A Salford community was left “shocked and saddened” after donations were stolen from an Easter event at a church. The incident, which happened at Monton Unitarian Church last Thursday (April 17), saw money stolen from the donations box of a local performer who was putting on a free party for children. Lucy Wilkinson, known professionally […]
A total of 19 serious patient safety incidents occurred in Greater Manchester hospitals over an eight-month period last year, according to a new report. A recently published NHS report has revealed that the ‘never events’ occurred at a total of six Greater Manchester hospital trusts – with the North West seeing the highest number in […]
Salford residents say they feel “helpless” as an abandoned church has been treated as a dumping ground for the past three years. Bursting bin bags, broken furniture, and abandoned construction waste cover the field at St Boniface Church, leaving residents ‘batting away flies’ and ‘not wanting to look out of their front windows’. Locals say […]
Trafford residents have called the 7.49% increase in council tax “appalling” as they “are struggling to pay all the bills”. Trafford is one of six councils across England that have been given permission by the Government to increase council tax by 2.5% above the referendum level, which will result in an average of a £10 […]
Manchester Metropolitan University students and staff say they have been ‘caught off guard’ by plans to demolish an ‘iconic’ accommodation block. The university has submitted plans to demolish its “iconic” Cambridge Halls accommodation blocks on its All Saints Campus, with students and staff claiming they were unaware of the proposed changes. The plans involve replacing […]
Hoteliers across Greater Manchester have been trained to spot the signs of child exploitation as part of a new police initiative. Plain clothes officers and volunteers, posing as suspects and underage victims respectively, attempted to book hotel rooms to test the success of the Operation Makesafe initiative following safeguarding training provided by GMP. Most hoteliers […]
A centuries-old tradition which awakens the fruit trees and scares away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest, has taken place in Salford this week. On Sunday, (January 19) Salford residents gathered at Ordsall Hall to celebrate the old folk custom -wassailing – with modern twists. Attendees were welcomed by the Queen of Orchard in […]