a memory (and its successor apparently wholly disinterested in the region’s non-league football scene) but its Challenge...

Car flipped on its roof in Brookhouse ‘was clamped’

Police were called to Brookhouse Avenue in Eccles last night at 11.50pm after reports that a red Peugeot 106 was overturned and blocking the main road. But initial...

‘Suspect package’ outside Salford Cathedral was suitcase full of rubbish

Police investigating reports of a suspect package outside Salford Cathedral this morning have confirmed it was not a dangerous device. Officers were called to the scene...

Goodbye Miss Magee: Lewis Street Primary School teacher to retire after 28 years

A much-loved teacher at a primary school in Patricroft, Eccles is to retire after 28 years in the job. Morag Magee joined Lewis Street Primary School in 1987 as a newly...

New £100k picnic area for Sutton Community Centre

A group of local organisations including Affinity Sutton, and housing and regeneration specialist Keepmoat, have worked in partnership to donate almost £100,000 of...

Lewis finds his confidence with ‘Career Ready’ course at FutureSkills Salford

A Business and Finance student from Salford City College’s FutureSkills has finally found his confidence, and landed his dream job, after completing his two year...