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SAVE SALFORD NURSERIES CAMPAIGN HITS PARLIAMENT Star date: 26th April 2018 SALFORD NURSERIES CAMPAIGN GOES NATIONAL Yesterday, Save Salford Nurseries campaigners took their message to Parliament,  meeting MPs and protesting outside the Department of Education, although the Government will not meet with the campaign until May. Here, nursery campaigner, Lee Shannon, who joined the London lobbying, gives an account of the day... Full details here...

OVER 4,000 SALFORD RESIDENTS OPPOSE HOUSES ON DUNCAN MATHESON PLAYING FIELDS Star date: 25th April 2018 PUBLIC MEETING GEARS UP FOR OPPOSITION TO SALFORD COUNCIL Tomorrow night, Thursday 26th April at 7pm, there's going to be a further public meeting at De La Salle Sports Club to reignite opposition to a proposed huge housing development on the Duncan Matheson Playing Fields, off Lancaster Road. Over four thousand people have already signed a petition, as Salford City Mayor, Paul Dennett, seems to have done a u-turn, from originally opposing the development to supporting building on the playing fields. Full details here...

SALFORD RED DEVILS DIRECTOR OPENS UP ON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS AT THE CLUB Star date: 24th April 2018 "WE ARE PROBABLY THE MOST POORLY SUPPORTED CLUB..." What is the future for Salford Red Devils? A wealthy benefactor has gone, players have been sold, crowds are small and income is low. On the pitch things aren't too bad but, off the pitch, the new owners are trying to pick up the pieces, including a new Salford Red She-Devils team... "I think the reality is that we are probably the most poorly supported club" Executive Director Andrew Rosler tells Gareth Lyons "I think you kind of get the team you deserve..." Full details here...

SALFORD LIBDEM CANDIDATE CLAIMS SHE’S BEING BULLIED IN CLAREMONT Star date: 23rd April 2018 TENSION, 'BULLYING' AND POLITICAL DOG FIGHTING IN LOCAL ELECTION CONTEST While the local election campaigns around Salford are pretty mild at the moment, in the Claremont ward it's all kicking off, with the LibDem candidate, Stef Lorenz, accusing Labour Party supporters of 'bullying', and the authorities of complicity. Stef has been blocked from putting up posters in the local Height Library for a jumble sale and art auction in aid of restoring the old Height Youth Club, been forced to stand down as chair of that campaign and has been met with a volley of political abuse on social media. What's going on? Full details here...

SALFORD MINERS REMEMBERED AT AGECROFT MEMORIAL Star date: 22nd April 2018 RESPECT PAID TO IRWELL VALLEY MINERS Yesterday, former miners, families and trade unionists gathered at the Agecroft Colliery monument to pay respects to those who lost their lives down the pits... "Today means everything, it's the only way we can pay back what they did for you" said Jackie Rimmer, whose father died down Agecroft Colliery in 1963. Full details here...