Crime

Salford women have spoken about feeling unsafe on the city's streets. Image taken by myself.

“I carry my keys between my fingers in the night” – Salford women do not feel safe on our streets

Salford women have spoken out about their experiences of feeling vulnerable in the city this week, following the tragic death of Sarah Everard in London.

Copyright by GMP. Posted on social media. 17/02/2020

Knife crime in Salford – “Young people sometimes carry knives and stash them in Parkland when at school”

Knife Crime in Salford has become more apparent as Greater Manchester Police have begun weekly knife sweeps in local parks. […]

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“He has shown no remorse” – Salford man sentenced after being charged with rape

Slinkierbus268, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons A man has been sentenced to six years in prison after raping […]

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“It’s important that we can talk about it at any time without being worried” – Lecturer warning over domestic abuse during lockdown

Image credit: Alecska [Follow the Story] on Flickr, by CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A lecturer from the University of Salford says […]