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Andrew Lloyd Webber donates £25k for new playwrights at The Lowry

Around 300 young playwrights will get the chance of support from theatre experts at The Lowry after a foundation run by legendary producer Andrew Lloyd Webber donated...

Young female football stars wanted in Salford

Salford United Junior football team who are currently second in the south Manchester girls league are looking for new female players to join their squad. They need the...

Beechy slam nine past hapless West Didsbury

At Salford Sports Village Beechfield United’s Saturday Morning Senior Team produced a magnificent display against West Didsbury FC and were rewarded with an emphatic...

Salford volunteers dig entire new woodland in 24 hours

Volunteers have helped to create a new woodland at Salford’s Green Grosvenor Park, planting more than 250 trees in a single day. Local environmental charity Red Rose...

Salford City hearts broken as they’re knocked out of FA Cup in extra time

Salford City saw their FA Cup dream in tatters as they lost to Hartlepool United at Victoria Park. Two extra-time goals by Scott Fenwick in the 97th minute, and Mikael...

Exclusive: Smyths Toys Superstores to open 14,000sq ft store at West One Retail Park Eccles

Smyths Toys Superstores are to open their ninth North West store in Eccles, SalfordOnline.com can reveal. Sadly – or happily, depending on your disposable income...

Missing: Urgent appeal to find Gina Rufino, 30

Police are appealing urgently for the whereabouts of a woman from Salford. Gina Rufino, 30, is missing from the Salford Quays area, say officers at GMP Salford East. She...

Salford watches with pride as UK astronaut Tim Peake blasts off

Today sees rocketman Tim Peake make history on his landmark flight to the International Space Station as the former army pilot becomes the UK’s first Briton in...

Man dies after being found hurt in Eccles, police drop investigation

A 49-year-old man has passed away in hospital after being found injured in Eccles. The man is believed to have been for a short time the landlord of the Albert Edward...

50 years ago in Salford: Brave Broughton Post Office staff shot as they face down armed robbers

Robberies on Post Offices and security vans are not a new phenomenon as this story from December 1965 shows. But one elderly couple who ran the Lower Broughton sub-post...