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Surface water warning for rush hour drivers

Drivers are being warning over surface water levels as Monday’s rush-hour approaches. Areas across the region have seen steady rainfall throughout the day, with...

Coda win approval for 133 flats over three tower blocks on Trafford Road, Salford

Sheffield-based Coda Planning have won planning approval for three stepped tower blocks containing 133 flats on Trafford Road on the border of Ordsall and Salford Quays....

Hover bovver – £20K of dangerous boards seized in Salford

Trading standards officers in Salford have seized over £20,000 of dangerous hover boards. The seizure was made from a wholesale shop in the city after a tip off from a...

Car on fire at Morrisons car park Eccles

Firecrews from Eccles were called to Morrisons car park at 11.39am today, Monday 9 November after receiving reports of a car on fire in the car park. A black Peugeot was...

Shots fired at house on Boddington Road Brookhouse

Police taped off a section of Boddington Road on the Brookhouse estate in Eccles after shots were fired at a house. In a statement Greater Manchester Police said:...

Culture, Barricades and Badges Paintings (1980 – 2015) by John Sculley

For 25 years John Sculley has worked in arts and museums across the North West, having recently retired as Head of Museums and Arts Development in Salford, he worked...

Hundreds turn out for Remembrance Sunday in Eccles

Hundreds of people gathered at the Eccles war memorial on Sunday 8 November to show their respects for local people who have fallen in conflicts over the past century...

Salford man wanted for recall to prison

A man from Salford is wanted on recall to prison. Paul Halliwell 43, is wanted on recall to prison after breaching the terms of his licence. Halliwell has links to the...

Beechfield go down fighting

A 4-1 away defeat by East Manchester failed to do justice to a first-class display by Beechfield United. Team changes had to be made by United prior to this FBT...

Ordsall soldier to be remembered at Regent Square War Memorial

Salford soldier Joseph Fowler who was killed under enemy bombardment early one March morning during the First World War in 1916 is to be remembered at a ceremony this...