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Marathon runner feels 'fortunate' after beating cancer for the fifth time

Marathon runner feels ‘fortunate’ after beating cancer for the fifth time

By Community, Education, Features, Health, News 0 comments

A lecturer from Salford University, who has beat cancer five times, is celebrating with a series of tough exercise challenges […]

Jane Gregory. The CEO of Salford Survivors Project.

“It’s not a job for us, it’s a passion” – Salford Survivors Project saves lives of domestic abuse victims

By Community, Features, News, Pendleton 1 comment

Salford Survivors Project, a charity that helps people struggling with domestic violence, helped over 2000 people in Salford in 2023. […]

Warren with his sister, Leona, and his brother,

“He makes a lot of people laugh” – Warren’s Story: A decade of fighting Möbius Syndrome

By Education, Features, Health, News 2 comments

It has been an extraordinary journey for Salford-born Warren Armstrong, who, almost a decade ago, captured our hearts with his […]

"It's the best night out of the week for me" - Eccles and District Darts league keeping pubs full on Monday nights

“It’s the best night out of the week for me” – Eccles and District Darts league keeping pubs full on Monday nights

By Eccles, Features, Sport 5 comments

“It’s the best night out of the week for me, it’s the only night out of the week for me.” […]

Toby, aged 8, after finding the toy time capsule that has been floating around the British seas for almost 25 years. Image via. Molly Petter on Facebook.

Walkden man “shocked” after 25-year-old time capsule containing his phone number is found in West Sussex

By Community, Features, News, Walkden 0 comments

A message in a toy time capsule thrown out to sea has been traced back to Walkden nearly 25 years later. Paul […]

Fool Me Once cover via Netflix and Michelle Keegan via Maria, owner of The Confetti Box

Michelle Keegan wears wedding dress from Eccles shop in Netflix sensation Fool Me Once

By Chapel Street, Crime, Eccles, Eccles, Features, Lifestyle, Monton, News, Television, TV & Radio 0 comments

A wedding dress worn by Michelle Keegan in hit Netflix crime drama Fool Me Once was supplied by an Eccles […]

A horse bus of the Manchester Carriage Company, the company that John Greenwood created. Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester

How a “poor bloke” in Salford invented the UK’s first ever bus service

By Features, History, Lifestyle, Pendleton 1 comment

The first ever bus service was created in Salford by John Greenwood, a seemingly ordinary bloke who revolutionised transport services […]

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