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Missing: Kyle McEwan, 21, could be in Salford

Police are appealing for people in Salford to look out for a missing man. Kyle McEwan was reported missing on Tuesday 24 November. The 21-year-old was last seen in...

The Dark Knight rises: Swinton dad Mike Critchley wins Santa Run

A local dad triumphed at the Manchester United Foundation’s annual Santa Run in Salford. Mike Critchley, 47, from Swinton, crossed the finish line outside the...

Salford council secures £72k to help domestic violence victims

Men and women who have suffered from domestic violence in Salford are set to get extra support thanks to a funding boost. Salford City Council has been handed £72,110...

Police and fire crews rescue ‘distressed’ man from M602 motorway bridge

Police closed the westbound carriageway of the M602 at Eccles last night after reports that a man was in a distressed state on a motorway bridge. At around 11.10pm on...

Watch: ‘Drunk’ burglar falls over, swears at CCTV in office raid

Police have released footage of a burglary in which an apparently intoxicated offender breaks into an office block, swears at the CCTV camera and steals two laptops. At...

£100k of dodgy wheelie hoverboards seized in Salford

Trading Standards officer have seized over £100,000-worth of wheelie hoverboards in Salford. The self-balancing toys are this year’s number one must-have present...

Giant killers: Salford City’s FA Cup dream lives on as Second Round replay looms

Salford City will be hoping to push on with their giant-killing antics on Tuesday when they take on League Two’s Hartlepool United in a replay for a place in the...

Salford man arrested after £24k cash and jewellery seized in house raid

A 37-year-old man was arrested in Salford after a police raid uncovered £24,000 in cash and large amounts of jewellery. On Tuesday 8 December officers executed a...

100 years ago in Salford: Ladies of the night ‘on active service’ while soldier husbands fight WW1

While the Great War was raging across Europe the people back home in Blighty went around their daily business as usual, but scandal was to hit Salford in December 1915...

The Lowry Post Office officially opened by Salford and Eccles MP Rebecca Long-Bailey

To celebrate the launch of the new The Lowry Mall Post Office, Salford and Eccles MP, Rebecca Long-Bailey ‘cut the ribbon’ at an opening ceremony on Friday 11...