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20 new jobs as GHM! family store opens 10,000sq ft in Walkden

Family fashion and grocery retailer Guess How Much! has signed a deal to open a new store at Walkden’s Ellesmere Centre. Around 20 new jobs are expected to be...

Watch: Beyonce fans hit the high notes after Manchester concert

Delirious Beyonce fans from Salford joined in a mass singalong on the way home from seeing their idol play in Manchester last night, Tuesday, 5 July. Their rendition of...

Solved: Mystery of treacherous Captain Webster as SS Clan MacDuff lost at sea

While looking through the now-derelict graveyard at the rear of the old Barton Wesleyan Chapel on Barton Road, I was intrigued to see an ornamental gravestone dedicated...

Fire crews called to Salford house after kitchen blaze

Fire crews were called to a house in Salford on Tuesday evening after reports of a kitchen fire had broke out. At around 6.46pm three fire crews from Agecroft, Broughton...

Transformation of St Peter’s Square Metrolink stop branches out

A greener future is on the way for St Peter’s Square as work started to plant more than 20 semi-mature trees as part of the Metrolink stop transformation. Half a dozen...

Returned to work after giving birth? Salford study needs you

Researchers from the University of Salford are looking for volunteers to take part in new research that looks into the so-called ‘motherhood penalty’ in...

Barbara Keeley MP says the Care Act is not working well for carers

Barbara Keeley, MP for Worsley and Eccles South, has urged the Conservative Government to do more to ensure that carers get the support they need from public bodies. She...

29 Salford councillors reject Jeremy Corbyn coup as Labour leader refuses to back down

29 Labour party councillors in Salford have given their official backing to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in a signed statement. Mr Corbyn faced a backbench coup in the...

University of Salford open campus in Bahrain

The University of Salford has become the first UK university to open a branch in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The small island nation, off the east coast of Saudi Arabia in...

Fresh concerns as junior doctors reject new contract

Junior doctors sparked fresh strike fears today as British Medical Association (BMA) members voted to reject the terms of a new contract offered to them by the...