New 16-storey hotel to be built in Salford following dispute between developers

Viva la Diva! Real Housewives of New York star Luann de Lesseps took to Instagram on February 22 to share quite the scandalous photo, showing off her toned, well, everything. The cabaret singer bared-all, wearing nothing but skimpy bikini bottoms and artfully placed sea star stickers on her breasts. 

Wigan will soon be able to do a large food shop for just £3. Following the success of their flagship store in Wythenshawe, charity The Message Trust will open the 'Edge Community Grocery' shop in Wigan town centre next month.

Netflix has announced a new anime series based on Valve’s popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, DOTA.The anime series, titled DOTA: Dragon’s Blood, will feature eight episodes according to a Deadline report. The series will follow the story of Davion, a Dragon Knight.

She's been in the press a lot lately, and now Lily James is said to be relocating to Los Angeles for work and leaving the "unwanted attention" from the UK press behind.The 31 year old has been in the spotlight recently after she was pictured putting on a cosy display with The Pursuit of Love co-star Dominic West in October.

News Of The World star Helena Zengel says she “didn’t know” her new co-star Tom Hanks was “a big deal”.The 12-year-old actor and Hanks star together in the new cowboy film, which was released on Netflix today (February 10).In the film, Hanks portrays Civil War veteran Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd as a cowboy journalist who discovers a 10-year-old girl, Johanna (Helena Zengel), who’s become separated from her adopted family, the Kiowa people, following an accident.Director Paul Greengrass said of

direct to your inboxDozens of new homes could be built on a derelict mill and former industrial site in Rochdale.Plans have been submitted for 56 houses at the old Shepherd Mill and Tack Lea Works site, in Norden.The proposals, lodged by Empire House Piccadilly Ltd, include a mixture of three and four-bedroom properties, with two car parking spaces each.Vehicles would access the Greenbooth Road site via an existing route from Edenfield Road.Although previously developed, a small part of the land

direct to your inboxEducation bosses have lodged plans for a ‘stop-gap’ school at a Middleton college so pupils don’t have to wait for a new one to be built.The application proposes temporary buildings on scrub land at the town’s Hopwood Hall College campus, on Rochdale Road.It comes after planners granted outline permission for a new secondary school - dubbed the Edgar Wood Academy - at Bowlee.But that won’t be ready to open its doors until September 2022 at the earliest - and a shortfall of

We all have enough to deal with in this nearly year-long pandemic without adding home invasions into the mix!

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the cityA new local plan for the future of Salford is being prepared following the failure of a regional masterplan, years in the making, which fell through late last year.Salford council is currently preparing its own local plan, the first part of which has now been put forward for a six-week consultation starting on February 5.This part of the plan concerns green spaces, town centres and infrastructure and

Sign up for our What's On newsletter - for all the latest whether you're staying in or heading out and aboutAcclaimed Stockport restaurant Where The Light Gets In has been given a 'green' Michelin star - the only nod for the region in this year's awards.The new type of star has been created to recognise the restaurants who are leading the way in sustainability.Sam Buckley's much-loved restaurant was one of just 23 businesses in the UK and Ireland to be given the accolade.The new classification

One of the last things Trump did as president was to offer a pardon to Lil Wayne, a surreal ending to a period in office often defined by its unbelievable nature. Wayne famously came out in support of Trump in 2020 and backed his "Platinum Plan" for Black people, roughly a year after he was arrested on federal weapons charges after a loaded gun was discovered on a private jet he was due to fly from Miami Opa Locka Executive Airport.