Author: Mel Cionco

Alessandro Sciarroni and Gianmaria Borzillo perform polka chinata at Salford Lads Club. (Credit: Lee Baxter)

Submerge Festival revives international dances while bringing sparks of positivity to Salford

Manchester’s Submerge Festival brought international as well as local performers to Salford Lads Club, showcasing almost extinct arts while bringing […]

Female councillors wear traditional Ukraine wreaths 'Vinochky' to support Ukraine. (Credit: Tanya Burch)

Two Parallel Worlds: Ukrainian Salford councillor on supporting her family and country facing the invasion

Salford councillor Tanya Burch had to hold back tears as she meets with her Ukrainian family taking refuge in Poland, […]

Co-Owners of Little Nell in Tomorrow Building. Credit: Mel Cionco

International Women’s Day: Salford Council hopes to eradicate gendered wage gap in 5 years.

Salford City Council has announced an active aim for decreasing the gender pay gap. Sharmina August, councilor and Lead Member […]

MAF (2021) Ceremony. Credit: Manchester Animation Festival.

EXCLUSIVE: Festival reveals the animated shorts playing in upcoming award ceremony

Top North-West filmmakers will have their shorts screened in MediaCityUK just before the livestreaming of a major British award ceremony. […]

People reading the zines provided in the exhibition. Credit: Mel Cionco

“It celebrates LGBT art and people who’ve been out of work for years” – Swinton art exhibition shows the hardships of pandemic in diverse communities

An art exhibition at Swinton Gateway provided the finale to LGBT History Month by highlighting the talent of marginalised communities […]

Cadishead Primary School entrance. By: Mel Cionco

“We didn’t believe it at first, it was a big shock” – Primary school regains hope after receiving donations from five different companies

Teachers had to voluntarily finance creative subjects in Cadishead Primary School after a rough start of the year with budget […]

Private Lives at the Lowry Theatre Credits: Lowry Flickr

THEATRE PREVIEW: Patricia Hodge and Nigel Havers star in Private Lives at the Lowry Theatre

Private Lives, a story of a bitter divorced couple finding themselves in unlucky yet surprising circumstances, is coming to the […]

Staff and locals at Pendleton Gateway supporting Hate Crime Awareness week. Credit: Claire Fewings

“You have to see the history, to get a better future” – Pendleton Gateway hosts displays to celebrate historical weeks in diversity and awareness

A community leader in Pendleton says bringing people together to raise awareness of health and social matters is more important […]

Socialist Alternative helping pallet workers at the CHEP factory in Trafford Park.

“We will fight for every reform that makes workers lives better” – Socialist organisation to support protests and strikes in Salford community

The Salford branch of Socialist Alternative is set to rally in forthcoming activist movements and next week’s Kill the Bill […]