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Breastfeeding festival returns to Salford Royal

Mums who want to find out more about breastfeeding have a festival designed just for them, coming to Salford Royal hospital at the end of the month. The Breastfeeding...

Salford Red Devils face Huddersfield with Ronan on their mind

Ian Watson’s Salford Red Devils hope they won’t be caught off guard by backroom changes at Huddersfield when they take on the Giants at The AJ Bell Stadium...

Five car pile-up at Eccles causing M60 delays

Five cars collided on the M60 near Eccles this afternoon with delays ongoing into rush-hour. Heavy, storm-like rain is not making the clear-up job any easier, and the...

Former Halifax bank at 116 Church Street goes for £86k at auction

An empty former bank and building society in Eccles town centre has sold at auction for £86,000, some £9,000 over the guide price. 116 Church Street went up for public...

Taxi driver ‘too embarrassed to take dirty mattress to tip’ fined £400

A Swinton taxi driver has been fined in court after dumping a soiled mattress on a back street in Salford. Martin Shorten, of Ringlow Avenue, was caught on CCTV dropping...

Haul of loaded shotguns and firearms found in cannabis farm

Police are urging the public to report anybody they suspect of possessing illegal guns after a raid on a cannabis farm unearthed an arsenal of weapons. 30-year-old...

100 years ago: It all kicks off at Salford Docks with ‘maniac’ lover Annie Maguire

Turning to the pages of the Salford City Reporter from June 1916, this court case leaps out for the fact that the course of true love never does run smooth, especially...

Man from Salford, 24, wanted on recall to prison

Police are hunting for a man wanted on a recall to prison. Gareth Edwards, 24, of Irlam Square in Irlams o’th Height, Salford, is now wanted by police. He was...

Watch: Moment drink-driving pensioner, 79, smashes through shop window into young boy

Police have released dramatic footage of a 79-year-old drink driver who ploughed through the front window of a shop as a reminder of the dangers of driving while under...

Police concerned over missing 16 year old girl

Police are increasingly concerned for the whereabouts of Tracey Tamale, aged 16. She is missing from Southport, but she has connections all over Greater Manchester such...