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Traders and residents vote Eccles Day a huge success
Hundreds of people flocked to the town centre to see the newly refurbished Eccles market and enjoy the farmers market, craft market and family entertainment as the town celebrated everything good about Eccles.The idea came from the newly formed Eccles Town Team which brings together local businesses, community organisations and Salford City Council to revitalise the town centre. “Traders told us they had had their busiest day in years and it was wonderful to see the town centre full of...
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Rugby player in hospital after breaking...
A rugby player was taken to hospital today after suffering a badly-broken ankle in a match at Eccles Rugby League club.
Salford Angels - the city's 'new...
By Tom Rodgers and Emma Cocker Women of all ages are welcomed to join the Salford Angels, as they attempt to bring some fresh f...
UPDATED: Man and woman detained after...
By Tom Rodgers A man was detained at Salford Royal Hospital after walking onto a ward and threatening a nurse with a gun.
LATEST: Man and woman detained after...
By Tom Rodgers A man was detained at Salford Royal Hospital after threatening a nurse with a gun.
Video: Salford funday shows city's best...
By Tom Rodgers A community funday aimed at getting local people online showed Salford in its best light this week.
Video: Emma Cocker - Work Experience...
University of Chester journalism student Emma Cocker tells us all about her three-week placement writing news and features at Salf...
Jailed: CRASBO man who threatened to...
By Tom Rodgers Peter Tanswell, who was jailed last summer for threatening a nurse with a knife at Salford Royal hospital, is ba...
Vote for £500k to help Salford...
By Emma Cocker Popular charity Age UK is through to a public vote for an award which will open up a new online world for thousa...
Volunteers tidy up Salford
Hundreds of volunteers took to the streets earlier this month to tackle litter hot spots as part of a ‘Big Pledge’ to make a diffe...
Join the new Whit Walks in...
Churches in Eccles will join together on Sunday 2 June 2013 for their annual open air service to replace the famous Whit Walks.
Gov't cuts 'failing school sport', says...
Barbara Keeley has slammed the Government for failing Salford young people with their school sport funding policies.
Candidates announced for Weaste and Seedley...
The runners and riders have been confirmed for the upcoming Weaste and Seedley by-election.
£5k target for 11-year-old Salford fundraiser...
By Emma Cocker Ethan Evans is still two years away from his teens but is continuing his mammoth efforts in fundraising in Salfo...
Jobs boost as Chat Moss handed...
By Tom Rodgers Wildlife will be given added protection after a vast area of Greater Manchester, including Chat Moss in Irlam, w...
Eccles Mosque condemns 'disgusting' London terror...
Salford's Islamic leader has condemned the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich as "hateful and disgusting".
Salford urban farm plan for Manchester...
In July 2013, Salford’s The Biospheric Project throws open its doors and invites the wider world to become part of its groundbreak...
Pants dance for Salford cancer charity...
Dance artist Mousse T will join children's writer Emi Howe in an innovative fundraiser for a Salford cancer charity.
Fire on Weaste Lane
By Tom Rodgers Picture by Chriss Beckett and Alan Valentine Two crews from Salford attended a fire on Weaste Lane shortly afte...
450 meet to hear Peel housing...
By Emma Cocker Over 450 people packed into St Mark's Church in Worsley to discuss plans submitted by Peel Holdings to build hun...
Ordsall Hall wins VisitEngland award
Ordsall Hall has won a Bronze Award in the Small Visitor Attraction category at the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence...
Life outside the walls: Salford ex-offenders...
By Emma Cocker A Salford group of ex-offenders are trying to help prisoners in Manchester by sharing their experiences in a han...
Salford scrapyard raided in police crackdown
Twenty people have been arrested following the latest phase of an operation to tackle the sale of stolen metal in Greater Manchest...
Salford to trial evening council meetings
By Emma Cocker Salford City Council's first evening meeting will go ahead on Thursday 23 May, in a bid to get more members of t...
BT bring in the bins to...
BT staff in Salford are cleaning out their closets to raise funds for the North West Air Ambulance Charity.
New waste service set to start...
A new recycling and waste collection service starts across the city from Tuesday 28 May to get an extra 60,000 households recyclin...
Off-peak promise for A57 roadworks
By Tom Rodgers City Mayor Ian Stewart has promised off-peak roadworks for the heavily-congested A57 Liverpool Road.
Call for ideas on £100k Buile...
Salford City Council is asking young people to decide what play equipment they would like to be installed in Buile Hill Park.
Two arrested after Clifton disturbance
Residents saw police close Whitehead Road in Clifton after a suspected fight on Sunday 19 May 2013.
60pc of UK species in decline,...
UK nature is in trouble – that is the conclusion of a groundbreaking report published today by conservation bodies.
Salford homeless shelter to reopen after...
By Emma Cocker A member of the public moved by media coverage of the plight of the Narrowgate homeless shelter has donated a la...
Elderly couple hurt in serious Salford...
By Tom Rodgers Pictures by Michelle Keating An elderly man and woman have been injured after a truck hit their Ford Focus in S...
Video: Eccles Day needs work but...
By Tom Rodgers The first ever Eccles Day kicked off on Saturday 18 May to bring a little light to an unpromising wet weekend.
Man stabbed in Lower Broughton, Salford
Police closed Lower Broughton Road early this morning after receiving reports that a man had been stabbed.
Salford community leader gets national nod
By Emma Cocker A community volunteer in Salford has been nominated for a National Diversity Award, just another celebration of ...
Adult Learners Week launched in Salford
Residents of Affinity Sutton in Salford will be able to find out ways of getting a job or training as part of Adult Learners’ Week...
Video: Meeting today on Eccles estate...
City West are holding meetings at Barton Village Community Centre today to answer questions on a new 'community hub'.
HMRC email 'phishing' scam warning
HMRC are warning tax credit claimants that 'phishing', or scam emails, are rife in the North West.
Release poor from 'prison' of welfare,...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus championed his concept of social business as a way to release deprived people from the ‘pr...
Salford couple back gay marriage as...
By Tom Rodgers and Emma Cocker As the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill returns to the House of Commons today, one Salford coupl...
Free 'life coaching' for Salford people...
By Emma Cocker A health centre opening today in Salford is looking for 'life coaches' to turn around the lives of local people.
Help available for Salford cold and...
Help is on hand for residents in Salford who have a cold-related illness and need help with heating and insulation.
Petition to save Salford emergency shelter
By Emma Cocker A petition has been started to aid a Salford emergency night shelter after government cuts forced it to close it...
Video: Major Tim Peake gets ready...
By Tom Rodgers It's confirmed: former helicopter pilot Major Tim Peake will be the first Briton ever to fly to space in 2015.
£1.1m to revamp Whit Lane...
A Salford housing estate once earmarked for demolition is now at the centre of a major regeneration project.
Car ditched in Eccles following armed...
Police are investigating after a car used in an armed robbery was found abandoned on Victoria Crescent, Eccles.
Man arrested on suspicion of Weaste...
By Tom Rodgers Police are investigating after a woman was raped in Dolby Park in Weaste.
MP grilled at Salford college
Students quizzed local MP Hazel Blears on a range of issues when she took part in a press conference at Salford City College’s Pen...
Serious accident on M60 at Barton
Picture by Louise Woodward-Styles Two lanes have been closed after a serious accident on the clockwise carriageway of the M60 B...
Jailed for life: Man who knifed...
A man who stabbed his friend to death in Salford has been jailed for life.
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