Millions will be watching Salford tonight as the leaders of the country’s biggest political parties take part in the first televised debate of the election season.

Kids from six Salford primary schools are combining their efforts to perform an opera about the history of the UK’s first canal and the key role the city’s waterways have played in the growth and industrialisation of the country.

A Salford University lecturer and student are hoping to help kickstart ‘stellar’ athletic careers when they arrive in China for tomorrow’s World Cross Country Championships.

Two arrests for murder have been made after last weekend’s brutal machete attack outside a Salford pub left a 28-year-old man for dead.

Greater Manchester Police are appealing for infromation after a bomb threat at a William Hill gambling shop in Eccles, Salford, left staff but ‘understandably shaken by this traumatic ordeal’ yesterday morning.

A 29-year-old man is in a serious condition after being attacked with a machete in Salford – making it the third stabbing to have happened in the area in just 24 hours.

A Polish teenager has been subjected to a terrifying late night racist attack just outside of the city centre leaving her afraid to leave her home.

The images show a man who police wish to speak to in connection with the incdent at the counter moments before a McDonald’s worker was threatened with a large machete in Pendlebury on Wednesday January 7.

An internal memo from the Lowry’s Chief Executive has warned staff that the theatre is concerned about the potential reaction against a pro-Palestinian performance taking place in May.

Four Greater Manchester districts feature in the UK’s top 20 job seeker sanction hot-spots – making it one of the most heavily penalised regions in the country.

Where time has dulled the wit or the vigour of other stalwarts of the comedy circuit, Al Murray’s routines remain as fresh and lively as the most expertly poured pint.