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Irlam fire cadets raise vital funds to buy life saving equipment for their community

On Saturday, April 4, 2015, the Irlam Community Fire Cadets attended Tesco in Irlam to fundraise for a Community Automated External Defibrillator. A defibrillator is...

50 years ago in Eccles: Hollywood beckons for shop worker turned cowboy film star

Did you know that we may have a secret film star still living in Eccles? In April 1965 the Eccles Journal reported that 17-year-old shop assistant Patricia Bent was to...

Bloomin marvellous: Incredible Edible kids takeover Walkden pub

40 members of the guerilla gardening group Incredible Edible Salford are helping to transform a pub beer garden into a place of edible delights. The two-stage planting...

Live: Salford City FC v Clitheroe

  15 min: In the last 5 minutes Clitheroe have not touched the ball once. Forget parking the bus, they’ve taken the keys out and gone for Sunday lunch. 10...

Medals for Salford Down Syndrome swimming ace

Superstar Hannah Payton picked up bronze and silver medals last weekend at the Down Syndrome European Championships in Southampton. The 18-year-old has been swimming...

Worsley phone scam prompts police warning

Officers are warning people across Greater Manchester to be aware of telephone scams after police received four calls within two hours. The first incident happened...

Man arrested on drugs charge in Broughton car wash raid

Picture by Andy Pratt A 38-year-old man has been arrested after a drugs raid at a car wash in Salford. Police and immigration officials arrived unannounced at the hand...

GMP issue derby match statement

Chief Inspector Dean Howard from GMP has issued the following statement to fans attending Sunday’s derby meeting between Manchester United and Manchester City. As...

Salford Disney princess bids for Miss Manchester crown

17-year-old Disney impersonator Sara Humphreys is the latest Salford girl to make it through to the glittering final of Miss Manchester 2015. It’s the first time...

50 years ago: ‘Space-age’ Salford high-rise dream comes true

April 1965 saw the Salford City Reporter proudly boast in an article that the “Ellor Street dream begins to come true” complete with interviews with...