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Salford swimmer Lewis Clough picked for GB Juniors

City of Salford swimmer Lewis Clough has been selected to represent Britain in the European Junior Championships to be held in Hungary in July. Lewis, who is studying...

Coffee lounge to take over vacant offices in ‘cosmopolitan’ Eccles

A local developer is planning to open a new coffee lounge on the site of a famous former store in Eccles. Stretford-based The Malaga Drift Coffee Company Ltd is due to...

Plain tobacco packs will go ahead after big firms lose High Court battle

By the end of this week, tobacco and cigarette packaging will be made less appealing to the public with prominent health warnings and plain packaging. The law is due to...

Man with Salford links could have vital info on high purity cocaine bust

Police in Lancashire are calling for help in tracing a man with links to Salford who could help with enquiries over a high-value drugs bust. Daniel Munro is described as...

Salford family? Need help paying for kids’ school uniforms?

Children’s charity Wood Street Mission has opened referrals to its £1 million project to kit out children for school. Families living on a low income can apply to the...

Outrage as 14 headstones smashed in Jewish cemetery

Vandals have destroyed headstones in two Jewish Cemeteries in Greater Manchester. At around 3.45pm on Wednesday 18 May 2016 police were called the Blackley Jewish...

Students evacuated from Pendleton College as fire breaks out

Pendleton College in Salford was evacuated this morning after fire broke out in a second-floor classroom. Five fire crews were called to the sixth-form college on...

Armed robbery at Sainsbury’s Local on Gilda Brook Road

Two masked men forced their way into Sainsbury’s Local store in Salford last night and stole cash after threatening staff with crowbars. At around 8.50pm on...

Man’s body found in Agecroft Cemetery

The body of a man was discovered on Wednesday morning in a grassed area at Agecroft Cemetery in Salford. Police were called to Langley Road in Agecroft at 11.05am on...

Salford City Academy students take the brakes off in high-speed competition

A project to break the world land speed record raced into town on Tuesday 10th May, challenging students from local schools to build their own rocket cars. The...