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Top 5 things to do in Salford this weekend – Week 11

Hopefully Spring is in the air and the weather is getting a tad better, so here is our top five suggestions for things to in Salford this weekend. As always, if...

Labour MP slams Budget for putting public services at risk

Labour MP slams Budget for putting public services at risk Barbara Keeley, MP for Worsley and Eccles South, has criticised the Chancellor’s Budget for putting...

Teens befriend Salford silver surfers to teach ‘the art of the selfie’

By Joe SaldadoTech-savvy schoolchildren have been teaching Salford’s senior citizens the art of the selfie in a new project to tackle isolation. The Tea and Tech...

Solar Eclipse 2015: Readers Pics

The cloud have have covered the first partial solar eclipse since 1999 but readers have been busy snapping pictures for posterity. Our main image is taken by Nigel...

Armed police swarm Silk Street after van torched

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‘Organised crime gang’ behind £8k Irlam van heist

Police believe two men who robbed a delivery van full of cigarettes in Irlam may be tied to organised crime. A driver was attacked as he dropped off stock at Sanket...

Review: Gary Delaney, Purist – The Lowry, Salford

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Orega to open 24,000sq ft Salford offices in May

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M60 rush-hour smash causing congestion

A smash beetween a lorry and a car on the M60 this morning has caused delays for commuters. The accident happened at around 7.35am this morning, Thursday 19 March....

4* Review: The Very Worst of The Tiger Lillies – The Lowry, Salford

By Dane Yates SalfordOnline.com Rating: 4 out of 5 It’s not very often the words avant-garde, punk, freakshow and cabaret are used in the same sentence, even less so...