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Salford City Academy ‘tri’ the Space to Earth Challenge

Salford City Academy is celebrating the launch of British and European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut, Tim Peake, to the international Space Station on Tuesday 15th...

Manchester charity launches campaign to collect festive memories

Wood Street Mission has launched a ‘Post Your Memory’ campaign to collect memories from people who have been helped by the charity in the past at Christmas time. The...

Revealed: Salix plan to knock down 146 houses to build 161 homes on Poets Estate Swinton

Social housing provider Salix Homes plans to demolish 146 properties in a bid to build 161 new homes on the Poets Estate in Swinton, SalfordOnline.com can reveal. The...

Volunteers needed for Salford study to help people to walk without pain

Most of us take walking for granted, but for some people even a trip to the shops is too painful to consider. 40 volunteers are needed in Salford for a new study to help...

Robbers steal entire ATM from Trafford hospital

Police are appealing for information after a cash machine was stolen from a hospital in Trafford. At around 10.30pm on Wednesday 25 November 2015, two cars parked up...

Warning in Irlam after report Audi driver tried to snatch 10-year-old boy

Police are investigating a report that a man in a black Audi tried to grab a 10-year-old boy and force him into a car in Irlam. At around 4pm on Tuesday 8 December the...

55-year-old man suffers serious head injuries in Eccles

A 55-year-old man was hospitalised in a suspected assault in Eccles. Police were called to Chapel Street in Patricroft at 2.55am on Saturday 5 December to reports that a...

Joiner transforms Irlam street into free Disney Christmas wonderland

A joiner in Irlam has used his handiwork to turn his home street into a Christmas-lit wonderland, with the help of some famous Disney characters. Howard Wellock, 37,...

50 years ago in Salford: Building site thief nabs everything – including the kitchen sink

I think it’s safe to say that most people at one time or another have found something and taken it home quite innocently with a slight doubt as to where it came...

Joy for The Swinton High School as Ofsted keeps ‘Good’ rating

The Swinton High School has retained its ‘Good’ Ofsted rating in a report released today. School inspectors visited the Converter Academy on Sefton Road over...