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Plans in for 133 flats on Trafford Road in Salford

Sheffield-based Coda Planning have put in a bid to Salford City Council for three stepped tower blocks comprising 133 flats on Trafford Road on the border of Ordsall and...

50 years ago in Salford: Boy, 10, rolls unexploded anti-aircraft shell into Eccles police station

Police stations across the country must have seen some strange objects handed over their counters but officers at Green Lane in Eccles in August 1965 got the shock of...

Scooter rider hospitalised in Lower Broughton smash

Police closed Camp Street in Lower Broughton last night after a crash between a car and a scooter. At around 5pm on Monday 17 August paramedics and police were called to...

Salford bakery flytipper fined and told to change his ways

A man was sent to throw piles of rubbish onto wasteland in Salford on his first day in a new job, but was caught on CCTV. In a six-minute dumping session Hoshmand Latif...

Osborne’s new tax relief rules ‘could turn off tap for tech biz funding’

Accountants Baker Tilly are warning that new rules introduced in this year’s Finance Bill could jeopardise the growth plans for tech businesses in the North West....

Salford Choral Society seeks new singers

Members from all over Greater Manchester will come together at St Philip’s Church, just off Chapel Street A6, on Wednesday the 2 of September to start rehearsals...

Failed ATM gas attack on Barclays Cadishead bank

Robbers tried to blow up an ATM in Cadishead, Salford, to steal cash. Police were called to the Liverpool Road branch of Barclays, near the junction with New Moss Road,...

100 years ago in Salford: Outrage in court as Swinton child hospitalised in school thrashing

Corporal punishment was outlawed in the UK in 1987, with generations of schoolchildren having to face beatings from teachers in loco parentis. One court case from 100...

Three Peaks Challenge: Five raise £4k climbing for St Ann’s Hospice

Five intrepid local climbers have managed to raise over £4,300 for St Ann’s Hospice by completing the daunting 3 Peaks Challenge. This trial is not for the...

Police appeal after 18-year-old shot in Manchester

Police are appealing for information after an 18-year-old was shot in the legs in Manchester yesterday. Shortly after 2am on Sunday 16 August 2015, police were called to...