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Dash for cash in Eccles as ATM gives out free £10 notes

It’s every bank account holder’s secret dream: that an ATM will suddenly start giving out free cash. It actually happened in Eccles on Sunday 6 March. From...

Two-car smash on M602 causing long delays

Police closed two lanes of the outbound M602 motorway this afternoon after a two-car crash. Officers were called to the M602 at Eccles at 3.20pm between Junction 2 for...

100 years ago in Eccles: Davis Street ‘gang’, 11 and 13, flogged for stealing

Juvenile offenders are not a new phenomenon by any stretch of the imagination. But this court case from the Eccles and Patricroft Journal of March 1916 shows the...

Old-fashioned sweet shop opens in Eccles

Fans of old-fashioned sweets such as aniseed balls, gobstoppers and dolly mixtures are in for a treat with the news that a new sweet shop has opened in Eccles Precinct...

Watch: Terrified woman fights off ‘mistaken identity’ stalker on Half Edge Lane in Eccles

Detectives have released CCTV footage and an e-fit of a man who tried to attack a woman in the street in Ellemere Park, Eccles. The man appears to be wearing...

Watch: Teen lifesaver reunited 50 years on with boy he saved in Eccles

SalfordOnline.com have reunited two men whose lives came together in an extraordinary fashion 50 years ago. David Jordan, now 64, saved Dave Greene’s life back in...

Man suffers seizure walking down street in Ellesmere Park

Ambulances rushed a man to hospital in Ellesmere Park, Eccles, last night after he suffered a medical episode while walking down the street. SalfordOnline readers...

Sainsbury’s in Eccles hit by axe-wielding thieves

Armed raiders hit a Sainsbury’s Local store on Gilda Brook Road in Eccles. Two men in black balaclavas walked in through the front door of the former White Horse...

City West to double garage rent charge in April

Customers renting garages with City West have been left shocked after being told that their rent is to double as of Monday 4 April. Letters sent out last weekend...

City West plan for (another) Eccles apartment block near Royal Oak

City West have submitted outline planning application to build a new three-storey, 27-apartment block on a vacant former car park in Eccles town centre. The plot is at...