Tag: Assault, Swinton
Appeal after vulnerable man found with broken nose in Moorside Park
Officers are appealing for information after a man was found injured in a Swinton park. Shortly before 7pm on Sunday 2nd October 2016 the man, who is in his 40s, went...
Biker in 60s hurt in Swinton crash that causes standstill
A motorbike rider in his early 60s was taken to hospital this morning after a rush-hour crash in Swinton. Ambulance crews happened to be passing when the call came...
100 years ago: Bravest Swinton teen, 17, saves CO under fire for Distinguished Conduct Medal
Tales of First World War bravery in the face of the terrible fury of enemy fire never fail to fascinate and this story from the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from...
VIDEO/PICS: Heatwave turns to Salford lightning storm
Sweltering temperatures progressed to a serious storm over Salford on Tuesday evening as the skies went black, before crashing thunder, pelting rain and lightning. Mike...
Kayden, 14, goes snooker loopy to hit 147 maximum
Teenage snooker star Kayden Brierley from Swinton has stunned his coaches by potting a maximum 147 break this week. Moorside High School pupil Kayden, 14, has regularly...
100 years ago: Revenge on German sniper who killed ‘splendid’ Swinton soldier
As the First World War continued to drag on through August 1916 the newspapers were becoming saturated with news of the deaths of local young men in France and Belgium....
100 years ago: ‘House of horrors’ in Pendlebury sees parents jailed for child neglect
Child neglect is incomprehensible in any era, but as this harrowing story from the pages of the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from August 1916 sadly shows, it was not...
Brazen thief steals pickup truck halfway through car wash
A young couple from Swinton were in for an unpleasant shock on Saturday 30 July when they paid £50 at a car wash for a full valet but returned to find their vehicle had...
Woman killed in East Lancs bus crash named as Maureen Bradshaw, 76
A woman tragically killed on the A580 East Lancs Road in collision with a bus has been named as 76-year-old Maureen Bradshaw. Maureen, from Swinton, was crossing the...
KFC Swinton: Back to drawing board on new £2m, 50-job branch
Fast food chain KFC has submitted another set of plans to Salford council for a proposed new drive-thru restaurant in Swinton. The restaurant giant first put forward the...
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