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Boy racer, Jordan Taylor, jailed after high speed car chase through Salford while celebrating his birthday
Salford
Jordan Taylor ploughed through red lights across busy junctions at 60mph – even after police deployed a 'stinger' to pop his tyres
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Robber on mountain bike stole a woman's mobile
Salford
The offender rode up to the woman as she walked on Lower Seedley Road and demanded that she hand over her mobile phone.
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Shopper's terrifying ordeal during raid on Salford newsagent
Seedley
Two men grabbed cash, bottles of alcohol, cigarettes and the customer’s wallet before fleeing from the shop on Derby Road, Seedley.
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Salford councillor could be jailed over Twitter comment on BNP
Politics
Howard Balkind was reported to police by the far-right BNP for tweeting that the party would be ‘lucky to get 10 votes’ at a by-election last month.
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Salford expat among 28 held in Portuguese bar for playing bingo
Greater Manchester News
Linda Royle and others had started the first game of bingo - where contestants were playing for biscuits and drinks rather than cash - when armed police burst into The Yorkshire Tavern in Albufeira in the Algarve.
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Mum says she's dying of cancer because of asbestos exposure in Salford school playground
Salford
Penny Garner, 45, says they played as the baths next door pulled down. She fell ill, then 18 months later was diagnosed with cancer - and medics asked her when she had worked with asbestos.
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Jailed Salford rioter Ryan Gresty says experience changed his life - for the good
Armed Forces
The youngest looter to be jailed for taking part in the riots is now working with troubled young people to help steer them away from prison.
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Salford public slam new mayor Ian Stewart's £69k pay deal
Ian Stewart, Mayor of Salford
The people of Salford have slammed the proposed £69,000-a-year pay deal being offered to the newly elected mayor.
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Local election 2012: Lib Dems dumped out of Salford council
British National Party
It was a catastrophic night for the Lib Dems in Salford after leader Norman Owen and two fellow councillors lost their seats leaving the party with no representation on the council. Labour won 18 of the 20 council seats up for grabs, gaining eight.
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Salford council election 2012: Guide to where you can cast your vote
Conservative Party
Salford council has been Labour-run for four decades. While it is practically certain they will retain a large majority in the town hall, the election of a non-Labour mayor would change the political landscape completely.
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Salford City Reds rugby club director slammed over homes-plan delay at former Willows stadium
Conservative Party
A Salford Reds boss has come under fire over delays to a plan to build houses on the empty Willows ground. The scheme is meant to help the club repay £1.25m in debts to the town hall.
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Crime down your street: Anti-social behaviour reported every 4 minutes in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester Police
People¿living in Greater Manchester endured 146,000 cases of anti-social behaviour last year – equivalent to one every four minutes. The MEN reveals where the nuisance crime hotspots are in the latest in our Crime down your street series.
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Full list of candidates for Salford council elections announced
British National Party
The full list of 94 candidates to contest Salford's council elections on May 3 have been announced.
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Crime down your street: Robbery hotspot in the heart of Manchester
Greater Manchester Police
Piccadilly Gardens is the mugging hotspot of Greater Manchester, according to official crime statistics compiled by the MEN. See the robbery figures in your area.
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Crime down your street: The worst place to leave your car in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester Police
A 100-metre stretch of road close to Deansgate has been identified as the worst place to leave your car in Greater Manchester. Victoria Bridge Street, which crosses the River Irwell near Manchester Cathedral, was the scene of 42 vehicle crimes in just 12 months.
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Crime down your street: Didsbury and Withington are burglary hotspots of Greater Manchester
Apple
Didsbury and Withington have been exposed as the burglary blackspots of Greater Manchester. Crime league tables compiled by the M.E.N. show how the affluent south Manchester suburbs were hit by a total of 1,096 break-ins during 2011 – an average of three every day.
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Terror of innocent Salford family caught up in police ‘drugs raid’
Greater Manchester News
An innocent family were left terrified when police burst into their home during a dawn drugs raid. Karen and Lee Holden and their two-year-old son Kevin were upstairs asleep when eight officers, in full riot gear, broke into their home at 5am.
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Tribunal win for union man fired by Salford Council after ‘brushing past’ manager
Salford Council
A bin wagon driver who was sacked for allegedly assaulting his boss has won a case for unfair dismissal. John Kelly, 54, a union shop steward, was dismissed by Salford council in September 2010 after being accused of the attack. But a tribunal was told he had not assaulted his manager – but had just brushed passed him in a narrow corridor during a heated argument.
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Up for rent - 'forgotten' Salford homes renovated by council for £1m
Salix Homes
Houses bought by town hall bosses and offered to people whose own homes faced the bulldozer are to be rented out after standing empty for three years. Eighteen houses were bought by Salford council and renovated in 2009 for £1m.
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Outdoor flea market closes for last time
Local News
A historic second-hand market has closed. The outdoor flea market of up to 200 stalls at Salford Shopping Centre in Pendleton was held for the final time on Thursday. The weekly market, which has met for decades outside Salford Shopping Centre, has been shut along with the precinct’s Sunday car boot sale.
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Outdoor market at Salford Shopping Centre closes today
Local News
An historic second-hand market in Salford closes today. The weekly flea market of up to 200 stalls has met for decades outside Salford Shopping Centre.
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Video: Fight to save the outdoor market steps up
Christmas
A campaigner has gathered hundreds of signatures in her fight to save Salford’s outdoor market. As part of the plans by site owners Salford Estates, the second-hand ‘flea’ market at Salford Precinct, which has been operating for decades, will close at the end of next month.
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Shopper sets out her stall to save market
Tesco
A petition has been launched to save the doomed outdoor market at Salford Shopping Centre. Campaigner Marie Piekarski is calling for Salford council to provide an alternative market site after it was announced last week that the 200-stall market would close next month.
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Live - 13 appear in court charged with involvement in Manchester and Salford riots
Twitter
It follows a series of dawn raids yesterday that saw 25 suspects arrested by police investigating the disturbances. Those due to appear in court included a girl of 15 from Salford charged with violent disorder.
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