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HMRC help with expenses and benefits in kind

Employee expenses explained Each expense and benefit is treated differently so knowing what’s taxable and what National Insurance to pay can be taxing. Our free online...

Wanted – William Blower

Police are looking for a man wanted for breaching a restraining order. William Blower (30/12/1986) is wanted after breaching the order between 24 August and 1 September...

Driver error cited in 117,000+ road casualties

IAM calls for drivers to take responsibility Analysis by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has found that human factors continue to significantly outweigh other...

Win a framed montage of old Salford

A free exhibition called Our Salford: Bygones and New Beginnings will take place at Ordsall Hall on Friday, October 30, focusing on homes and communities in the past,...

Eccles West One change will pave way to major Home Bargains move

Discount retailer Home Bargains will be able to move from its small store on Eccles precinct into a much larger space at the West One Retail Park, after plans were...

£9,000 scholarships up for grabs for Salford entrepreneurs

Fledgling entrepreneurs, social enterprise start-ups and even eBay moguls are being invited to apply for scholarships worth £9,000 to pay for education while working on...

M60 closed at J11-12 as man on bridge threatens to jump

Police closed the M60 motorway in both directions between Junctions 11 and 12 after a man scaled a motorway bridge and threatened to jump. Specially-trained officers...

Little Hulton shooting: 21-year-old bailed after attempted murder arrest

Police have released a man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 34-year-old man was shot in Little Hulton. Armed police were scrambled to the scene at...

1 million illegal cigarettes seized in Salford and Bolton

The HMRC’s Tobacco Taskforce has seized over 1 million illicit cigarettes in a crackdown over illegal trading. In a two-day sting on shops and storage units across...

Ordsall housing boom continues as 220 new homes pass planning

Housebuilders Beaumont Morgan Ltd have won approval for a new housing scheme on derelict industrial land off Ordsall Lane in Salford. Bridgewater Point, which will be...