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Sniffer dog finds £3.5k of illegal tobacco in Walkden shop

A shop worker readily confessed to selling illegal tobacco when confronted with the four paws of the law. Buster,a tobacco sniffer dog, his handler and officers from...

Gifts, cash and wages: Koukash blasts RFL for salary cap claims

Maverick Salford Red Devils owner Marwan Koukash has come out fighting after being accused by the RFL of breaching the sport’s £1.825m salary cap. In a press...

Barnardo’s chief executive praises Salford youth group

A group of young people have been praised as ‘inspirational’ by former University of Salford student Javed Khan, chief executive of Barnardo’s. Mr Khan, who...

Call for dashcam footage after jogger, 54, left with critical head injury

Police are appealing for drivers to come forward after a jogger hit by a car suffered a serious head injury. At around 6.50pm on Monday 8 March 2016, the 54-year-old man...

Somme commemorations – Salford will remember

Soldiers killed at the battle of The Somme will be remembered in a full weekend of commemorations in Salford in July – including the world premier of a new, musical...

Over 500 volunteers spruce up Salford

Over 540 proud Salfordians shifted three and a half tonnes of litter to give the city a right royal clean up last weekend. Forty different groups from local schools to...

No Smoking Day event at Salford City College

Students at Salford City College who smoke are being urged to take the first step in giving up cigarettes for good on No Smoking Day, which took place on Wednesday 9...

Salford City College celebrates success at stakeholder event

On Friday 4 March Salford City College held its second ‘Annual Review’ event, to celebrate its achievements from the 2014/15 academic year with key stakeholders and...

Innovative new app helps protect Salford residents from stroke

Eccles and Irlam will be the home of a new innovative pilot aimed to help identify those residents at risk of Atrial Fibrillation (AF), a major cause of strokes. GP...

Special honour for special Salford school

Staff and pupils at Oakwood Academy are celebrating after being chosen to help train the next generation of teachers. The Eccles based special school becomes the third...