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Holy Smokes! Superheroes and zombies ride out for St Ann’s Hospice

It was dubbed their Top Gear moment – a convoy of 11 vintage mopeds travelling the length of the country with riders in fancy dress. No wonder Batman and Robin,...

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...