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Independent news website SalfordOnline.com to close
It is with great sadness that I’m announcing SalfordOnline.com is to close down. When we started the news website 10 years ago we could only dream that it would...
Swinton gymnast Will, 9, gets acrobatic for St Ann’s Hospice
Gymnast Will Barnes leapt into action on a camping holiday in Wales by putting his acrobatic skills to good use for charity. Nine-year-old Will, from Swinton,...
Police are appealing for information after man raped in Manchester city centre
At about 4.30am on Wednesday, 19 October 2016, a 23-year-old man was walking on Brazil Street when he was approached by a man. They walked together for a short distance,...
Flynn’s final fanfare
And so it comes to pass: SalfordOnline.com is closing. Pull up a chair, reader, and I shall try and unfold the whole story as best I can. Are you ready? Then I shall...
Buses for Eccles line as Metrolink points failure causes chaos
A Metrolink points failure at Cornbrook is causing havoc for tram passengers across the network on Thursday afternoon. The operator says as of 2.30pm, shuttle buses are...
Salford benefits sanction protest at I, Daniel Blake premiere
Salford campaigners are to stage a protest outside the HOME cinema in Manchester for the premiere of Ken Loach’s new film I, Daniel Blake. On Friday 21 October the...
100 years ago: The distressing fatality of Horace Smith at Irlam Steel Works
The terrible death of a 27-year-old crane driver at Irlam Steel Works was making headlines in Salford 100 years ago this week. The Eccles and Patricroft Reporter of...
GM Mayor calls for guaranteed police numbers in wake of crime spike
The interim Greater Manchester Mayor Tony Lloyd has called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to guarantee numbers of new police officers after government figures showed a...
Police release CCTV of homeless man being attacked in Manchester
Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to in connection with a homeless man being violently attacked in the city centre. At around 6.30am on...
Three men charged following a police operation in Salford which ended in a tactical swoop on their car
Three men have been charged following a police operation in Salford. Jason Milton Gregson (11/02/1972) of Whiteside Street, Blackpool, Joel Meakin (29/04/1986) of...
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