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Salford City seek record-breaking win at Burscough

Salford City are aiming to break a club record with an eighth consecutive win at Burscough on Saturday, kick-off 3pm. In a revolutionary season that has seen Salford...

Salford SME conference aims to help local businesses grow and succeed

Businesspeople from Salford and across the North West met on Thursday 16 April at an all-day conference, organised by CIMA, the Chartered Institute of Management...

55-year-old woman dies after fall from Eccles M602 bridge

A 55-year-old woman has tragically died after falling from a motorway bridge over the M602 this morning, Friday 17 April. Police were called to Albert Road bridge in...

£22m housing improvement scheme gets underway

The first phase has begun on multi-million pound improvements to thousands of homes across Salford. Work is now underway to revamp almost 400 properties in Ordsall and...

Woman in critical condition after falling 30ft from M602 Eccles bridge

A woman is in a critical condition in hospital after plunging 30 feet from a bridge over the M602 at Eccles. Police were called to Albert Road in Eccles this morning,...

Jailed: Thieves posing as charity workers who robbed elderly Salford blind man

A pair of heartless thieves who tricked elderly people out of cash including a blind Salford grandfather have been jailed. SalfordOnline.com reported in December last...

Drug arrests and cars seized in Salford raid

Two men have been arrested for drugs offences and two cars seized after police raided a house in Salford. Officers, backed by three Tactical Aid Unit vans, swooped on a...

Update: Descriptions of men released in Salford Iceland armed robbery

Police have released more information about two masked men who tried to rob a supermarket in Salford armed with a claw hammer. SalfordOnline.com broke the news about the...

Salford canal rape claim was fake, say police

A woman who reported being raped on a canal tow path in Eccles was making it up, say Greater Manchester Police. Officers issued this description of a man in his 50s...

Ex-Irlam headteacher guilty of stealing school funds

A Salford primary school headteacher has been found guilty of stealing from the school’s accounts. Valerie Rutty, 60, was suspended as head of Irlam Primary School...