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SALFORD COUNCIL SET TO BORROW £25MILLION TO MAKE TOWER BLOCKS FIRE SAFE Star date: 16th August 2017 £25MILLION FOR NINE PENDLETON BLOCKS AS PUBLIC MEETING CALLED ON FIRE SAFETY Salford City Council is set to borrow £25million in order to sort its nine Pendleton high rises, after they failed consecutive Government fire safety tests. Who ultimately pays for the work, a Council report states, is "likely to be the subject of dispute", although it believes that Pendleton Together is liable. Meanwhile a public meeting for residents will take place next Tuesday, 22nd August at Salford Arts Theatre, with speakers from the Justice4Grenfell Campaign, Salford City UNISON and the Fire Brigades Union. Full details here...

UNISON ACCUSES SALFORD COUNCIL OF LYING TO JUSTIFY SHUTTING DISABLED KIDS HOME Star date: 15th August 2017 'INACCURACIES' AND 'LIES' IN COUNCIL ATTEMPT TO SHUT THE GRANGE – AS STRIKE BALLOT LOOMS Next week, Salford City Mayor, Paul Dennett, will make a decision on whether or not to shut The Grange, Salford's only residential care home for disabled children. The Council report recommending the closure has been slated in new counter reports from both the families of children at The Grange and Salford UNISON, which accuses the Council of 'inaccuracies', including over unfilled places... "The so-called lack of demand for The Grange is a lie to justify a cut" it states. The report adds that UNISON members "are willing to consider industrial action in defence of their jobs". Full details here...

NEW SALFORD COUNCIL STADIUM LOAN WILL TAKE TOTAL TO ALMOST £25MILLION Star date: 14th August 2017 SALFORD COUNCIL TO HAND ANOTHER £632,000 LOAN TO AJ BELL STADIUM This week, cash-strapped Salford City Council is set to agree another loan of 'up to' £632,500 for its City of Salford Community Stadium, branded the AJ Bell Stadium. This will take the current total amount of Council loans for the Stadium - which made another huge loss last year and has net liabilities of over £7million - to almost £25million. Full details here...

YOUNG SALFORD PEOPLE MAKE NUJ FILM ON REPORTING POVERTY Star date: 13th August 2017 POVERTY REPORTING NEEDS THE WHOLE PICTURE Young film makers from the Reporters' Academy in Salford have made a short film about reporting poverty, aimed at journalists who jump on the poverty porn bandwagon. A variety of people are interviewed in the film about their experiences, urging journalists to have the whole picture on poverty before reporting crap. Full details here...

SALFORD GROUPS WANTED TO ORGANISE HERITAGE OPEN DAY EVENTS Star date: 13th August 2017 'ALL OUR STORIES' WANTED FOR HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Heritage Open Days is the largest grass roots celebration of history and culture in the UK, and takes place between 7th and 10th September, with open days all over the city, from Ordsall Hall to Agecroft Cemetery. The theme this year is All Our Stories, and organisers are keen for communities to organise new events, which could be walks, talks, poetry readings, or raising awareness of a local building that needs restoring, or maybe saved from demolition. Full details here...