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Community Payback: 800 hours to restore neglected Irlam Linear Park
Laura Bailey Wed 9th March, 10:47 AM
Offenders on a Community Payback scheme have spent over 800 hours on a project to transform a 10,000sq ft path in Irlam. The Linear Park Walkway began life in 1873 as a...
Man suffers smoke inhalation in Salford chip pan fire
Tom Rodgers Wed 9th March, 10:30 AM
Four fire engines were called to a block of flats in Salford after fire broke out in a kitchen. Firefighters spent 30 minutes battling the blaze, which could have caused...
100 years ago: Fighting with the police in Ordsall
Tony Flynn Wed 9th March, 9:37 AM
Salford always had a bit of a name for its local characters and their alcohol-fuelled antics. This story from the Salford City Reporter of March 1916 shows the problems...
Morson Group recognise staff for outstanding contribution
Tony Flynn Wed 9th March, 9:25 AM
Long standing employees of Morson Group were recognised for their outstanding contribution to the company during a Service Awards Luncheon held at Morson’s head office...
Opera returns to Ordsall Hall after 200 years
Tony Flynn Wed 9th March, 9:08 AM
Approximately two hundred years after the last performance, opera returns to Ordsall Hall on March 17 with a performance of Donizetti’s most popular work, the Elixir...
University of Salford student scoops Royal College of Midwives Award
Tony Flynn Wed 9th March, 8:59 AM
University of Salford student Nicolette Peel has been presented with a Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Award, for her voluntary work in maternal and child health....
Stephen Lord to be patron of Salford Arts Theatre
Tony Flynn Wed 9th March, 8:56 AM
Salford Arts Theatre is pleased to announce that actor, and fellow Salfordian, Stephen Lord is now the patron of the Theatre. Stephen was discovered by Ken Loach in...
Housing staff ‘Run for Homes’ in aid of Manchester and Salford charities
Tony Flynn Wed 9th March, 8:09 AM
On 3 April, Didsbury-based Contour’s Lindsey Anders, Andrew Brown, Pete Coventry, Andrew Lord and Eddie Vickers will run the Wilmslow Half Marathon in aid of...
Two-car smash on M602 causing long delays
Tom Rodgers Tue 8th March, 4:37 PM
Police closed two lanes of the outbound M602 motorway this afternoon after a two-car crash. Officers were called to the M602 at Eccles at 3.20pm between Junction 2 for...
100 years ago in Eccles: Davis Street ‘gang’, 11 and 13, flogged for stealing
Tony Flynn Tue 8th March, 3:40 PM
Juvenile offenders are not a new phenomenon by any stretch of the imagination. But this court case from the Eccles and Patricroft Journal of March 1916 shows the...
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