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Europe’s vision helps transform new-look city centre Metrolink stop

A key city centre Metrolink stop has been completely transformed with the help of a major European grant. A new passenger lift opened at the Deansgate-Castlefield...

Police and UK Border Force airport operation tackles FGM

Several hundred families were spoken to and more than one hundred flights were monitored as part of a week-long campaign to raise awareness about female genital...

Wanted: Absconded prisoner, Thomas Quinn

Merseyside Police is appealing for information after a 30-year-old man escaped from lawful custody in Fazakerley today (Thursday, 17 September). At about 12.25am a...

PAYE – Key facts, figures, dates and rates

HMRC can help you Working out how much to pay your employee is one of the most important tasks as an employer. But payroll doesn’t end there. That’s why HMRC has a...

‘Explosion’ at St Paul’s Church: Man throws ‘paint bomb’ into wedding

Police are investigating after a man apparently tried to throw a ‘paint bomb’ into a crowded wedding party at St Paul’s Church in Salford. It’s...

Manchester United fan banned for three years for smuggling smoke bomb into match

A Manchester United fan has been banned from all UK matches until 2018 after he was caught trying to take a flare into a Premier League match. 27-year-old James Finnegan...

£150k health and safety fears put Irlam skate park out of action

A popular BMX and skateboarding park in Irlam will have to be dismantled and replaced due to health and safety fears. Opened at Princes Park in July 2005, the skate park...

Top 5 things to do in Salford this weekend

Bored and twiddling your thumbs? Take a look at our top five things to do with the family in Salford this weekend. All are free and child-friendly. To add your event to...

Man caught in dark web ricin sting jailed for 8 years

A Liverpool man who tried to buy a deadly toxin from an undercover FBI agent has been jailed for eight years. In Feburary Breaking Bad fan Mohammed Ammer Ali, 31, was...

Consultation launched on Salford’s 2000-home, £575m Middlewood Locks

Developers looking at building thousands of homes on the vacant Middlewood Locks in Salford near Manchester city centre are to hold drop-in sessions for the public to...