City Salford Showbiz Latest News and Updates

People living in one of the poorest areas in the country could benefit from a share of over £3million - as the local authority promises to help residents with the cost of living crisis.

Lionel Messi to Inter Miami is an open secret with the World Cup winner's move to Major League Soccer imminent.

Ethan Galbraith has joined League One side Leyton Orient following his departure from Manchester United.

Former Manchester United star Gary Neville and a business partner of Khloé Kardashian are to guest star on the next series of Dragons' Den.

It was heartbreak for Stockport County supporters as their team missed out on promotion in the cruellest of fashions.

A high heart rate in May is almost an annual tradition for Stockport County manager Dave Challinor.

Prime Video is training for 99, a documentary series about Manchester United’s historic treble-winning season in the later 1990s.

A £3.6m plan aims to help youngsters who cannot attend mainstream schools in Salford. Broadwalk Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) provides education and support for secondary school-age pupils who struggle to cope in mainstream schools and have been permanently excluded.

A new park and ride facility has opened in Walkden and will provide more than 100 free car parking spaces. Local residents will be able to park their car free of charge, before boarding tram, train or bus services to other parts of the city-region.

A Salford councillor is defying the city mayor’s call for him to resign following his shock election to another authority 160 miles away. Coun Chris Twells has been a Liberal Democrat representative in the Orsdall ward since his election last year.

A controversial plan to build 450 homes on green belt land in Worsley has been submitted to Salford city council. Residents turned out in force a year ago to register their opposition to the plan for the 42-acre plot on land known as Hazelhurst Farm between the busy A580 East Lancs Road and the slip road to the M61.

The Mayor of Salford has called on a Lib Dem councillor to resign after he won an election last night — more than 100 MILES AWAY.

A Salford councillor is standing as a candidate in the local elections… in the Cotswolds. Chris Twells is not up for re-election in his Ordsall seat on May 4, but his name will appear on ballot papers in the leafy district of Tetbury with Upton.

It doesn't take League Two defenders long to find out about Charlie McNeill when they prepare to come up against the Manchester United loanee for the first time.

Plans for a huge, £53m apartment block towering 26 storeys on Salford's border with Manchester have been tabled.

Salford city council’s legal team is set to contact the Roman Catholic church in a bid to ‘get to the bottom’ of who owns a disused cemetery ‘once and for all’. Town hall bosses are also appealing for the mystery people, or organisation, who fixed new gates to Barton Upon Irwell RC Cemetery at Peel Green to contact them to 'establish their interest in the site'.

The mystery surrounding the ownership of a Roman Catholic graveyard last used in 1940 has deepened after new security gates were fitted. As highlighted by the MEN last week, history enthusiast Craig Ellis voiced safety fears over how the Barton Upon Irwell Roman Catholic Graveyard was easily accessible and was being used as a drugs den.

Salford city council and residents campaigning to prevent a former golf course becoming a housing estate are celebrating victory in their bid to get the green land designated an ‘asset of community value’ (ACV). A first-tier tribunal has dismissed an appeal by Wain Estates Ltd to overturn the council’s decision to list land at Swinton Park Golf and Country Club 2017 as an ACV.

A local historian is writing to the Pope to protest over an ‘abandoned’ Roman Catholic graveyard which he says has become a ‘drugs den’. The overgrown cemetery - known as Barton Upon Irwell Roman Catholic Graveyard - in the Peel Green area of Eccles has not been used for a burial since 1940.

A new park-and-ride facility at Walkden railway station is almost complete and set to open next month. Salford city mayor Paul Dennett, local councillors and representatives from Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) paid a visit to see the progress before it officially opens to the public.

The home stadium of Salford Red Devils and Sale Sharks rugby clubs is a step closer to being under the full ownership of the local city council. This follows a Salford city council cabinet meeting today which agreed on a ‘statement of strategic intent’ for buying 100 per cent of what would become the City of Salford Community Stadium (CoSCoS).

Foster carers across Salford are to get a £1.6million boost in ther allowance payments. Salford city council says its Foster for Salford team and the Foster Care Association have ‘worked closely’ to ensure carers are ‘prioritised' in the council’s budget decisions ‘particularly through the cost of living crisis’.

Salford city council's plans to buy the AJ Bell stadium could be 'illegal', opposition councillors have alleged.

The bid by Salford city council to become the sole owner of the home stadium of its rugby league team goes in front of the authority’s cabinet next week. Under the proposals the current AJ Bell Stadium - home to Salford Red Devils RLFC - would become the City of Salford Community Stadium (CoSCos).

A new primary school for children with special educational needs and disabilities will be set up in Salford. The Department for Education approved council plans for the new ‘free’ SEND school.

Stevie Crawford insists Dundee United have no fears about unleashing Salford City target Tony Watt on Rangers.

A mum was paid £3,000 by a council over 'failures' after her autistic son missed four months of school. The compensation was awarded by an ombudsman, who found there was 'delay and poor communication' by the local authority, reports Manchester Evening News.

Talks are now to take place over a call for night trams for workers, lone women and revellers in Salford. A debate on whether to ask Transport for Greater Manchester to introduce trams until 2am on weekdays and 4am at weekends stalled at a Salford city council meeting because of lack of time.

Salford city mayor Paul Dennett is demanding a Government-funded rent freeze during the cost of living crisis. Mr Dennett has spoken out and published an open letter alongside the city's MPs Barbara Long-Bailey (Salford and Eccles) and Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) after the city council took part in the government’s rent cap consultation.

The TransPennine Express service in Irlam will continue running two trains per hour with plans to upgrade a platform set to go ahead this winter. Back in August, fury was caused after it was announced that TransPennine Express (TPE) will no longer be picking up the second train per hour during off peak times at Irlam Train Station from December 2022.