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Salford bank and bookies armed robber: ‘One-man crime wave’ steals just £800

Police are still hunting for a man who hit four banks and bookmakers in Salford and Warrington in under three hours. But it’s been revealed the armed robber...

Police hunt armed robber who hit banks and bookies in Eccles, Walkden, Cadishead and Warrington in three hours

Police are after a one-man crime wave after four banks and bookmakers were held up at gunpoint in a matter of hours in Salford and Warrington. Detectives moved to...

Queen’s Arms scoops CAMRA Traditional Pub of the Year 2016

It’s cheers all round at The Queen’s Arms pub as CAMRA have awarded it the prestigious Neil Richardson Traditional Pub of the Year award for the second time...

Warning over schoolgirl ‘being followed’ in Eccles

SalfordOnline.com were contacted by one of our readers today to tell us of a suspicious male that she noticed on Monday evening around 5.30pm on Liverpool Road,...

New Year’s Honours: OBE for Morson’s Ged Mason

Local businessman Ged Mason is celebrating an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours. The Chief Executive of Salford technical recruitment firm Morson Group,...

Mountain bike stolen from Eccles Youth Centre

Local police are searching for a mountain bike which was stolen from a youth centre in Eccles. The black GT Avalanche P75 comes with green and blue trim on the frame. It...

50 years ago: Closure of Eccles and Patricroft Hospital

The Eccles and Patricroft Journal for December 1965 told the story of how the Borough was to lose the Accident and Emergency Units at Eccles and Patricroft Hospital on...

Man with knife terrorizes Eccles arcade workers in robbery

A masked man held up an amusement arcade in Eccles armed with a knife. At around 4.45pm on Friday 11 December the man walked into Reel Time Amusements on Church Street...

Eccles warehouse demolition for 11 flats passes planning

Council planners have voted to approve the demolition of warehouses in Eccles for a new four-storey apartment block. Vacant buildings at Delta Works on Chadwick Road...

Exclusive: Smyths Toys Superstores to open 14,000sq ft store at West One Retail Park Eccles

Smyths Toys Superstores are to open their ninth North West store in Eccles, SalfordOnline.com can reveal. Sadly – or happily, depending on your disposable income...