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Watch: New Salford war memorial unveiled at Greengate Square for Armistice Day
A new granite war memorial commemorating 156 Salfordians who lost their lives in the First World War was unveiled at 11am today to co-incide with Armistice Day....
Watch: Riot police clash at Bexley Square in Salford ‘is ITV film crew’
Reports of racially-motivated riots at Bexley Square on Chapel Street in Salford have been debunked, as it turns out a production company were filming scenes for the ITV...
Patricroft ROF housebuilder under fire after bomb squad called to Eccles twice in a week
Criticism has been levelled at a housebuilding firm after army bomb disposal teams were called to one of their new housing sites twice in a matter of days. Countryside...
Poignant Salford war memorial ‘hidden for 100 years’ restored
A war memorial hidden away at a Salford electricity depot for almost a century has been restored to its former glory and put in pride of place at the site. The memorial...
Irlam couple, 35 and 40, arrested for mass music software copyright theft
A man and woman have been arrested at their home in Irlam by police investigating mass online distribution of copyright protected music software. The couple, age 40 and...
LS Lowry’s Father and Two Sons goes up for sale with £2.5m pricetag
London auction house Sotheby’s is putting a 1950 work by LS Lowry up for sale, with the painting expected to go for between £1.5 million and £2.5 million. Father...
World premiere forms part of second Shelagh Delaney Day
Building on the success of last year’s first Shelagh Delaney day, a world premiére musical production will pay tribute to one of Salford’s most famous writers on 25...
Salford students shine at Remembrance Service for Mayor and war veterans
Students from Salford City College’s Skills for Working Life Department at Eccles Sixth Form Centre held their annual Remembrance Service on Monday morning. The...
100 years ago: Heartbreaking letters from the front as Eccles Rifleman write of ‘white crosses in the pale moonlight’
Today, 11 November 2015, the city fell silent at 11am to mark Armistice Day – but 100 years ago our families were fighting for our very survival. In honour of this...
Salford to fall silent at 11am for Armistice Day
All across the city today a silence will fall at 11am as we mark Armistice Day. At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month a two-minute silence is...
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