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Designer glasses stolen in break-in at Specsavers Swinton
Police are warning that thieves stole women’s designer frames from a Swinton opticians. The burglary happened at around 9.30pm on Sunday 20 March, at the...
Beechfield United Juniors weekend results
Producing a superb all-round performance Beechfield United Under 17’s dominated their away game against Radcliffe Town Blues and won this North Bury League fixture...
WiFi, gluten-free upgrade as Morrisons Eccles gets £1m revamp
A revamp of Morrisons in Eccles has seen the store add free Wifi, a dry cleaners and Amazon collection lockers. The Irwell Place store in the middle of the town centre...
Walkden pupil Dylan Rogers found safe and well
A missing boy from Little Hulton is understood to have been found safe and well. Police issued a missing persons alert for 11-year-old Dylan Rogers this evening through...
Emotional farewell for headteacher after 43 years at same Salford school
The Cathedral School of St Peter & St John RC Primary School in Salford is losing one of its most precious assets – headteacher Margaret O’Brien is...
Women in poverty being humiliated by lack of sanitary goods, says foodbank
Women in poverty have been found using newspapers and socks instead of unaffordable sanitary products, says a shocking new report from a charity-led local foodbank. The...
M60 lorry crash: Driver cut free from cab, lanes closed, long delays
Drivers are being warned to expect long delays on the M60 after two lorries and a Range Rover collided near Worsley. The North West Air Ambulance was scrambled to the...
It’s a no: Revolt after Swinton KFC drive-thru plans refused
Council planners have turned down KFC’s idea to build a new drive-thru restaurant in Swinton town centre. The fast-food giant said new premises on Swinton Hall...
100 years ago: Eccles munitions workers play football for war blind
Looking back at the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from March 1916 we were struck by the strange irony of this story. 100 years ago, munitions workers at Nasmyth Wilson...
Shooting in Salford: Two arrested for attempted murder after man blasted with shotgun
First published 8.23am, updated 10.10am A man was found shot in Ellesmere Park in Salford on Sunday evening. Police sealed off Marlborough Road, a residential, leafy...
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