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"It's the best night out of the week for me" - Eccles and District Darts league keeping pubs full on Monday nights

“It’s the best night out of the week for me” – Eccles and District Darts league keeping pubs full on Monday nights

“It’s the best night out of the week for me, it’s the only night out of the week for me.” […]

Toby, aged 8, after finding the toy time capsule that has been floating around the British seas for almost 25 years. Image via. Molly Petter on Facebook.

Walkden man “shocked” after 25-year-old time capsule containing his phone number is found in West Sussex

A message in a toy time capsule thrown out to sea has been traced back to Walkden nearly 25 years later. Paul […]

Fool Me Once cover via Netflix and Michelle Keegan via Maria, owner of The Confetti Box

Michelle Keegan wears wedding dress from Eccles shop in Netflix sensation Fool Me Once

A wedding dress worn by Michelle Keegan in hit Netflix crime drama Fool Me Once was supplied by an Eccles […]

A horse bus of the Manchester Carriage Company, the company that John Greenwood created. Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester

How a “poor bloke” in Salford invented the UK’s first ever bus service

The first ever bus service was created in Salford by John Greenwood, a seemingly ordinary bloke who revolutionised transport services […]

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Salford man runs from Salford to Blackpool for charity – “We need funding as much as anyone else”

Dale Williams, a local hero who works at Salford Community Leisure, recently ran 66.49km in aid of extra funding for […]

The Three Geordie lasses
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Teenagers learn how to fly the nest in Birdie at Salford’s Lowry Theatre

Stupidity, friendship, growing up. Birdie reminds everyone of what it means to be a teenager. The Matilda Neill play introduces […]