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100 years ago in Salford: Broughton girl gang attack white feather ‘cowards’
As the First World War entered its second year patriotism was still running high among those left at home, despite the terrible casualties and the ever-growing number of...
Memorial service for grieving families at Salford Royal hospital
Relatives whose loved ones have passed away at Salford Royal hospital are being invited to a special memorial service. Each year, Salford Royal’s Chaplaincy...
FK Group win £3.7m MediaCityUK ‘Tomorrow’ hotel contract
FK Group has been awarded a £3.7 million contract by contractor Bowmer & Kirkland for internal glazing for the new Premier Inn planned at Broadway, MediaCityUK....
Murder probe launched after woman’s body found in Monton – 66-year-old man arrested
A 66-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman’s body was found at a house in Monton. Police and crime scene investigators were called to...
Appeal to trace the next-of-kin of a woman from Salford
Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace the next-of-kin of a woman from Salford. Christine Sakowicz died on Friday 23 October 2015 in Salford. It is...
Cash machine blown up in Boothstown
Thieves blew up an ATM in Boothstown, Worsley in the early hours of this morning, causing ‘a massive explosion’. At around 2am on Monday 26 October,...
Manchester University strike: Union ballots for action in jobs row
The University and College Union is to ballot its members for strike action claiming 219 staff at the University of Manchester are at risk of redundancy after changes to...
Charlie Cannon and Jimmy Whiz-Bang: Eccles soldier’s Manchester United banter in the trenches
SalfordOnline.com came across this amusing story from the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from October 1915 which tells the story of an Eccles soldier who gave the Germans...
Watch: Spooky shocks on show inside Swinton Halloween House
Hundreds of people visited Swinton’s very own Halloween House at the weekend to be scared out of their wits. The whole house has been kitted out with terrifying...
Two men stabbed and girl injured by knife-wielding thugs at Salford social club
Three people were injured after tooled-up thugs forced their way into a birthday party at a social club in Salford. Police were called to the Lower Kersal Social Club on...
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