Image credit: David Shankbone / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) Former newspaper editor Sir Harold Evans, who was born in Eccles, has […]
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Firearms incident leads to the arrest of three teenage boys
Specialist armed-officers deployed after a suspected firearms incident in Eccles. On Saturday 15 August at around 4 pm, a member […]
“It’s heartbreaking”- Veterans’ Garage launch fundraiser to repair collapsed roof
The Veterans’ Garage in Eccles has launched a fundraiser to help repair water and structural damage. The charity was set […]
Man beaten in seemingly unprovoked attack in Eccles
Police investigating a brutal, unprovoked attack on a man in Eccles have released CCTV footage relating to the incident. Police […]
Jet ski seen racing down Bridgewater Canal – police appeal for information
A jet ski has reportedly been racing down Salford’s Bridgewater Canal in a move which has caused outrage among local […]
The story of an Eccles music school built from nothing
Like a song you can’t get out of your head, Dawn and Dave Luvin’s dream of opening their own music […]
Eccles football club kids raise more than £1,000 for Salford Royal Hospital
Players from an Eccles football club have kick-started a Coronavirus fundraiser for Salford Royal staff by doing keepy uppies in […]
Young Salford boxing coach keeping people fit in isolation
A young man from Salford has been using the platform of Instagram to motivate people with home workouts during the […]
Eccles Youth Centre encouraging young people to get involved
A Salford community group is bidding to get more young people involved in a wide range of activities. The Eccles […]
“Mum just come home, we can fix this” Family appeal for return of Salford granny Nancy Smith
The heartbroken daughter of a missing Salford woman has made a desperate appeal for her return. Nancy Smith, described as […]
New In Salford
Salford-born Sir Harold Evans, legendary Sunday Times editor, dies aged 92
Exciting, scary, challenging – what Salford University’s new students feel about starting university life in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic
Back In Business: “It was scary” The Marble Beer Ltd’s Taproom on serving the public again
“Immense frustration” Salford leaders’ anger after Swinton train services cut by half
Islington Mill gets go ahead for £7m project to help “communities resist gentrification”
New In Sport
Football : Forest Green is just another game for Alexander and his Salford side
RUGBY LEAGUE: Hull FC 22 – 28 Salford Red Devils
“I can tell him stories, as he gets older” – Henderson brings the match ball home as clinical Salford put four past Grimsby
RUGBY UNION: Sale Sharks just one game away from securing first silverware in 14 years
RUGBY LEAGUE: “They all worked for each other” – Watson on Salford’s Challenge Cup quarter final triumph
New in Entertainment
Starring new role for The Lowry in Salford as arts venue signs deal to become temporary ‘Nightingale Court’
LOWRY: GM Artist Hub awarded £60,000 by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Reopening of Working Class Movement Library Reading Room
New Bailey and 0161 Community create NHS mural
Christopher Eccleston to reprise iconic Doctor Who role