Tag: Electricity North West, power cut, powercut, Swinton, Wardley
575 homes hit by Swinton power cut
Over 500 homes and businesses have been affected by power cuts in Swinton this evening. Engineers were called out to four sectors in the Wardley area at 4.40pm today....
100 years ago in Salford: Outrage in court as Swinton child hospitalised in school thrashing
Corporal punishment was outlawed in the UK in 1987, with generations of schoolchildren having to face beatings from teachers in loco parentis. One court case from 100...
A580 East Lancs Rd to close this weekend for Guided Busway work
The A580 East Lancs Road will be closed overnight this weekend as Urban Vision carry out more work for the Leigh Guided Busway. The road is due to shut between the...
Revenge porn: Swinton man, 44, jailed after posting ‘humiliating’ explicit pic of ex on Facebook
A man from Swinton is the first in Greater Manchester to be jailed under new revenge porn laws after posting a sexually explicit image of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook....
100 years ago in Salford: August thunderstorms in Swinton see cow killed in lightning strike
A torrential thunderstorm in Swinton in August 1915 caused damage and distress to residents in Swinton and Clifton, and even caused the fatality of a farm animal. On the...
Watch: Overturned van on M62 near Eccles causes traffic chaos
Two lanes were closed with queuing traffic on the M62 near Junction 12 at Eccles after a van overturned this afternoon. Police were called at 2.35pm today, Thursday 13...
Young Swinton dance stars sell-out help give severely ill kids a holiday
Teachers and pupils from Mariykas Dance Studios on Rutland Street in Swinton performed to sell-out crowds at the Robert Powell Theatre at Salford University in a bid to...
New building adds 30 school places at Higher Broughton primary school to cope with ‘baby boom’ pupil demand
Two new classrooms will be built at Brentnall Community Primary School on Northumberland Street in Higher Broughton to house an influx of new pupils. The school’s...
Outrage as Swinton burglars steal disabled girl’s mobility car, food from fridge and wee in toddler’s potty
Cruel thieves have broken into a house in Pendlebury, Swinton, stealing a car used to get a disabled 11-year-old girl to school, pinching food from a fridge and weeing...
Folly Lane in Swinton closed as police chase dangerous driver
Folly Lane in Swinton has been temporarily closed by police as they chase a dangerous driver. Police were called to the scene near Dales Brow at 4.05pm today, Friday 7...
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