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SALFORD HAS 29 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES

Star date: 31st August 2020

TOTAL SALFORD VIRUS CASES HIT 1,814

Salford has 29 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total to 1,814. It is the most number of new cases since April and the pattern of large numbers of new cases is repeated in some boroughs of Greater Manchester, including Bolton which had its tight restrictions lifted last Friday. There have been no new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

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added 31 August 2020

FIRES THROUGH THE AGES ON KERSAL MOOR SALFORD

Star date: 30th August 2020

KERSAL MOOR ON FIRE!

Author Alice Searle continues her tales from Kersal Moor, this week recalling huge bonfires usually lit for royal occasions, from Queen Victoria to Elizabeth II, that could be seen for miles around. The last beacon on the Moor flickered in 2012...

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added 30 August 2020

SALFORD HAS 13 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES

Star date: 30th August 2020

SALFORD CORONAVIRUS CASES CONTINUE TO CLIMB

Salford has 13 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total to 1,785, making 72 cases over the last week. There have been no new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile, twelve new COVID-19 patients have been admitted to hospitals in the North West, making a total of 87 currently receiving treatment.

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added 30 August 2020

SALFORD STAR PETER HOOK GUESTS AT JOHN PEEL 81ST BIRTHDAY FUNDRAISER

Star date: 29th August 2020

STARS LINE UP TO CELEBRATE WHAT WOULD BE JOHN PEEL'S 81ST

Tomorrow, Sunday 30th August, would have been John Peel's 81st birthday, and to celebrate, the John Peel Centre near the legendary DJ's former home in Suffolk, is hosting the Challenge 81 fundraiser online at YouTube.

There's music and words donated by Salford's Peter Hook, together with loads of other artists including The Wedding Present, Fairport Convention, Badly Drawn Boy and Zion Train. There's also an online auction of stuff from The White Stripes.

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added 29 August 2020

SALFORD HAS TWELVE NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AS MAP REVEALS JULY DEATHS BY AREA

Star date: 29th August 2020

SALFORD HAD FIVE COVID-19 DEATHS IN JULY

Salford has twelve new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total to 1,772, as yesterday it was confirmed by the Government that the city is to remain an area of Intervention with enhanced restrictions on households mixing.

There have been no new deaths reported at Salford Royal Hospital, while a new Office for National Statistics map of deaths by area in Salford shows five for July.

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added 29 August 2020

SALFORD STAR TEAMS UP WITH FOREVER MANCHESTER CHARITY

Star date: 28th August 2020

FOREVER MANCHESTER AND THE SALFORD STAR IN PARTNERSHIP

The Salford Star has formed a partnership with ace charity Forever Manchester which helped the city in the aftermath of the Boxing Day Flood in 2015, and has continued to fund community groups right up to, and through, the current coronavirus crisis.

"By working more closely with Salford Star we aim to share amazing stories of local people who care enough to act" says Paul Haworth Director of Brand and Strategy at Forever Manchester

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added 28 August 2020

SALFORD CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS TO REMAIN IN PLACE AS CITY NINTH WORST IN COUNTRY

Star date: 28th August 2020

RESTRICTIONS LIFTED IN TRAFFORD, STOCKPORT AND BOLTON BUT NOT SALFORD

The Government's new local authority Watchlist published this afternoon sees Salford now the ninth worst area in the country for coronavirus, despite the downward trend of incidence per 100,000 population for positive tests in the week ending 20th August.

Salford remains an area of Intervention, along with Manchester, Rochdale, Bury and Tameside and increased restrictions remain – while Bolton, Trafford and Stockport have moved downwards into 'Enhanced Support' status and will have the increased restrictions lifted.

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added 28 August 2020

SALFORD HAS 18 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AS GOVERNMENT DECIDES TODAY WHETHER TO KEEP RESTRICTIONS

Star date: 28th August 2020

SALFORD HAS BIGGEST RISE IN VIRUS CASES FOR OVER TWO WEEKS

Salford has 18 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total up to 1,760. There have been no new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile, new figures show that over one thousand laptops, tablets and 4G routers have been delivered by the Government to disadvantaged and vulnerable young people in the city via Salford City Council and academy trusts during the coronavirus crisis.

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added 28 August 2020

SALFORD MIDDLEWOOD LOCKS LOOKING TO AVOID PLANNING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THIRD TIME

Star date: 27th August 2020

HUGE CHINESE AND SINGAPORE SALFORD DEVELOPMENT HAS AVOIDED £8.3MILLION IN FEES SO FAR

The 25 acre Middlewood Locks development should have yielded £8.3million in planning fees to Salford City Council but in its first two phases didn't pay a cent because of 'viability' issues.

Next week, the Council's Planning Panel will consider proposals for the third phase of 189 residential units plus commercial space, and the company has submitted a further 'viability' report which could lead to no payments yet again – despite the previous planning report stating that "The Council's surveyors are confident that future residential phases will make a S106 contribution"...

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added 27 August 2020

SALFORD HAS TEN NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AS SCHOOL RETURN TAKES CENTRE STAGE

Star date: 27th August 2020

'UNACCEPTABLE RISK' OF SCHOOLS RE-OPENING IF TEST AND TRACE DOESN'T IMPROVE...

Salford has ten new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total to 1,742, while there has been one new virus-related death reported at Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile at yesterday's Greater Manchester Leaders' press conference, GM Mayor, Andy Burnham, said that "It's right that schools re-open but if we don't improve Test and Trace in a matter of weeks then we are taking unacceptable levels of risk going into the autumn and winter with community health..."

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added 27 August 2020

SALFORD CORONAVIRUS INFECTION RATE FALLS BUT GREATER MANCHESTER LEADERS WANT RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE FOR TWO MORE WEEKS

Star date: 26th August 2020

GREATER MANCHESTER LEADERS CALL FOR STOCKPORT AND BOLTON TO BE RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS

Despite the rate of infections dropping in Salford for the week ending 22nd August, Greater Manchester Leaders have asked the Government only to release Bolton and Stockport from tight restrictions recently imposed for the region.

When asked by the Salford Star for a message to residents with restriction fatigue, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said that the "level of virus circulating in communities poses a risk and therefore we need to manage that and protect people".

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added 26 August 2020

HUNDREDS OF SALFORD RESIDENTS OBJECT TO THREE SISTERS NATURE RESERVE DESTRUCTION

Star date: 26th August 2020

MATURE TREES AND WILDLIFE DISRUPTION PROPOSED BY UNITED UTILITIES IN ELLESMERE PARK

Over four hundred residents have objected to plans by United Utilities to clear 17 mature trees and disrupt wildlife within the Three Sisters nature reserve in Ellesmere Park, and, today, many came out to protest.

The company wants to clear the trees to build drainage for flood protection but the Ellesmere Park Residents Association wants it to locate the facility elsewhere – and for Salford City Council, which owns the land, to put Tree Preservation Orders on the threatened trees.

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added 26 August 2020

SALFORD HAS SIX NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AS KIDS AND DOGS CRACK UNDER THE NEW NORMAL STRAIN

Star date: 26th August 2020

SALFORD CENTRAL AND UNIVERSITY AREA SHOW HIGHEST NUMBER OF VIRUS INFECTIONS

Salford has six new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total to 1,732, with Salford Royal Hospital announcing one new virus-related death, as a map of infections to 21st August shows Salford Central and University areas to have the highest number of infections in the city.

Meanwhile, new data from mental health campaign, Time to Change, reveals almost half of 11-18-year-olds in the North West are worried that returning to education will impact their mental health, and the Dogs Trust warns of dogs developing 'separation anxiety' as owners go back to work.

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added 26 August 2020

SALFORD HAS SIX NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS AS NORTH WEST SEES JUST ONE NEW VIRUS HOSPITAL PATIENT

Star date: 25th August 2020

JUST ONE NEW VIRUS PATIENT ADMITTED TO NORTH WEST HOSPITALS

Salford has six new confirmed positive tests for coronavirus, bringing the total to 1,726, with no new virus-related deaths reported at Salford Royal Hospital.

Throughout Greater Manchester cases appear to be reducing, while across the whole North West just one new patient has been admitted to hospital with the virus.

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added 25 August 2020

SALFORD HAS SEVEN NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AS TEACHERS UNION SLAMS ‘NEGLIGENT GOVERNMENT’

Star date: 24th August 2020

WITH RETURN TO SCHOOLS IMMINENT GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLAN B STATES TEACHERS UNION

Salford has seven new confirmed cases of coronavirus bringing the cumulative total to 1,720. There have been no new deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

With a return to schools imminent in September, yesterday teachers' union the National Education Union slammed the Government for being 'negligent in the extreme', adding that "school staff, parents and pupils are being sorely let down by Government because of a lack of a Plan B".

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added 24 August 2020

SALFORD WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT LIBRARY HOSTS VIRTUAL RADICAL SOUNDS

Star date: 23rd August 2020

MAXINE PEAKE, CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON, GOAT GIRL AND MORE STAR IN RADICAL SOUNDS

Radical Sounds
Monday 31st August 7pm Online

Christopher Eccleston, Goat Girl and lots more top acts are to star in Radical Sounds, a free evening of online music and readings curated by Maxine Peake and being streamed via the Working Class Movement Library's website and Facebook pages.

Full details here...

added 23 August 2020

A PUBLIC HANGING IN SALFORD ON KERSAL MOOR

Star date: 23rd August 2020

THE MACABRE MOOR...

'He left the New Bailey jail, sitting on his own coffin, in an open cart..'

Author, Alice Searle, recalls a public hanging on Kersal Moor as part of her ongoing series on the history of the famous East Salford space where so much has happened over the years...

Full story here...

added 23 August 2020

ZOOMING OUT OF SALFORD TO OULTON PARK FOR SOME PROPER SPEED

Star date: 23rd August 2020

BANK HOLIDAY RACING WITH FEW RESTRICTIONS

With the Bank Holiday weekend looming, Gareth Lyons discovers the joys of Oulton Park, just a 45 minute drive away from Salford and open to the public with few restrictions other than social distancing. Next weekend, it's the Oulton Park Gold Cup with Formula 3 and saloon car racing, 70s road sports, classic car displays and loads more.

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added 23 August 2020

EAST SALFORD LOCKDOWN STORIES WANTED FOR MANCHESTER FESTIVAL

Star date: 23rd August 2020

MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL WANTS SALFORD LOCKDOWN STORIES

People living in East Salford are being asked to tell their stories of how they have lived during the lockdown, for a joint project between the Paradise Works arts studio and the Manchester International Festival.

Stories can be via short videos, photos or writing and the deadline is 31st August.

Full details here...

added 23 August 2020

SALFORD SCHOOL UNIFORM HELP FOR FAMILIES FROM EMMAUS

Star date: 23rd August 2020

FREE SALFORD SCHOOL UNIFORMS

Charity Emmaus Salford has launched a new School Uniform Hub that will collect and redistribute school uniforms and shoes to children living in Salford. Not only will the scheme help to reduce clothes going to landfill sites but will also provide items to families free of charge if referred by schools or Salford Citizen Advice Bureau.

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added 23 August 2020

SALFORD HAS SEVEN NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AS PROTESTS AGAINST COVID EVICTIONS HIT STREETS

Star date: 23rd August 2020

TOTAL SALFORD VIRUS CASES HIT 1,713

Salford has seven new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total to 1,713, while total Manchester cases rose above four thousand. There have been no new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile, yesterday activists from ACORN renters union took to the streets in Manchester calling for the Government to prevent COVID evictions.

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added 23 August 2020

DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST COVID EVICTIONS TAKE PLACE IN GREATER MANCHESTER

Star date: 22nd August 2020

AS EVICTION BAN ENDS IN A MONTH, DEMOS BEGIN

Despite the Government's last minute extension of the ban on evictions for renters that was introduced at the start of the coronavirus crisis, demonstrations are still being held throughout Greater Manchester.

Today, renters union ACORN is holding demos, and on Monday 24th August a Day of Action begins with a demo outside the Manchester and Salford Civil Justice Centre at 1pm.

Full details here...

added 22 August 2020

SALFORD HAS ANOTHER 13 NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS

Star date: 22nd August 2020

AS RESTRICTIONS REMAIN SALFORD VIRUS CASES CONTINUE TO GROW

Salford has 13 new confirmed cases of coronavirus bringing the cumulative total to 1,706. There have been no new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

As restrictions remain in place for the whole of Greater Manchester, Public Health England has produced specific case and test graphs for Salford which appear to show testing in the city declining slightly while cases rise, particularly for those of working age.

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added 22 August 2020

NO CHANGE TO SALFORD CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS AS CITY REMAINS ON WATCHLIST

Star date: 21st August 2020

SALFORD 13TH ON NATIONAL WATCHLIST

Tight restrictions currently applying to Salford are to remain in place as the city has been placed 13th on the Government's national weekly Watchlist of local authority areas, with a coronavirus rate of 32.2 incidence per 100,000 population.

It's as you were for all of Greater Manchester, except Oldham which has tighter restrictions and Wigan which has current restrictions relaxed as it falls off the Watchlist..."The situation remains challenging" said a spokesperson for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

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added 21 August 2020

SALFORD HAS 15 NEW POSITIVE TESTS FOR CORONAVIRUS

Star date: 21st August 2020

NORTH WEST HOSPITALS HAVE MORE COVID-19 PATIENTS THAN ALMOST ANYWHERE ELSE IN COUNTRY

15 more people in Salford have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total up to 1,693. There have been no new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile, although across the North West just four patients have been newly admitted to hospital with COVID-19 symptoms, overall there are more coronavirus patients still in hospital than almost anywhere else in the country.

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added 21 August 2020

SALFORD COUNCIL TAKES £800,000 BUILE HILL MANSION FUNDING TO SPEND ON BIN WAGONS

Star date: 20th August 2020

COUNCIL TO PURCHASE SEVEN BIN WAGONS WITH BUILE HILL MANSION FUNDING

Salford City Council is set to buy seven refuse vehicles with £800,000 set aside for the refurbishment of Buile Hill Mansion, plus £300,000 unclaimed from property owners who were subject to Compulsory Purchase Orders.

The Buile Hill Mansion money was ringfenced as match funding for an expected grant which, the Council states, 'wasn't awarded'.

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added 20 August 2020

SALFORD HAS ELEVEN NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AS NORTH WEST HOSPITAL COVID ADMISSIONS PLUMMET

Star date: 20th August 2020

JUST THREE COVID PATIENTS ADMITTED TO NORTH WEST HOSPITALS

Salford has eleven new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total up to 1,678. There there were no new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile, the latest data shows that just three new COVID-19 patients have been admitted to hospitals in the whole North West area, which appears to back up the 'changing picture' of the virus articulated by Greater Manchester leaders yesterday.

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added 20 August 2020

GREATER MANCHESTER LEADERS EMPHASISE ‘RADICAL CHANGE’ IN CORONAVIRUS IMPACT

Star date: 19th August 2020

SALFORD WEEKLY RATE OF POSITIVE VIRUS TESTS UP FROM 27.4 TO 36.7

Greater Manchester leaders, led by GM Mayor, Andy Burnham, and Richard Leese, today emphasised the 'radical change' and 'changing picture' of coronavirus, stating that transmission is mainly via households; while most people testing positive have either 'low or no symptoms'.

They called for the Government to keep the current restrictions on social gatherings in homes but to allow the opening of beauty parlours and other businesses like casinos. The GM leaders also rejected a specific lockdown in Oldham but believe that in Wigan all extra restrictions should be lifted. The Government has the final say tomorrow...

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added 19 August 2020

SALFORD HAS 13 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES

Star date: 19th August 2020

NO NEW COVID-19 DEATHS IN SALFORD CARE HOMES

Salford has 13 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total to 1,667. There were no new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile, figures published yesterday by the Office for National Statistics showed no COVID-19 deaths in Salford care homes, hospices or at home for the week of 7th August but registered up to 15th August.

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added 19 August 2020

SALFORD CITY COUNCIL TO SELL OFF MORE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE

Star date: 18th August 2020

WALKDEN AND LITTLE HULTON SITE SELL-OFF FOR HOUSING

Salford City Council wants to flog public open space land at Crompton Street, Walkden, and a site at Highfield Road, Little Hulton, for 32 specialised and social housing apartments and houses.

The Crompton Street site has 17 objections lodged but the Council is hoping to sell both sites for a net capital receipt of just £260,700 once covenants have been sorted with Peel Holdings. A further site sell-off at Holyoake Road, Walkden, was dropped after a huge petition by local residents.

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added 18 August 2020

SALFORD HAS NINE NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AS BROUGHTON HAS HIGHEST NUMBER IN CITY

Star date: 18th August 2020

BROUGHTON HAS HIGHEST NUMBER OF VIRUS CASES IN CITY

Salford has nine new coronavirus cases, taking the cumulative total to 1,654, while there have been no new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

A new map of cases in the city between 7th and 13th August shows Higher Broughton (12 cases) and Salford Central and University which includes Lower Broughton (10 cases) with the highest current rates in the city. Meanwhile, GM Mayor Andy Burnham has praised young people for forcing the Government into a U-turn over A Level grading.

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added 18 August 2020

SALFORD HAS TEN NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS AS £1.5MILLION SPENT ON CYCLE AND WALKING ROUTES FOR COVID RESPONSE

Star date: 17th August 2020

SALFORD COUNCL TO SPEND £1.53MILLION ON POP-UP CYCLE LANES AND WALKING ROUTES

Salford has ten new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 1,645, with no new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile, as a response to the cornavirus crisis, Salford City Council is currently spending £1.53million of Government and Greater Manchester grant funding on pop-up cycle lanes and walking routes, mainly around the Chapel Street and Trinity areas.

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added 17 August 2020

SALFORD STAR AWARD WINNER TONY KINSELLA RELEASES NEW POETRY COLLECTION

Star date: 16th August 2020

VLADIMIR PUTIN IS IN MY KETTLE...AND THE CRANES ARE POCKING SALFORD

Salford Star Best Performer Award winner, Tony Kinsella, has released a new book of poetry called Vladimir Putin Is In My Kettle, centring on issues like being monitored everywhere you go, plus a verse titled Mozza Never Buys the Guardian, and Counting Cranes, slating poor development in Salford. The Star's Live editor, Ian Leslie, is well impressed; 'humorous and right on the zeitgeist'...

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added 16 August 2020

THE MANSIONS, THE POOR AND FRIEDRICH ENGELS ON KERSAL MOOR SALFORD

Star date: 16th August 2020

TALES FROM THE MOOR CONTINUES WITH ANGER AND ENGELS

For this week's Tales From The Moor, Alice Searle looks at the contrast between the rich people's mansions that dotted the area and The Condition of the Working Class in Victorian times, documented by Friedrich Engels who used to ride his horse on the Moor as legend has it...

Full tale here...

added 16 August 2020

SALFORD SEES 17 NEW CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES

Star date: 16th August 2020

SALFORD CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF VIRUS CASES 1,635

Salford has 17 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 1,635, with no new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

Across the whole North West, just eight patients have been admitted to hospitals on the most recent data date of 12th August, with a total of 138 patients in hospital and 18 on ventilation.

Full details here...

added 16 August 2020

ACTIVIST FILM STARRING SALFORD BODDAN LODGE MEMBERS PREMIERES ONLINE

Star date: 15th August 2020

HOW SALFORD PENSIONERS TURNED ACTIVISTS

How To Make An Activist
Sunday 16th August 11am
Online at The People's Assembly Facebook page. Free

With the 201st anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre comes the world premiere of an ace film How To Make An Activist, which includes the fight to save Boddan Lodge Over 60s Club in Monton, that turned citizens into protesters against Salford City Council. The short documentary film has been made by Salfordian Rafe Conn.

Full details here...

added 15 August 2020

SALFORD 12TH WORST AREA IN COUNTRY FOR CORONAVIRUS

Star date: 15th August 2020

PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND WATCHLIST PUTS SALFORD 12TH WORST IN COUNTRY

The new Local Authority Watchlist published by Public Health England (PHE) shows Salford as 12th worst area in the country for incidences of coronavirus, compared to last week's 11th position.

PHE also published data for the number of persons tested and the number of cases in Salford between 31st July and 6th August, which works out roughly at 430 people per day tested with 11.7 per day testing positive.

Full details here...

added 15 August 2020

SALFORD SEES 24 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES

Star date: 14th August 2020

VIRUS CASES UP BUT HOSPITAL PATIENTS DECREASING

Salford has seen a further 24 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 1,618 according to figures released this afternoon by the Government. There have been no new deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

While cases are undoubtedly increasing, the latest data for hospitals shows a decrease in severe illness, with 138 COVID-19 related patients in the whole North West, and eight admissions in the region yesterday.

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added 14 August 2020

NO CHANGE TO SALFORD CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS AS COUNCIL SLAMS ‘WRONG’ A LEVEL DISCRIMINATION

Star date: 14th August 2020

SALFORD RESTRICTIONS REMAIN IN PLACE

Last night the Government confirmed that the current restrictions in place throughout Greater Manchester are to remain until next week at the earliest. As other parts of the country open up beauty salons and casinos from tomorrow, in Salford these are still on hold. The latest local map of cases shows Cromwell Road and Broad Street, and Higher Broughton with the highest numbers in the city.

Meanwhile, Salford's Deputy City Mayor, John Merry, has joined the chorus of condemnation over the Government's A Level methodology, calling it 'wrong' and 'discriminatory'.

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added 14 August 2020

NO LEICESTER STYLE ‘KNEEJERK' REACTION TO COVID-19 CASES URGES GM MAYOR ANDY BURNHAM TO GOVERNMENT

Star date: 13th August 2020

NO FURTHER RELAXATION OF BUSINESS OPENING, APART FROM BEAUTY INDUSTRY, BURNHAM TELLS GOVERNMENT

Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, has written to the Government urging no further relaxing of business openings, apart from for the beauty industry. At this afternoon's press conference he also implored the Government not to impose any 'kneejerk measures' Leicester style lockdowns in response to increased virus cases.

Burnham did concede that, depending on virus rates for Oldham (high) and Wigan (low) next week, the boroughs could have differential restrictions; while GM Lead on Health, Richard Leese, said that the vast number of people testing positive for COVID are either asymptomatic or have low level symptoms.

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added 13 August 2020

SALFORD HAS 36 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES

Star date: 12th August 2020

VIRUS CASES JUMP BY 36 IN TWO DAYS

Salford has 36 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, which covers two days as the Government's data site had 'technical difficulties' yesterday. There were no new virus related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile the Office for National Statistics has reported no virus-related deaths in Salford care homes, hospice, hospital or at home for the week ending 31st July.

Full details here...

added 12 August 2020

SALFORD RED DEVILS SEASON IMPACTED AS CORONAVIRUS STRIKES HULL FC SQUAD

Star date: 12th August 2020

RED DEVILS' TRAINING CANCELLED

Salford Red Devils have cancelled training today after five Hull FC players and two members of the coaching staff tested positive following the teams match last Sunday. The Red Devils had a stunning return to action after the coronavirus season suspension, thrashing Hull FC 54-18, but it is not known yet what the impact will be on games in the near future.

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added 12 August 2020

SALFORD COUNCIL PUBLISHES SCHOOL REOPENING GUIDANCE AS UNISON LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO KEEP STAFF SAFE

Star date: 11th August 2020

NO CHOIRS, NO CONTACT SPORT, STAGGERED STARTS AND DROPPED SUBJECTS ON AGENDA FOR SALFORD SCHOOL REOPENINGS

Salford City Council has published its guidance for the full reopening of schools in a few weeks, which includes possible staggered starts and finishes for the school day, no school choirs or contact sports, and consideration of Year 11s dropping exam subjects in "exceptional circumstances".

Meanwhile, UNISON North West has launched a campaign for school staff to have the option of using a face covering amidst the recent upsurge in COVID cases. The union is also supporting calls to let pupils wear face coverings too.

Full details here...

added 11 August 2020

SALFORD HAS FIVE NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES WITH DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY SHOWING INFECTIONS

Star date: 11th August 2020

CROMWELL ROAD, KERSAL AND LITTLE HULTON SOUTH WITH NEW VIRUS CASES

Salford has five new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 1,558, with no new deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile, a new map of virus cases in the week ending 6th August for the city's Middle Super Output Areas shows Kersal Dale, Little Hulton South and Cromwell Road and Broad Street with new infections.

Full details here...

added 11 August 2020

BUSINESS, TRADE UNIONS AND POLITICIANS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR ISOLATING WORKERS TO BE PAID

Star date: 10th August 2020

ISOLATING WORKERS FACE CHOICE OF FOOD ON TABLE OR COMMUNITY PROTECTION

This afternoon, Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, and Steve Rotheram, Mayor of Liverpool City Region, joined trade union and business leaders to launch a campaign, Time Out to Help Out, plus a petition, to get the Government to pay workers when they are told to self-isolate under the NHS Test and Trace system.

Andy Burnham said it was a "civic duty" to take time off if contacted but "people fear that they will be left without enough money to live on...". 137,000 people in the region are ineligible for Statutory Sick Pay.

Full details here...

added 10 August 2020

SALFORD HAS 18 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AND IS RANKED FOURTH WORST IN COUNTRY BY COVID SYMPTOM STUDY

Star date: 10th August 2020

TOTAL SALFORD COVID-19 CASES UP TO 1,553

Salford has 18 new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total to 1,553. There were no new deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile a nationwide watchlist of virus hotspots, compiled by health science company ZOE with data analysed by King's College London, puts Salford fourth worst area in the country, even though it estimates only 0.25% people in the city are symptomatic. On a positive note, Salford Red Devils outclassed Hull FC to win the first game played behind closed doors.

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added 10 August 2020

CUSSONS SOAP AND KERSAL MOOR SALFORD – A VERY CLEAN STORY

Star date: 9th August 2020

IMPERIAL CUSSONS AND KERSAL MOOR

Alice Searle continues with Moor Tales as she unearths the relationship between Kersal Moor and the Cussons family, as the old Imperial Leather factory site is in the process of being turned into a £20million estate with 109 homes and one very big wall!

Full details here...

added 09 August 2020

SALFORD HAS SIX NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AS NEW MAP SHOWS RISE OVER LAST TWO WEEKS

Star date: 9th August 2020

NEW PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND MAPS AND GRAPHS SHOW RISE IN TESTING AND CASES IN LOCAL AREAS

Salford has six new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the cumulative total to 1,535, with no new virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile a new map of specific local areas in the city shows the rise in virus cases over the last two weeks, while more graphs show the rise of testing and cases during that period.

Full details here...

added 09 August 2020

ISLINGTON MILL SALFORD LAUNCHES MASKS FOR LIFE PROJECT

Star date: 8th August 2020

BUY ONE ARTIST MASK AND ANOTHER WILL BE GIVEN FREE TO OTHERS IN NEED

Islington Mill has launched a Masks For Life project in which its artists have created limited edition handmade masks on sale to the public – and for each mask sold another will be given free to local organisations and individuals.

"The scheme will generate income for artists and will also result in donations to community schemes and people in need" states the Mill.

Full details here...

added 08 August 2020

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