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FRANK BARSON LEGEND OF MAN UNITED, ASTON VILLA, BARNSLEY AND ENGLAND

Star date: 30th November 2019

BIOG OF FOOTBALL'S HARDEST MAN

Author John Harding, who did the excellent biography of Shelagh Delaney amongst other books, has a new biog out covering the life story of Frank Barson, who played for Manchester United, Barnsley, Aston Villa and England back in the day.

The enticing title says it all, even if you've never heard of him...Taking No Prisoners: The Legend of Frank Barson Football's Hardest Man.

Full details here...

added 30 November 2019

SALFORD CHORAL SOCIETY CHRISTMAS MESSIAH AND CAROL CONCERT

Star date: 30th November 2019

SALFORD CHORAL AT RNCM AND PENDLETON CHURCH

Salford Choral Society is gearing up for the festive season with a performance of the Messiah at the Royal Northern College of Music on Saturday 14th December, and a Christmas Concert at St Thomas' Church, Pendleton, on Saturday 21st December.

Full details here...

added 30 November 2019

£1000 FOR SALFORD IDEAS TO MAKE DIFFERENCE IN COMMUNITY VIA NATIONAL LOTTERY

Star date: 30th November 2019

PEOPLE CAN APPLY TO £2MILLION NATIONAL LOTTERY FUND TO MAKE SALFORD BETTER

Anyone in Salford can apply for a £1,000 share of the National Lottery's £2million 25th Birthday pot to bring people together and make a difference in the community.

The fund is open to applicants until Friday 6th December and to celebrate community spirit, top animators Aardman have created a new film showing how 'small acts can make a big difference'...

Full details here...

added 30 November 2019

SALFORD RESIDENTS TO TAKE DIRECT ACTION AGAINST A666 BUS LANE

Star date: 29th November 2019

CONTROVERSIAL BUS LANE TO BE BLOCKED

Next Monday morning, 2nd December, residents living on the route of the controversial A666 bus lane near Agecroft Fire Station will be blocking off the intended area of the road...

"It will show that three lanes here will be too dangerous for pedestrians as well as cars being forced to drive much closer together" says Paul Brighouse of the Stop The A666 Bus Lane Madness Facebook group.

Full details here...

added 29 November 2019

UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD TO ANNOUNCE £48MILLION DEFICIT

Star date: 28th November 2019

VICE CHANCELLOR MOVES TO 'REASSURE' STAFF ON 'FEELING OF UNCERTAINTY'

The University of Salford is set to announce a £48million deficit when its accounts are published. The University's Vice Chancellor Helen Marshall has written to all staff to "reassure" them over a "feeling of uncertainty", insisting that "the underlying performance of the University remains very strong".

Meanwhile, the University told the Salford Star that "we have no plans for compulsory redundancies"...

Full details here...

added 28 November 2019

WILL SALFORD RESIDENTS GET CHANCE TO GRILL ELECTION CANDIDATES?

Star date: 27th November 2019

ONE SALFORD TELEVISED DEBATE, ONE POSSIBLE WINTON DEBATE

Will Salford residents get a chance to grill candidates standing in the General Election on 12th December? As far as the Salford Star is aware, there's nothing public happening in Worsley and Eccles South, nor Blackley and Broughton.

Tomorrow, Salford University students are livestreaming a debate that's happening behind closed doors for Salford and Eccles candidates, but Labour's Rebecca Long-Bailey won't be attending. There is also the possibility of a Winton debate on 4th December.

Full details here...

added 27 November 2019

SALFORD BINMEN PLAY SANTA AFTER 5,000 ITEMS DONATED FOR CHILDREN LAST YEAR

Star date: 26th November 2019

PRESENTS TO BE COLLECTED WITH REFUSE

Last year, Salford refuse collectors took it upon themselves to say 'Enough is enough' for underprivileged children in their city and residents responded by leaving five thousand children's presents out with the bins for collection.

This year, between 3rd and 6th December, the Christmas collection is happening again or presents can be dropped off at the Salford City UNISON office on Chorley Road.

Full details here...

added 26 November 2019

MANCHESTER FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CALL FOR ALL GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES TO REDUCE ILLEGAL POLLUTION LEVELS

Star date: 25th November 2019

GREATER MANCHESTER HAS SECOND HIGHEST ADMISSION RATES FOR COPD

On Wednesday it's World COPD Day, and Manchester Friends of the Earth is calling on all candidates seeking to be elected as Greater Manchester MPs to support urgent action to reduce the illegal levels of air pollution across Greater Manchester, which has the second highest admission rates for COPD in England.

Full details here...

added 25 November 2019

LIVING NEAR BUSY ROAD CAN INCREASE LUNG CANCER RISK BY TEN PER CENT NEW STUDY SHOWS

Star date: 25th November 2019

CUTTING AIR POLLUTION BY ONE FIFTH WOULD REDUCE LUNG CANCER CASES

Even if you don't smoke, living by a busy road can increase the risk of lung cancer by 10% and can stunt children's lung growth by up to 14%, a new report by King's College London concludes.

There's no data for Salford, but the report shows that cutting air pollution by one-fifth would reduce the number of lung cancer cases in Manchester by 5.6% and reduce the number of children with bronchitic symptoms by 85...Selina Brown, who grew up in Salford, cites four generations of her family living with poor lung health.

Full details here...

added 25 November 2019

TOP SALFORD ARTISTS SALE AT ECCLES COMMUNITY ART GALLERY

Star date: 24th November 2019

ROB LEVER AND JO CARLON EXHIBIT AFFORDABLE WORKS

Top Salford artists, Jo Carlon and Rob Lever, are exhibiting prints and original works in a new Christmas exhibition of art for sale at Eccles Community Art Gallery within Eccles Shopping Centre.

On display for the first time is the original painting of Rob Lever's Dirty Old Town, which has only been seen in print editions, and Jo Carlon's special series of affordable art featuring animals.

Full details here...

added 24 November 2019

POWER RANGERS IN ECCLES HAVE AIDED AUTISM ALL STARS

Star date: 24th November 2019

POWER RANGERS IN ECCLES SHOPPING CENTRE

The Power Rangers came to Eccles Shopping Centre yesterday raising £45.23 for Autism All Stars by posing for photos with shoppers.

More photos here...

added 24 November 2019

SALFORD POLICE SEARCHING FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

Star date: 24th November 2019

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG

Eccles Police are asking the community to donate new and unwrapped presents for their local Christmas Present Appeal, which will be gifted to children's homes and children in care, and elderly people living in sheltered accommodation. There's also a present wrapping evening at Eccles Police Station on Tuesday 10th December.

Full details here...

added 24 November 2019

PETERLOO DESCENDANTS FILM ENDS YEAR LONG COMMEMORATION

Star date: 23rd November 2019

200TH ANNIVERSARY OF PETERLOO CLOSES WITH DESCENDANTS OF THOSE WHO WERE THERE

Peterloo Descendants
Tuesday 26th November 5.30pm-7pm free
Number 70 (former Cornerhouse), Manchester

The year-long commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre ends this week with a film called Peterloo Descendants, connecting the past with the present, as six distant relatives of those who were there tell their stories.

Full details here...

added 23 November 2019

WALKDEN IN A WINTER WONDERLAND BEGINS 30TH NOVEMBER

Star date: 23rd November 2019

GREATEST SHOW COMES TO WALKDEN

Salford Christmas celebrations begin on Saturday 30th November with Walkden In A Winter Wonderland, featuring family entertainment, market stalls and a visit by Santa. The day also features two performances by The Greatest Show, plus live music, dance and theatre.

Full details here...

added 23 November 2019

POSTCARDS OF KINDNESS TACKLE LONELINESS IN SALFORD CARE HOME

Star date: 22nd November 2019

WORSLEY CARE HOME RESIDENTS AT CENTRE OF FACEBOOK CAMPAIGN

Residents at Alderwood Care Home in Worsley are receiving messages from all over the world, via a Facebook group Postcards of Kindness which aims to tackle loneliness by getting people to write postcards to the elderly.

"Every time a new postcard arrives the residents get excited about reading it and finding out where in the world it has come from" says Emma Willoughby, home manager at Alderwood Care Home.

Full details here...

added 22 November 2019

SALFORD CITY COLLEGE SET FOR FOUR MORE DAYS OF STRIKE ACTION

Star date: 21st November 2019

'NEGOTIATE NOW' SAY STAFF AS SALFORD COLLEGE MANAGEMENT STAY SILENT

After three days of strike action by National Education Union members at Salford City College this week, the union has announced a further four days of industrial action for December, as management still refuses to even meet them or negotiate.

"It's quite bizarre" says Mark Sullivan NEU rep at the College "We would rather be correcting essays than waving placards but sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in..."

Full details here...

added 21 November 2019

ROADWORKS LOOM FOR £22MILLION NEW SALFORD BUS AND CYCLE LANES AND PUBLIC REALM

Star date: 21st November 2019

TRAFFORD ROAD AND A666 BOLTON ROAD TO GET GO AHEAD

A total of £22million is about to be lavished on cycling and walking, and public transport facilities in Salford, with £2.5million for starters on new £39.6million bus lanes, pedestrian and cycling routes along the A666, Bolton Road, The Crescent, Broad Street and Belvedere Road; and £19.8million for the A5063 Trafford Road Corridor Project, with funding coming from various Greater Manchester pots and Salford Council.

There's a 'public engagement event' on the Trafford Road scheme today between 10am and 7pm at the Copthorne Hotel.

Full details here...

added 21 November 2019

SALFORD CITY COUNCIL TO FINALLY ‘REFRESH’ ITS DEVELOPER FRIENDLY PLANNING POLICY

Star date: 20th November 2019

SALFORD COUNCIL TO 'REFRESH' PLANNING POLICY

After years of pressure from the Salford Star, Salford Council's Cabinet is to meet next week to finally 'refresh' its planning policy known as the SPD, or Supplementary Planning Document.

The Star has estimated that tens of millions of pounds and well over one thousand affordable houses have been lost to the city due to current policy in which developers can avoid their obligations. The new 'refresh' includes changes in the 'values' of areas, the publishing of 'viability assessments' and a minimum of 20% affordable housing, although the city's green belt is not included, and there are get outs.

Full details here...

added 20 November 2019

BORIS JOHNSON BRANDED COWARD AS HE SNEAKS IN BACK DOOR OF SALFORD TV DEBATE

Star date: 19th November 2019

CORBYN "LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT" AS JOHNSON USES BACK ENTRANCE AT MEDIA CITY

Boris Johnson was branded a "coward" tonight as he refused to face up to demonstrators outside the main studio entrance at Media City, preferring to use a back entrance as his police cavalcade swept into Salford for the big General Election TV debate.

In contrast, Jeremy Corbyn had earlier met and talked to the gathered crowd, telling them "I'm loving every minute of it and I'm utterly, utterly, determined that we are going to win this election to make life better for those who have suffered so much because of austerity."

Full details here...

added 19 November 2019

SALFORD CITY COLLEGE TO BE HIT WITH MORE STRIKES IN DISPUTE WITH OBSTINATE MANAGEMENT

Star date: 19th November 2019

SALFORD COLLEGE MANAGEMENT CAUSE MORE STRIKES

This morning, members of the National Education Union (NEU) manned the picket lines at Salford City College yet again, as a further three days of strike action began this week in the ongoing dispute over management's refusal to implement a nationally agreed pay deal.

"The dispute is of their making not ours" explained NEU Salford Division Secretary, Judith Elderkin "We will be announcing further strike action to the management of the College shortly."

Full details here...

added 19 November 2019

NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT HUGE SALFORD COTTON QUAY DEVELOPMENT

Star date: 18th November 2019

OUTDOOR SWIMMING BATHS, 48 STOREY TOWER...BUT NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING

A massive proposal for the £360million development of Cotton Quay on Salford Quays has been deposited with Salford City Council for almost 1,500 apartments, hotels, car parks, play parks, two bridges and an outdoor swimming baths.

The developer, FREP3 (Salford) Ltd, is proposing no affordable housing, thanks to Salford Council's own shocking planning policy, and is trying to argue that it shouldn't pay anything towards public realm and open space as it "would far exceed that in terms of cost compared to that which would ordinarily be requested by the Council"...

Full details here...

added 18 November 2019

ALZHEIMER CHOIR CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT AT SALFORD CATHEDRAL

Star date: 17th November 2019

SINGING FOR THE BRAIN AND CHRISTMAS

Alzheimer's Society Carols at Christmas
Wednesday 4th December 7:30pm
Salford Cathedral £10/£5

On 4th December, the Carols at Christmas concert at Salford Cathedral will include music from the Alzheimer's Society Singing for the Brain groups from Greater Manchester and there will also be a chance for a singalong of the classic carols.

Full details here...

added 17 November 2019

THOMAS PAINE PROCESSION FROM SALFORD TO MANCHESTER WILL SEE DANCING SKELETON PUPPETS AND BANDS

Star date: 17th November 2019

BONES BICENTENARY BRINGS DANCING PUPPETS, LIGHTS, DANCE AND SONG

Bones of Paine Procession
Saturday 30th November 4pm-6pm
Begins at Salford Working Class Movement Library

To commemorate the bicentenary of radical writer Thomas Paine's bones coming to Salford in November 1819, the Working Class Movement Library has teamed up with Walk The Plank to hold a procession from the Library to the People's History Museum in Manchester that will be lively, to say the least!

Full details here...

added 17 November 2019

TANGLED DANCE AND WIZARDS AT ORDSALL HALL SALFORD

Star date: 17th November 2019

Frosted By Magic
Saturday 14th-Sunday 15th + 21st and 22nd December
Ordsall Hall £10/£8 various times

Tangled Dance Company is bringing Frosted by Magic to Ordsall Hall for four family-friendly performances in December in which dancers and musicians move from room to room trying to restore the warmth of Christmas in a spellbound land of wizards.

Full details here...

added 17 November 2019

URBAN FOLKTALE CALAMITY AT KINGS ARMS SALFORD

Star date: 16th November 2019

HIGHRISE HIGH TENSION

Calamity
Tuesday 26th-Saturday 30th November 8pm
The Kings Arms £7/£5

Lee Joseph's first play since the Moors murders-inspired Old Ground two years ago, sees two people locked in a flat in an uneasy, blackly comical urban folktale. Calamity is a premiere and it's directed by award winning film maker Richard Addlesse.

Full details here...

added 16 November 2019

POWER RANGERS COME TO ECCLES IN AID OF AUTISM ALL STARS

Star date: 16th November 2019

POWER RANGERS IN ECCLES SHOPPING CENTRE

The Power Rangers are coming to Eccles Shopping Centre on Saturday 23rd November in aid of Autism All Stars. They will pose for photos if a donation is given to the charity.

Full details here...

added 16 November 2019

SALFORD GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED

Star date: 15th November 2019

TORIES AND BREXIT PARTY TO STAND IN SALFORD

General Election candidates for all three Salford seats have been published, and the Tories will face splitting their vote as they vie with the Brexit Party in all contests.

All three Salford MPs - Graham Stringer, Barbara Keeley and Rebecca Long-Bailey - are standing, and some notable opponents are current Conservative Party Councillor Arnie Saunders for the Tories in Worsley and Eccles South, and Bryan Blears, nephew of former MP Hazel Blears, standing for the Green Party in Salford and Eccles.

Full details here...

added 15 November 2019

ELDERLY TENANTS IN SALFORD BLOCK HANDED HATS AND BLANKETS AS STATE OF THE ART HEATING SYSTEM CRASHES

Star date: 14th November 2019

ALBION TOWERS ELDERLY FREEZE AFTER BLOCK'S £4 MILLION REFURBISHMENT

Elderly residents in Albion Towers, home of Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett, have been handed Winter Warm Packs by Salix Homes, consisting of a hat, a blanket and hot water bottle, after a new heating system introduced as part of a £4million refurbishment keeps crashing.

"They said it was a 'state of the art system'" says one resident who has been without heat for two months "Well I've got another word for it: it's state of the...it starts with an 'A' and ends with an 'E'..."

Full details here...

added 14 November 2019

GM MAYOR ANDY BURNHAM TO CUT ANOTHER FIRE ENGINE FROM SALFORD

Star date: 13th November 2019

AFTER ECCLES FIRE ENGINE CUT, SALFORD TO LOSE ANOTHER ENGINE

Following news in October that Eccles was to have its second fire engine cut from service, Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, has rubber stamped a further loss of Salford's second engine.

It's all part of Burnham's 'new vision and purpose for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service'...

Full details here...

added 13 November 2019

SALFORD CITY COLLEGE STRIKE CONTINUES OVER PAY AND CONDITIONS

Star date: 12th November 2019

OBSTINATE COLLEGE MANAGEMENT PROLONG STAFF STRIKE

Staff at Salford City College sites continued with their second of six strike days of action, as the management of the College won't compromise on refusing to implement a nationally agreed deal on a cost of living pay increase.

"We've offered a compromise" says Mark Sullivan Salford College NEU steward "...They're not interested in offering any solution really and are willing to let this go on". There's to be another strike tomorrow and three next week, as the strike is in danger of escalating.

Full details here...

added 12 November 2019

SALFORD WW1 MINERS REMEMBERED ON ARMISTICE DAY

Star date: 11th November 2019

FIRE SERVICE AND TRADE UNIONISTS REMEMBER FALLEN MINERS

This morning at 11am a large crowd of trade unionists, fire service personnel and the public gathered at the War Memorial at the top of Agecroft Road for a two minutes silence and wreath laying to remember miners killed in the First World War.

Full details here...

added 11 November 2019

GRADE II LISTED SALFORD TREE OF KNOWLEDGE TO BE CENTREPIECE OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

Star date: 11th November 2019

BROUGHTON TRUST TO INCORPORATE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE INTO GROUND BREAKING HOUSING ESTATE

The Grade II listed Alan Boyson sculpture, The Tree of Knowledge, preserved on the old Cromwell School site in Charlestown, is to be re-born as the centrepiece of a ground breaking affordable housing development created by the Broughton Trust, with the support of Salford City Council and Homes England.

A feasibility study for the project is already underway, and the Trust is now hoping the local community will get on board and support the plans.

Full details here...

added 11 November 2019

AN EVENING OF NEW WRITING FOR SHELAGH DELANEY DAY AT SALFORD ARTS THEATRE

Star date: 10th November 2019

SHELAGH DELANEY CONTINUES TO INSPIRE...

An Evening Of New Writing
Saturday 23rd November 7pm
Salford Arts Theatre £8

Five local playwrights feature in one Evening Of New Writing at Salford Arts Theatre on 23rd November, as part of Shelagh Delaney Day. The Evening includes Phil Pearson's I Want to Marry Johnny Marr, works by Salford University graduate Megan Challinor, BBC award winner Alex Clarke, Manchester Fringe award nominee Stuart Crowther, and two pieces by Salford Star Award winner Libby Hall, as Ian leslie discovers.

Full details here...

added 10 November 2019

SALFORD CORNERSTONE MEN’S HEALTH PROJECT FOR MOVEMBER

Star date: 10th November 2019

SALFORD MEN URGED TO GET DOWN TO MANWEB

The Langworthy Cornerstone is urging men to join its Manweb Men's Health Project to mark 'Movember', the Foundation that takes over November to tackle some of men's main health issues.

The Cornerstone's Manweb project includes five-a-side and walking football, social lunch clubs, day trips, a local history group and more, as well as keeping Salford men healthy.

Full details here...

added 10 November 2019

SALFORD IN FIFTY BUILDINGS

Star date: 10th November 2019

SALFORD'S HERITAGE IN BUILDINGS

Salford in 50 Buildings
By Paul Rabbitts and Carole O'Reilly £14.99

A new book, Salford in 50 Buildings by Paul Rabbitts and Carole O'Reilly, gathers together a record of the city's cultural, social and industrial heritage, via its architecture, from Ordsall Hall to Irlam Station.

Full details here...

added 10 November 2019

SALFORD GREAT WAR MINERS TO BE REMEMBERED AT AGECROFT MEMORIAL

Star date: 9th November 2019

MONDAY WILL SEE SALFORD WAR MINERS REMEMBERED

On Monday 11th November, there will be a remembrance service for local coal miners who died in the Great War. It is being held at the Miners' Memorial at the top of Agecroft Road, with trade unionists assembling at 10:45am for two minutes silence at 11am.

Full details here...

added 09 November 2019

NEW DEVIANT ROBOTS VIDEO SHOT IN SALFORD

Star date: 9th November 2019

GRIM BARSMAN AND ABBI HOLDEN STAR IN NEW MEDIA CITY SHOT VIDEO

The video for the Deviant Robots new single, The Jester, features Manc rapper GRiM Barsman and top dancer and choreographer Abbi Holden meandering, strutting and flirting around the bridges and boulevards of Salford MediaCityUK.

The various mixes of the track have already hit No 3 in the UK Upfront Club Chart Top 40 have been the most played dance singles in British clubs.

Full details here...

added 09 November 2019

BREXIT, TRUMP AND CORBYN IN SIGHT OF SHIT SOCIALIST SHOW IN MANCHESTER

Star date: 9th November 2019

COMIC SHOW FROM EX SALFORD UNIVERSITY ACTIVIST

Chris Tavner presents Shit Socialist
Sunday 17th November 7:30pm
Gullivers, Manchester £5 (adv) £7 (door)

Ex Salford University not-very-good revolutionary activist, Chris Tavner, brings his experiences of being a Shit Socialist to the Manc stage next week with topics including Brexit, Trump and Corbynmania up for laughs.

For details here...

added 09 November 2019

PENDLEBURY BY ELECTION CALLED IN SALFORD FOR 12TH DECEMBER

Star date: 8th November 2019

PENDLEBURY BY ELECTION CALLED FOR SAME DAY AS GENERAL ELECTION

A local by-election has been called for Pendlebury on the same day as the General Election, 12th December, following the death of standing councillor, the late John Ferguson. Anyone wishing to stand has until 4pm on 14th November to get their nomination papers to Salford City Council.

Full details here...

added 08 November 2019

NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 31 STOREY SALFORD QUAYS TOWER AND ONLY 22 ‘AFFORDABLE’ HOUSES IN WHIT LANE

Star date: 7th November 2019

SALFORD COUNCIL PLANNING POLICY CONTINUES TO DENY AFFORDABLE HOUSES

Plans for a new 31 storey tower of 290 apartments at Anchorage Gateway on Salford Quays will be considered by Salford City Council's Planning Panel next week, together with an application for 158 houses near Whit Lane.

In accordance with the Council's planning policy, there will be no affordable housing at Anchorage Gateway, while the Whit Lane development will provide just 22 'affordable' properties, but none for social rent.

Full details here...

added 07 November 2019

SALFORD CITY COUNCIL COMMITS TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEES TRANSITIONING AT WORK

Star date: 6th November 2019

SALFORD COUNCIL TO REVIEW PAID TIME OFF FOR EMPLOYEE TRANSITION TREATMENT

After two years work with lesbian, gay, bi and trans charity, Stonewall, Salford Council has produced a statement supporting employees transitioning at work in lieu of Trans Awareness Week 12th-19th November.

"We understand that transitioning is a unique process for each individual and may include any number of changes to a person's life" states the Council, which is also set to review special leave arrangements for transition related appointments and treatment.

Full details here...

added 06 November 2019

SALFORD ROYAL HOSPITAL SECURITY STAFF VICTORY AS STRIKE CALLED OFF

Star date: 5th November 2019

STRIKE CALLED OFF AS SECURITY STAFF GET EQUAL PAY WITH NHS EMPLOYEES

A 72 hour strike set to begin tomorrow has been called off as outsourced Salford Royal Hospital security guards working for private contractor Engie have secured equal pay and conditions with NHS staff.

"The strike notice has been withdrawn on the proviso that Engie signs an agreement to implement the deal this week" says UNISON North West regional organiser Amy Barringer "We hope this issue is now resolved..."

Full details here...

added 05 November 2019

SALFORD CITY COUNCIL MONITORING OFFICER TO ‘RETIRE’

Star date: 5th November 2019

MIRANDA CARRUTHERS-WATT TO RETIRE IN MAY 2020

Salford Council's Monitoring Officer and City Solicitor, Miranda Carruthers-Watt, is set to stand down in May 2020, in what is called a 'planned retirement'.

Carruthers-Watt has been in post for around four years, and her dealings with the Salford Star were hardly covered in glory. The Council is now seeking a new City Solicitor, with a salary in the range of £70,883 - £77,972 per year.

Full details here...

added 05 November 2019

SALFORD CITY COUNCIL TO GAG PUBLIC AT COUNCIL MEETINGS

Star date: 4th November 2019

PUBLIC QUESTION TIME LIMIT AT FULL COUNCIL MEETINGS

Next week, Salford City Council is set to change its constitution to impose new time limits on members of the public who question councillors and the City Mayor at full meetings of the Council.

The change to the constitution is subtle but potentially huge, with a five minute limit on all utterances from the questioner.

Full details here...

added 04 November 2019

SALFORD TEEN WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY NEEDS BUCKET LIST HELP

Star date: 3rd November 2019

CROWDFUNDING HELP FOR 14 YEAR OLD TJ SOUGHT

14 year old Salford lad, TJ, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy and is about to need open spine surgery just to sit up in his wheelchair..."As TJ's future is very uncertain in terms of how long we will have him with us, we are desperately raising money to enable him to complete his bucket list" says his aunt Jannah Murphy, who has helped to set up a Just Giving page for TJ.

Full details here...

added 03 November 2019

QUESTIONING THE REGENERATION OF MANCHESTER AND SALFORD WITH QUARANTINE

Star date: 2nd November 2019

WHO BENEFITS FROM REGENERATION?

Meet The Neighbours: The Weekend
Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th November £6-£35
Manchester and Salford plus some secret locations

Contemporary theatre company Quarantine is bringing people together over a whole weekend to debate how Manchester and Salford's growth is affecting the people who live here. The event marks the end of a three-year, EU-funded international project called Meet the Neighbours, and will feature guided walks, shared meals, music, talks and more…

Full details here...

added 02 November 2019

SALFORD WAR REMEMBRANCE SERVICES AND PARADES

Star date: 2nd November 2019

WAR DEAD AND INJURED REMEMBERED ALL OVER SALFORD

Sunday 10th November will see services and parades all over Salford for Remembrance Day, with events on the Crescent and in Eccles, Swinton, Walkden, Irlam and Little Hulton.

Full details here...

added 02 November 2019

THE BULLS HEAD SWINTON RE-OPENS AS THE CHURCH INN AFTER £210,000 FACELIFT

Star date: 2nd November 2019

SWINTON PUB SHUT FOR TWO YEARS RE-OPENS

The pub formerly known as The Bulls Head on Chorley Road, Swinton, has re-opened as The Church Inn following a two year closure and a £210,000 facelift. The only original feature is the snug bar, and the pub now has pool tables, a dart board and screens showing live sports.

Full details here...

added 02 November 2019

GOVERNMENT FRACKING U TURN BRINGS CAUTIOUS WELCOME FROM CAMPAIGNERS

Star date: 2nd November 2019

GOVERNMENT FRACKING HALT MEANS NO LICENCE IN SALFORD

The Government, which has around one week left in power, has called a halt to fracking in the UK following an Oil and Gas Authority report on earthquakes related to controversial shale gas extraction.

While falling short of an outright ban, anti-fracking campaigners have cautiously welcomed the move, with Claire Stephenson of Frack Free Lancashire, which has fought Cuadrilla at Preston New Road, saying "It must be a huge relief for those communities that are currently under the threat of planning applications for fracking, knowing that they will now no longer need to go through what we have."

Full details here...

added 02 November 2019

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article: PAUL HOUGHTON BRINGING MOSAICS AND TAPE ART TO SALFORD

	Hi Paul I hope you are well, please can you tell me how much it would be to have the George Best Mosaic made? Indeed if you are st... [more]

article: CUSSONS SOAP AND KERSAL MOOR SALFORD – A VERY CLEAN STORY

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article: SALFORD LOST STREETS

	4 North Johnson Street, Salford. My Great Grandfather was the son of Household James Rowlands 68. x2. His wife Frances Rowlands... [more]

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