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The Christmas Festival at Swinton Square

The Christmas festival will run today, Saturday 28 November and comprises of six weeks of first-class fun that will be launched with Swinton’s very own Frozen show...

This Sunday: Salford’s quickest women to road race for 25th time

If you see a pack of female runners racing along the road in Swinton this weekend, cheer them on as you’ll be watching the 25th anniversary of the City of Salford...

100 years ago: Dogfights in the skies as Swinton Corporal recounts WW1 air battles

The Eccles Journal of November 1915 published a letter from a Swinton despatch rider on the French battlefronts who told of the incredible aerial battles in the skies...

Need a lift? Pic of five stuck Swinton coppers goes viral

Five police officers had to be rescued by fire crews at Swinton police station today after getting stuck in a lift. GMP Salford West cheekily posted on Facebook:...

KFC announce plans for £2m Swinton drive-thru with 50 jobs

Fast food retailer KFC has announced plans to build a new drive-thru restaurant on vacant land in Swinton. Costing in the region of £2 million, the build at the...

Gallery: Salford sunset turns to fire in the sky

SalfordOnline.com readers have sent in this series of beautiful pictures of tonight’s sunset with amazing colours turning from yellow, to orange, to pink and...

Polyglot George, 22, hits 100 hospice volunteer hours in memory of Roe Green nan

Swinton student George Whitehead can already speak six languages at the age of 22. He is also fluent at interpreting what it means to care for patients at St Ann’s...

100 years in jail for arsonists as crews await Bonfire Night spike

‘Arson hunters’  – including a crime-sniffing dog – at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service have be hailed for helping to secure over 100...

Swinton Halloween House smashes target to raise over £5k for charity

Thousands of pounds has been raised for charity by a Swinton couple who kitted out their home with gruesome monsters for Halloween. Watch: Spooky shocks on show inside...

Watch: Shock CCTV shows Swinton burglars on the prowl

Shocking CCTV footage captures the moment three hooded men try to break into a Swinton home in the middle of the night while the owners are asleep upstairs. The two...