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M60 to stay closed at Swinton J15 throughout Wednesday after chemical spill

The M60 is to remain closed into Wednesday afternoon at the Swinton Interchange after a tanker carrying toxic chemicals shed its load. The lorry, which was hauling 28...

Salford Coronation Street creator Tony Warren bags lifetime award

Salford actor Tony Warren, the noted creator of Coronation Street, the longest-running soap in British history, is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at...

Man calls 999 to fetch ‘crash-landed’ toy helicopter from ASDA Pendlebury

Emergency crews in Salford are warning over using 999 for non-emergency calls after a man called fire crews asking them to collect his toy helicopter from a supermarket...

Update: 18 arrests in Salford drug raids as heroin and crack cocaine seized

Police have announced 18 arrests and the seizure of large quantities of cocaine, heroin and crack cocaine in Salford drug raids this morning. 200 officers helped execute...

Council approve 20,000-tonne Pendlebury recycling plant

Salford City Council have approved plans to expand a recycling plant on an industrial estate in Pendlebury, Swinton. Fresh Start Waste Ltd applied for consent for a...

Swinton man, 37, charged after indecent exposure on girl, 16

A man has been charged after a teenage girl was flashed in Swinton. In the early hours of this morning, Thursday 24 September, police received reports that a man had...

Biker suffers back and leg injuries in Pendlebury crash

A motorbike rider was hurt on Saturday 19 September after crashing with a car on Bolton Road. Police closed the A666 near Pendlebury McDonalds at around 6.25pm after the...

Three attacked with hammers as men burst into Salford house party

Two offenders burst into a house on Manchester Road in Clifton, Salford, and violently assaulted three young men with hammers. At around 9.55am on Saturday 18 July...

Have-a-go hero pensioners ‘bravest in Salford’ for foiling knife-wielding shop robber

A pair of pensioners have been hailed as the bravest in Salford for stopping a terrifying armed robbery at a convenience store. Pals Ron Smith, 77, and Robert Anderson,...

Jailed: Thieves posing as charity workers who robbed elderly Salford blind man

A pair of heartless thieves who tricked elderly people out of cash including a blind Salford grandfather have been jailed. SalfordOnline.com reported in December last...