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Autism at 16: Salford family postcards to help children with condition
A girl diagnosed with autism will help other children and parents to understand the condition through a new Salford project. Hayden Larder was told she was autistic at...
100 years ago in Salford: Tragic accident ends the life of Weaste soldier William Davenport
Not all deaths in the First World War came on the battlefield, no matter how brutal and inhumane it was. 100 years ago in March 1916 men were been dying in their...
Review: The Blind Pig, Monton
It’s easy to imagine how anyone who had been away from Monton for the last couple of years would find the new ‘village’ centre almost unrecognisable. New...
Salford Quays Duck Race returns on Good Friday
The quacktastic Quays Duck Race is back for a third year in Salford to raise money for specialised healthcare equipment for children and babies. MedEquip4Kids has raised...
Salford apprentices clean up at Building and Engineering Awards
Students from Salford City College’s City Skills Sixth Form Centre shone at this year’s Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) Awards, winning a total of...
Lane closed on M60 at Eccles after crash
Police closed the outside lane of the M60 clockwise near Eccles, heading north, after a lorry and a car collided at around 7.55am this morning. Traffic is still...
100 years ago in Salford: City’s ‘first hooligans’ batter one another in front of train station crowd
Trouble between fans at sporting contests is no new phenomenon. Hooliganism in England was recorded as far back as the 1880s, when ‘roughs’ stirred up aggro...
University of Salford Chancellor announced as Scotland’s new National Poet
University of Salford Chancellor Jackie Kay MBE has been named as Scotland’s new National Poet, following today’s announcement by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon....
Pictured: Man falls asleep on bus, steals bus, crashes bus, say police
Police have released a CCTV image after a bus was stolen in Stalybridge. On Saturday 5 December 2015 a man had fallen asleep on a bus and when it returned to the bus...
50 houses hit by power cut in Pendleton
50 homes on Fitzwarren Street in Salford were hit by an hour-long power cut this morning. Residents reported being woken up by alarm sirens wailing at around 7am. The...
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