Tag: delays, eccles, metrolink, trams
Buses for Eccles line as Metrolink points failure causes chaos
A Metrolink points failure at Cornbrook is causing havoc for tram passengers across the network on Thursday afternoon. The operator says as of 2.30pm, shuttle buses are...
Multiple accidents play havoc with Monday morning rush hour
Drivers were left with severe delays across Salford on Monday morning after multiple road accidents on major routes. An early accident on the M62 westbound heading out...
‘Dirty, unsafe’ Eccles care home put into special measures
A residential care home in Eccles has been placed into special measures by health inspectors after “widespread failings” in its service. The Care Quality...
Emergency crews simulate two planes ‘colliding’ at City Airport Barton
Emergency crews simulated the after effects of a huge plane crash in Salford yesterday. Police, firefighters, airport crews and paramedics mocked up a scenario with mass...
Picture of the Day: Eccles bathed in beautiful sunset
Reader Zoe Norris sent in these pictures of a stunning sunset in Eccles. Zoe, whose pictures of Ellesmere Park won her Highly Commended status in...
Missing Alan Shone: Volunteer search party plead for help this weekend
A group of volunteers are to scour the local area in Irlam where a 61-year-old dementia sufferer vanished last month. Good Samaritans from across the community will meet...
50 years ago: Teenage kicks for Eccles schoolboy with ‘purple heart’ pills in bus stop sting
As the so-called ‘Swinging Sixties’ got underway in Salford, youths enjoyed more freedom than ever before. Excitement grew over new music, new clothing, the...
Woman hurt in Eccles taxi van smash still in critical condition
A woman hurt when a taxi and van collided in Eccles on Friday remains in a critical condition. The woman, in her 50s, suffered multiple injuries when the shunt saw her...
VIDEO/PICS: Heatwave turns to Salford lightning storm
Sweltering temperatures progressed to a serious storm over Salford on Tuesday evening as the skies went black, before crashing thunder, pelting rain and lightning. Mike...
Watch: Video of Salford MP on ‘tax-dodgers’ Finance Bill gets 100,000 hits
In a video clip from the House of Commons posted online by a Labour colleague Salford and Eccles MP Rebecca Long-Bailey outlines serious concerns over the 2016 Finance...
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