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Pictured: Apache attack helicopter training at City Airport Barton
Aircraft spotters were shocked and delighted yesterday when a rare Apache attack helicopter swooped over Salford’s City Airport at Barton. Bosses at the airport...
100 years ago: It all kicks off at Salford Docks with ‘maniac’ lover Annie Maguire
Turning to the pages of the Salford City Reporter from June 1916, this court case leaps out for the fact that the course of true love never does run smooth, especially...
EU In or Out? Salford ‘right to be angry’ over Europe, says Rebecca Long-Bailey MP
SalfordOnline.com has invited all three local MPs to write their own pieces on whether the country should Vote Leave or Vote Remain in the 23 June EU Referendum. Rebecca...
Piotr Olejarczyk charged with Salford murder after 20-year-old stabbed to death
A man has been charged with the murder of a 20-year-old man in Salford after the victim was stabbed to death in a brutal broad daylight attack on Friday. Police were...
Government cuts failing children with life-limiting illness, says MP
Care and support services for children with terminal illnesses are woefully under-funded thanks to cuts made by the government, says Barbara Keeley MP. Ms Keeley has...
Watch: Lightning strikes Salford with thunder ‘so loud it sounds like explosion’
A brief lightning storm over Salford and Manchester caught locals off guard tonight with epic thunderclaps that sounded like they shook houses to their foundations....
100 years ago: Canadian chancer jailed for ‘posing as Royal Navy Captain to pull women’
The pages of the Salford City Reporter of June 1916 told this amusing tale: a Canadian sailor charged with illegally wearing a Royal Navy uniform with the hope that...
100 years ago: Salford remembers WW1 naval catastrophe at The Battle of Jutland
Today marks the centenary of the largest and most decisive naval battle of the First World War: The Battle of Jutland. Commanded by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, the...
First Manchester bus strike – 700 drivers walk out as services cancelled
A one-day withdrawal of labour by over 700 First Manchester bus drivers on Tuesday 24 May brings services across Salford and Manchester to a grinding halt. Roads and...
Salford family? Need help paying for kids’ school uniforms?
Children’s charity Wood Street Mission has opened referrals to its £1 million project to kit out children for school. Families living on a low income can apply to the...
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