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Campaigners battling to prevent houses from being built on the site of a now-derelict golf club in Salford have vowed "we will never give up". The 100-acre land which was once Swinton Park Golf Club has been bought by developer Wain Estates for £3 million.

A huge free Christian festival is heading to Wythenshawe Park next month. The biggest free event of the summer in the north west, Festival Manchester will happen from July 1 to July 3, with a wide range of activities and even a ‘huge beach’ being made in the park.

Plans to close two major nursing homes in Salford have been dropped after a fierce campaign to keep the vital services.

Dozens of people gathered in the centre of Manchester to mark the five year anniversary of the Grenfell tower fire which killed 72 people.

Controversial plans to open a Hooters restaurant and bar - where scantily-clad young women will serve customers - at Salford Quays have been given the go-ahead. The decision flies in the face of fierce local opposition, including from both the Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.

A public meeting to show solidarity and address concerns over the proposed decommissioning of two extra care schemes in Salford. Monica Court in Monton and Astley Court in Irlam residents were told by landlords ForHousing that there are plans to rehome them.

Campaigners who are fighting to stop a Hooters coming to Salford Quays will get a chance to have their say at a licensing hearing next week. Womanchester, a women’s rights group, alongside other individuals and groups, have previously referred to the US restaurant chain as “sexist, misogynistic and degrading”.

Plans for a Hooters restaurant in Salford have been branded 'regressive' by the city's Mayor. Paul Dennett and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham have both opposed the application from the American restaurant chain.

Low pay, high pressure and job dissatisfaction are turning midwives away from the profession and the NHS, the Royal College of Midwives has said. This comes after a Freedom of Information request submitted by the Local Democracy Reporting Service that showed Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, who run maternity services from Royal Bolton Hospital and Ingleside Birth Centre (currently closed) have lost 34 midwives in the last six months.

More than 150 new homes in Salford are starting to take shape at the ambitious Neighbourhood development being built on brownfield land that has stood empty for more than a decade. This social housing project undertaken by Salix Homes and partner developer Step Places are building 157 new homes on two parcels of vacant land off Kara Street and Liverpool Street in Seedley South, Salford.

Council services for vulnerable adults have been agreed for a further year and three months in Salford following approval from the mayor and his cabinet. The adult social care provisions in Salford include direct payments for specialist needs equipment in the home, Community Occupational Therapy Service, Wheelchair Clinics, Equipment Services, and adaptations to the property from the Accessible Accommodation Services.

Salford's mayor has called on the government to sanction Gazprom and to make it easier for councils to exclude the Russian gas firm from the usual contract tendering process.

Salford's mayor has defended a full council tax increase - which will be needed to pay all care workers the Real Living Wage - saying 'it's the right thing to do'.

In one Salford suburb, children do their homework in McDonald’s because their families can’t afford Wi-Fi at home.

Andy Burnham has unveiled a shake-up of roles and responsibilities which the leaders of each council in Greater Manchester have within his mayoral team.

Weekend parking charges have been scrapped for shoppers across Salford in the run up to Christmas.

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"The item mentioned is one proposal that my group could not agree to support for reasons I believe were expressed in the debate." "I do not see any need for me to reply to comments from Paul Dennett to you."

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the citySalford councillors have called on the government not to 'shift the burden' of local government and social care costs onto the city's council tax payers.Mayor Paul Dennett also called out the government's assumption that local authorities will raise council tax by 5 pc to balance their budgets, which he said would be 'hammering Salford ratepayers for funds'.Labour councillors urged the government to

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the cityVaccination centres are due to open in Eccles and Irlam after some delays.The new centre in Eccles will open on Thursday, later than expected due to 'vaccine supply logistics', with a site in Irlam opening as planned on Friday.It comes after more than 11,000 vaccines have been administered in Salford.On Monday (December 12), Salford's mayor Paul Dennett revealed that 4,200 doses of the coronavirus vaccine

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the citySalford's community vaccination programme has faced delays after no deliveries of vaccines were made for at least 10 days since Christmas.There were no vaccines delivered between Christmas and Tuesday, January 5.In total, 4,423 people had already been vaccinated in Salford by Christmas Eve according to the city's mayor Paul Dennett who tweeted the news that day.This includes 2,197 people aged 80 and above

cull of some animals by the Royal Horticultural Society has caused fury locally.It is claimed the RHS had previously promised the deer would be relocated.

hereThis comes after it was revealed that Salford was still 'quite a way off' testing 200,000 people a week, raising questions over the feasibility of mass testing.The local authority has now been asked to focus on testing those in 'high-risk' environments with regular testing offered in some high-density housing areas.City mayor Paul Dennett said the council has faced a period of 'uncertainty'.He said: "We have now been informed by letter dated October 13 that the ‘ask’ of the Salford pilot is

A new bus lane will be created as part of a series of junction improvements along Chorley Road in Swinton with work expected to start early next year.The roadworks along the A6 include installing a dedicated bus lane, increasing pavement space and upgrading traffic signal infrastructure at two junctions.The work is set to start in January and should be completed by the end of June.Salford's City Mayor Paul Dennett signed off the £1m scheme last week.The new dedicated bus lane will run north west

this link, enter your email address, and select 'MySalford News'. That's all there is to it.If the project had gone ahead, 30 per cent of the homes would have been affordable - something Peel argued would be key to meeting Salford's housing needs.They also wanted to create a marina on Bridgewater Canal, which was aimed at boosting tourism in the city.But Salford mayor Paul Dennett - and others at the council - opposed the plans and committed to fighting the case through the courts.

rejected by the High Court last year before they were taken to appeal.

Buile Hill Park.After 20 years of it falling into disrepair, the council had promised cash to help to save a classic of Georgian design dating from 1827.Boarded up and damaged by vandals, it has been a victim of several ill-fated rescue plans.But it is estimated that £5m is required to restore it to its original grandeur.The council has blamed the COVID pandemic and the dramatic slump in the economy for switching the funding to refuse trucks.But City Mayor Paul Dennett insists that the council’s

hereSalford City Mayor Paul Dennett and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham were on site as work started on the homes in May 2019Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett said: “Providing affordable homes for those who need it most is an absolute priority of mine and Salford City Council.“In April 2020 around 5,800 households were on the council’s housing register, a list of people who have been assessed as having a housing need.

A row has broken out among Salford councillors after Conservative members were prevented from hiring a political assistant by the ruling Labour group.Last month, the town hall's political groups were asked to approve the hiring of advisers on salaries of up to £34,985 after hearing they were legally entitled to hire one apiece.Salford city mayor and leader of the Labour group Paul Dennett raised concerns about spending nearly £70,000 during the coronavirus pandemic - and after years of

Salford’s Paul Dennett all writing to government arguing that without it, their public health departments will be unable to effectively monitor and contain the disease.Officials want the same information they would legally receive about any other ‘notifiable’ disease - such as TB or measles - in order to take preventative action and squash any outbreaks.

hereIt is not known how much the council could receive for the land.Salford University completed development of its Peel Park Quarter student accommodation in 2015, and is now seeking to expand the campus.City Mayor Paul Dennett said: “We did see that as a positive in terms of the development moving forward, actually accommodating students on campus rather than in the communities and neighbourhoods in and around the university.”The proposals to dispose of the land had been advertised by the