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Appeal: Men armed with knife and hammer rob Topps Tiles in Salford

Police are appealing for information after two men walked into a tile store on Salford retail park armed with a hammer and a knife and stole cash. Just before 4.50pm on...

Cinderella is coming to Salford

As Barton Theatre Company approach the opening night of this year’s Pantomime, Cinderella, there’s one cast member who’ll definitely be walking tall for the next...

Brookhouse shooting: Window smashed as residents hear ‘four or five shots’

Shocked residents have told of hearing up to five gunshots after a house was shot at on the Brookhouse estate in Eccles, Salford. The front window of a terraced property...

Surface water warning for rush hour drivers

Drivers are being warning over surface water levels as Monday’s rush-hour approaches. Areas across the region have seen steady rainfall throughout the day, with...

Coda win approval for 133 flats over three tower blocks on Trafford Road, Salford

Sheffield-based Coda Planning have won planning approval for three stepped tower blocks containing 133 flats on Trafford Road on the border of Ordsall and Salford Quays....

Hover bovver – £20K of dangerous boards seized in Salford

Trading standards officers in Salford have seized over £20,000 of dangerous hover boards. The seizure was made from a wholesale shop in the city after a tip off from a...

Car on fire at Morrisons car park Eccles

Firecrews from Eccles were called to Morrisons car park at 11.39am today, Monday 9 November after receiving reports of a car on fire in the car park. A black Peugeot was...

Shots fired at house on Boddington Road Brookhouse

Police taped off a section of Boddington Road on the Brookhouse estate in Eccles after shots were fired at a house. In a statement Greater Manchester Police said:...

Culture, Barricades and Badges Paintings (1980 – 2015) by John Sculley

For 25 years John Sculley has worked in arts and museums across the North West, having recently retired as Head of Museums and Arts Development in Salford, he worked...

Hundreds turn out for Remembrance Sunday in Eccles

Hundreds of people gathered at the Eccles war memorial on Sunday 8 November to show their respects for local people who have fallen in conflicts over the past century...