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Salford City College Staff to Run Salford 10k for St Ann’s Hospice

A team of curriculum and support staff from Salford City College will be running the Decathlon City of Salford 10k on Sunday 6th September to raise money for St Ann’s...

Walkden fire: Probe launched as large blaze breaks out in row of terraced shops

Firefighters tackled a large and spreading fire at a row of terraced shops in Walkden town centre. It’s understood the fire started in the roof space of PC...

Moped rider hurt in smash outside Salford fire station

A moped rider has been taken to hospital with back injuries after coming off his bike in Salford. At 3.25pm today, Tuesday 1 September, a member of the public spotted...

Weaste pub in used needles party row

A pub in Weaste, Salford, has come under fire after used needles were found by a family celebrating a private party. Stacy Prescott, 35, from Salford thought it would be...

£1.9m housing upgrades underway in Salford

Contractors for Salix Homes have started nearly £2 million-worth of housing improvements to over 250 homes in Salford. The housing association promised a two-year, £22...

Budding superhero, 4, distraught by theft of Batman bike

A four-year-old boy who believes he has superpowers when he rides his Batman bicycle has been left upset after it was stolen from outside his nan’s house. Luca...

Police arrest escaped prisoner in Manchester

A man who escaped from prison in Buckinghamshire last week has been found holed up in a house in Manchester, police report this afternoon. A nationwide manhunt was...

Council set to CPO Langworthy for 100 ‘affordable homes’

Salford City Council has set out a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) on vacant land in Langworthy so developers can build up to 100 new affordable homes. The two areas,...

Monton club bowls in the cash for St Ann’s

Kind-hearted crown green bowlers from the Boddan Lodge Club in Monton, Eccles, donated another tranche of funding to St Ann’s Hospice from their bowling...

Salford company boss loses 8 stone to run for Samaritans

A company director and former Samaritans volunteer is pounding the pavements ready for next month’s Morrisons Great North Run to raise vital funds for the charity....