Armed officers were called to Buckingham Street in Pendleton at 10.15pm after reports that a shot had been fired at a block of flats.

Dale Hall, 27, was released from prison in January 2012 on licence after originally being sentenced to 56 months in jail in February 2010 for robbery. He has now breached his licence conditions.

Anthony Grainger, 36, died from a single shot fired from a sub-machine gun while he sat in the front seat of an Audi in a car park in the village of Culceth, Warrington, on March 3.

The team of 14 doctors, nurses and managers were put up at the four-star Grange Hotel in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, during three 'senior leadership team development days'.

On Sunday, May 13, from 2pm to 3pm visitors to the hall can join head gardener Lindsay Berry as she demonstrates how to make a hanging basket.

More than 350 people, including Kade’s family, friends and fellow pupils from St George’s RC High School in Walkden, packed into Saint Paul’s Peel Church to pay their respects to the brave 15-year-old.

Sky Properties is appealing against Salford council’s rejection of an application for a recycling and renewable energy centre on the former Mitchell Shackleton engineering site, on Green Lane.

Officers are now appealing for help to put a name to the man's face.

The 73-year-old was brought to safety by firefighters after they were called to her home on Hannover Court in Worsley at 5.30pm on Wednesday.

The girl apparently fainted on the busy tram and was seen collapsed on the floor of the Piccadilly-bound service.

Crews from Salford station attended the incident on Churchill Way in Pendleton at just before 6pm on Tuesday.

James Cracknell, who won rowing gold in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, will take part in the Bupa Flash Run at MediaCityUK on Wednesday, May 16.

The 40-year-old man fractured his skull, pelvis and right leg in the fall near to Cornbrook station near the city centre at around 3am.

The show runs from Saturday, May 12 to Saturday, May 26 and paintings for sale include watercolours, pastels, acrylic and mixed media.

Michael Felse will run in November’s race against Manchester Central Labour MP Tony Lloyd.

Former set designer Nicholas, 33, has spent £30,000 transforming a bedroom in his home into a shrine to the films, based on the famous Roald Dahl children’s book.

The former MP promised to change the way the city was run as he was sworn in to the historic role.

The park, off Eccles Old Road, has already welcomed a huge fairground, which opens tonight, Friday, and runs until Monday.

Work on the project will take two years to complete and cost £7m this financial year.

More than 5,500 took advantage of the council's 'free swim' offer at six of the city’s pools – a 67 per cent increase on last year’s figures.

On the new route passengers will journey along the River Irwell past Ordsall Hall, disembarking at the Mark Addy pub, before crossing the newly-opened Spinningfields Bridge to the Spinningfields development.

Sara Richards said she became involved with Daniel Leather, 23, when he went to stay at a hostel in Salford where she worked.

The huge building would be built next to the renowned Mark Addy pub on Salford’s border with Manchester, and would have 271 bedrooms.

The raid damaged roofing slates at Swinton Hall Care Home on Worsley Road - eventually causing a leak.

Two crews were called to the industrial unit on Everard Street at 1.30pm on Tuesday after thick black smoke was seen billowing from the roof.

Dr Chris Miller, from the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, was leading a group of 20 students from Manchester Metropolitan University when they were caught by a freak storm on Astley Moss.

Grace Adeleye, 66, of Sarnia Court, Salford, is alleged to have caused the death of Goodluck Caubergs, from Oldham, by gross negligence two years ago.

Officials checked a consignment of 15 boxes that arrived from Nigeria via Istanbul in Turkey. Two contained peppers which had plastic bags of the drug inside. Some of the vegetables were also found to be filled with a liquid-form of cocaine.

The former government transport minister, says moving parliament's upper house would shift politics away from 'Planet London'.

The scheme is meant to help the club repay £1.25m in debts to the town hall.

The Say No campaign committee is planning a retro games night ahead of next month's public inquiry into Salford council's refusal of a non-hazardous treatment and gasification plant on Green Lane.

The 77-year-old was found in some discomfort on Dauntesey Avenue in Pendlebury at 5pm yesterday.

Celebrations start on Sunday, April 15, with the public being shown how to plant seeds which they can take home and grow into their own vegetables.

A report by the independent planning inspector into Peel Holdings' appeal to build 350 homes and create a nature park at Burgess Farm in Walkden, will not be issued until May 10.

Spurned Claire Holley, 31, of Little Hulton, Salford, got drunk and ploughed through the glass doors in her ex’s Ford Focus, coming to rest against the reception desk where he worked.

The comparison comes after it emerged that BBC staff at Salford had been offered security escorts to take them to their cars or the tram if they were too frightened to go on their own.

David Liversidge, 25, who also pens his own songs, will go head-to-head against the best singing talent in the north west at the regional heats of Live and Unsigned 2012 on Saturday.

Masterminding the event on Sunday, April 15, is Stef Lorenz, whose husband Roger suffers from Multiple System Atrophy, a degenerative condition which affects speech and mobility, and for which there is no cure.

Residents living in a section of Milton Court in Higher Broughton had to leave their homes after an electrical cupboard in a first floor flat caught fire.

Now a five-year campaign is bearing fruit but – due to funding cuts – locals must dig deep to fund it themselves.

The light aircraft plummeted from the sky before striking a semi-detached house in Peel Green, Eccles, Salford, last July. It then richocheted off a neighbouring property, hit the ground and burst into flames.

The remark was made in a memo sent by Rhian Roberts, head of development for 5 Live and Sports Extra.

Mr Massey, 52, strenuously denies any wrongdoing and claims he is the victim of a witch-hunt. He was arrested by police as part of a probe into a Salford-based security company, 21st Century Security.

And the Independent Police Complaints Commission revealed that 'a range of potential offences' were being considered, including unlawful manslaughter and murder.

Firefighters from Broughton station attended the incident on Basten Drive at 3.45am today.

Johnny Joyce, 23, was involved in a fight with a fellow inmate at Strangeways.

]]> http://menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser/news/s/1490798_celebrity-gypsy-paddy-dohertys-cousin-johnny-joyce-in-strangeways-punch-up?rss=yes Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:41:15 -0000 http://menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser/news/s/1490783_salford-firemans-tragic-end-is-unearthed-after-60-years?rss=yes The story of a young fireman who died tragically more than 60 years ago will be remembered on an historic walk.

Robert Burrows, believed to be from Salford, was 25 and had been a fireman for just two years. He fell from the back of a fire engine on the way to an emergency call in March 1951.

These amazing pictures show the birds lit up against the glow of amber at a roundabout in Gilda Brook Road, Eccles, Salford.

Sultan Chaudhry, 55, pleaded guilty to 10 offences after an inspection at the White Lodge Hotel on Cheetham Street West, Salford, last year.