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In its last statement of public spending over £500, Salford City Council reveals that in just two months (November and December 2012) Peel Holdings was handed almost £2million of public money for ...
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 ...
Over the last 15 years, the Salford Star has documented the demolition of some much loved buildings and structures, from the Dirty Old Town gas holders to The Willows. So here we re-visit what's gone, ...
The Sounds of Salford radio station has got a re-brand, after listeners voted for a new `Salford - Keep The Faith' logo as it topped the world's podomatic.com podcast charts. From an idea on the back ...
The Salford Star, which is believed to be England's longest running community media outlet, is to close after 15 years, ten hefty print magazines and over 6,000 online articles. The Star will shut ...
Could Alan Roberts please get in touch he will certainly know me we go back many years. I am the cousin of Norma Pugh who lived next door to him in Percy St. Love to speak, Carole ...
THREATS, LIES, FEAR AND LOATHING IN SALFORD... Today, the Salford Star shuts down but we write this article as a warning to others who may follow on the pitfalls of founding a genuine publication that ...
Salix Homes ignored warnings of `substantial' fire risks from its own surveys for at least five years according to reports seen by the Salford Star. After alarm was raised by a resident and ex fireman ...
Of an original sixty Top Streets residents tracked by Salford Council, six have died waiting for the area to be regenerated. Over half have moved out of the neighbourhood or into rented houses, as ...
FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO SALFORD – INJUSTICE EVERYWHERE! After the formal announcement of the closure of Salford Star, we are celebrating the past 15 years of publishing by asking a few friends of the ...
Salford resident, Alice, who wrote about her self-isolation during the cornavirus lockdown, is now free to roam around outside – but has shunned the shops for walks on Kersal Moor. Today, Alice, who ...
A new series of Invisible Histories talks, to be live-streamed weekly on Wednesdays at 2pm via Salford's Working Class Movement Library, kicks off on 3rd February with a talk on writer, philosopher ...