Tributes paid to Jean Lefort, French Worsley town twinning champion
Tributes have been paid to a great exponent of Worsley’s town twinning with French commune Saint-Ouen. Jean Lefort, president of the Saint-Ouen Twinning...
Swinton care centre launches dementia support group
A care centre in Swinton has launched a dementia support group for families and care-givers on the first Wednesday of every month. The two-hour sessions at the Fountains...
Safer Sphere wins 995-flat Chapel Wharf contract next to Salford Lowry Hotel
Health and safety firm Safer Sphere has won a contract to work on a 995-flat development scheme next to the Lowry Hotel in Salford. Safer Sphere, based in St Helens,...
Beechfield United Juniors weekend results
The recent atrocious weather continued to play havoc with the fixtures involving Beechfield United’s Junior Section teams but the six games that did take place all...
Soldier’s 1915 anthem for doomed Salford youth at Gallipoli
One of the few men to survive the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War wrote to the Eccles and Patricroft Journal in December 1915 describing the unimaginable...
£1m lottery hub in Little Hulton open for change
A former shop in Little Hulton could open the doors to £1 million worth of community change. Local residents bid for the funding from the National Lottery Big Local...
Apartments plan for historic Red Lion pub in Patricroft
Councillors are considering new plans to refurbish the vacant Red Lion pub in Patricroft, Eccles, to build four one-bed affordable apartments. The former pub on Chapel...
Knife-wielding thug threatens woman in Poundstretcher Ordsall robbery
A man brandishing a large knife threatened a female member of staff at Poundstretcher in Ordsall before making off with hundreds of pounds. Police were called to the...
50 years ago in Salford: Speed camera rant of ‘an angry humanoid’
We are constantly reminded of the so-called Big Brother society we live in as predicted by George Orwell in his classic novel 1984, and 50 years ago one angry motorist...
Man killed after being hit by train in Eccles
A man has died after being hit by a train in Eccles. Police and ambulances were called to Eccles railway station shortly after 10pm on Saturday 5 December to reports...
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