City Charlestown Showbiz Latest News and Updates

The Mayor of Salford has pledged to build hundreds of new council homes over the next four years if re-elected.

For years Robert Hamilton struggled to get his daughter to school, out of the house, or even out of her bedroom. Libby had struggled with education from her time in pre-school.

Caroline Brew editor Paul D’Amato, best known for playing Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken in hockey comedy “Slap Shot,” died after a four-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disease, on Monday in East Brookfield, Mass. He was 76.

More of Salford’s social housing is being moved into public ownership with 56 properties transferred to the city council’s property company. The authority’s property and regeneration committee approved the move for the properties at the former St Luke’s school site in the Weaste and Seedley ward on a 1,000-year lease for social and affordable rent.

Nearly 50 homes have been transferred to the Salford council-owned company Derive Group following a £5.7m loan from the town hall. The authority is in the process of building the homes on the former Irwell Valley High School site, off Blandford Road, in the Pendleton and Charlestown ward, including 25 apartments and 21 apartments.

A councillor has voiced ‘disappointment’ that a 27-storey block on the site of the former McDonald’s regional head office in Salford will be for students rather than ‘desperately needed’ social housing. Coun John Warmisham was speaking as the plan for the block of land at Cross Lane in his Pendleton and Charlestown ward was approved by the city’s planning and transportation regulatory panel.

Tributes are being paid to a doting mum described by friends as 'the most beautiful girl inside and out' after her sudden death. Becky Collins was just 35 and leaves a 12-year-old son.

A councillor has called for calm after a day of disorder in Salford. The trouble, mainly in the Pendleton area, saw fireworks launched at a police station and a van - and a car set alight.

Manchester City Council’s local election is just around the corner and there are 33 seats up for grabs.

Stop and search powers have been beefed up in north Manchester again tonight following a fight 'with machetes' which could be linked to Sunday's shooting in Collyhurst. Greater Manchester Police says a group of six males were fighting on Tavistock Square, in Harpurhey, this afternoon (March 15).

Four people have been arrested after a 'cannabis farm' was discovered in a derelict Scots hotel.

Owners of a residential tower labelled "the biggest eyesore in Salford" have come under fire for "under-investment". The comment was made as a "high-quality" development in its shadow was given planning approval.

In a first for North Manchester, an open-top bus menopause choir will be performing as part of a multi-arts festival. It's all part of SICK! festival, an arts and health event that faces up to the complexities of mental and physical health.

Police found a large kitchen knife and a hammer hidden inside bushes in a park in Salford.

Three affordable housing developments have been approved in Salford.

Police are investigating a potential assault after a young boy was grabbed "across the neck" outside a primary school.

A Primary school has issued a warning of a possible child abduction attempt.

People living on a leafy suburban street in north Manchester have reacted with shock after the bomb squad descended on a house this afternoon (October 20).

Two buses had to be diverted after objects were thrown at them as they travelled through Blackley.

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter to keep up with what's happening in and around the city

Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox

Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox

Police investigating a car crash in Fife which resulted in a motorcyclist being hospitalised have launched an appeal to trace a cyclist they believe may have witnessed the incident.

Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city

Aldis Hodge), who’s trying to clean up a bureaucracy brimming with corruption and sleazy FBI agent Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon), who doesn’t exactly operate by the book. Del Negro, who’s been moved up to series regular for Season 2, plays Chris Caysen, the sergeant of the Youth Violence Strike Force — or gangs.

here"It's suspected the group are part of a gang of youths operating in the area committing crime and Anti-Social Behaviour.

Salford due to ongoing anti-social behaviour issues.

direct to your inboxA neighbour described the shocking scene after a four-year-old girl was hit by a car.The child suffered serious head injuries following the incident on Charlestown Road in Blackley this afternoon.She was rushed to hospital.

direct to your inboxA four year-old girl has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a collision in north Manchester.The air ambulance was scrambled following the incident, on Charlestown Road in Blackley, earlier this afternoon.The road has been closed in both directions between the junctions with Grange Park Road and Booth Hall Road close to Boggart Hole Clough.Police and paramedics raced to the scene at around 2:30pm with the air ambulance also being called in.The helicopter was

full closure of a second primary school.St Luke's Primary in Heywood had already sent home pupils in Years 2, 3 and 6, but now it's been forced to shut to all year groups amid 'staffing issues'.Other primary schools have been sending home bubbles after confirmed cases, including Broadoak Primary in Swinton, where there's been a positive case, and Charlestown Primary, in Blackley, where Year 5 are isolating.Some schools which already had a number of children at home have had to tell more to stay

The Town is Sept. 17, which means it's a great time to revisit not just the film about a group of bank robbers from Charlestown, but also the surprisingly expansive Boston film genre and its incredibly popular sub-genre Boston Crime.

Several roads have been closed by police after reports a collision involving a bus and at least three cars.Charlestown Road in Blackley is closed in both directions between Grange Park Road and Booth Hall Road due to a road traffic collision, Transport for Greater Manchester said in a tweet.Pictures from the scene showed a number of damaged cars including a black Audi Q7.Eyewitness Robert Duck told the M.E.N: "The Audi tried to overtake a bus at speed, it hit the back of the bus and then hit

There will be extra police patrols at a park in north Manchester this week following concerns revellers are planning to host a party.The event has been advertised to take place in Boggart Hole Clough, in Blackley, where police have already prevented a number of pre-planned raves from happening.In a post on Facebook Councillor Hannah Priest, who represents the Charlestown ward, told residents there will be a visible police presence in the area after police and Manchester City Council were made