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Firearms police arrest boy, 14, in Eccles

A young teenager was arrested on suspicion of a firearms offence in Eccles. Four armed response units, a dog unit and unmarked CID were called to Barton Lane, near...

Eccles Metrolink line stopped after tram collides with car at Exchange Quay

Services on the Eccles Metrolink line have been temporarily suspended after a tram collided with a car in Ordsall. The accident happened at around 5pm on Tuesday 16...

Love Salford history? Join new club tonight for fascinating insights

Are you interested in local Salford history, heritage and the wonders to be found beneath our feet? Then why not join the newly formed Salford Archaeology & Local...

50 years ago in Eccles: Unhappy birthday for calamity-prone family

First birthday parties are usually a source of happy memories, but 50 years ago today a catalogue of disasters hit the Tunnicliffe family as they gathered to celebrate...

City West get green light for five-storey apartment block with restaurant in Eccles

Housing association City West have won planning permission for a new five-storey block of flats in Eccles. Linked to the 12-storey College Croft tower block by a...

50 years ago in Salford: Harrowing war sketches on show at Monks Hall Museum

Carrying on with our stories from the pages of the Eccles and Patricroft Journal, we came across this rather sad story of an exhibition that was held at the now empty...

Eccles traffic at standstill: Gridlock again towards M60

Traffic is bumper to bumper on Liverpol Road heading out of Eccles towards Peel Green and the M60 roundabout at Junction 11. There are not thought to have been any...

Heartwarming scenes as Eccles sees red for British Heart Foundation

Eccles turned a redder shade of, er, red today to help celebrate Wear Red Day to support the fabulous work of the British Heart Foundation. Kind-hearted Helen Cunliffe,...

50 years on: Rescued man’s plea to find David Jordan, who saved his life in Eccles baths

SalfordOnline.com published a story last month telling how in 1965 four-year-old Dave Greene was rescued from the waters of Eccles Baths on Cromwell Road by 14-year-old...

Pictures: End of the line for Eccles Drill Hall as demolition starts

Demolition work has begun on a former army drill hall in Eccles to make way for eight houses. Plans to replace the dilapidated and derelict buidling with two new rows of...