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SALFORD ACTOR STEPHEN LORD GOES SHAMELESS
Star date: 6th February 2012
LORDING IT UP IN SHAMELESS
Salford actor Stephen Lord makes a spectacular entrance in the new series of Shameless tomorrow night, starring as Dominic, a randy, alcoholic priest who arrives on the Chatsworth Estate in, er, biblical style.
We caught up with Stephen at the Langworthy Cornerstone to talk Salford, Somalian pirates and gangsters becoming reality show producers…
Full story here…
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SALFORD FEATURE FILM CHANCE
Star date: 5th February 2012
NEW FILM TO BE MADE IN SALFORD
Unleashing Creativity is about to start making a feature film which will be shot in March this year, and is offering the chance anyone who is unemployed or on low income to get involved…
More details here…
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SALFORD SOCIALIST THEATRE COURSE BEGINS
Star date: 5th February 2012
THE DRAMA OF CHANGE
Socialist Theatre Course
9th Feb 1:30pm for 10 weeks
Working Class Movement Library
Back in the day left wing theatre helped change the world – performed in pubs, clubs, docks canteens, factory car parks and on the streets, it reflected people's attitudes and feelings, and stirred things up. Can it change anything now?
More details here…
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SALFORD SOLDIER AUCTION AT BLACK LION PUB
Star date: 4th February 2012
LADIES HELP FOR HEROES AT THE BLACK LION
Ladies Charity Night
Saturday 4th February
Black Lion pub
Chapel Street
A special ladies charity event Help For Heroes will see a soldier being auctioned tonight, while other soldiers perform saucy dance routines…
More details here…
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SALFORD VICTORY FOR DAY CARE PROTESTERS
Star date: 3rd February 2012
A Salford Star Exclusive
SALFORD COUNCIL CAVES IN OVER DAY CARE CLOSURES
"It is a great achievement for all those who believe that services for vulnerable people should be protected…" Steve North Salford City UNISON
Salford Council has done a major u-turn over withdrawing funding from Humphrey Booth and Craig Hall day care services following a campaign led by Salford City UNISON, carers, service users and community activists.
At 8pm tonight, Councillor John Warmisham, the Council's Lead Member for Adult Services, hoisted the white flag…and Salford Council Leader, John Merry, informed colleagues "We will not be proceeding with the changes in 2012/13…"
Full story here…
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UNISON AND SALFORD COMMUNITY MEDIA PARTNERSHIP RAGE AGAINST MEDIACITYUK
Star date: 3rd February 2012
A Salford Star Exclusive
COMMUNITY ANGER AT SALFORD COUNCIL `ORNAMENTS' – UNISON DEMANDS TO SEE MULTI £MILLION MEDIA CITY CONTRACTS
Both public sector trade union Salford City UNISON and Salford Community Media Partnership (SCMP) have strongly criticised Salford Council, MediaCityUK and the BBC over excessive spending and lack of opportunities at prestige projects in the city.
Now, UNISON - slating Council spending on `ornaments', while `bread and butter services' are being run down - has demanded to see the contracts for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Media City and Salford City Stadium, while SCMP states that the attitude of the BBC and Media City has left a "bitter feeling"…
Full story here…
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SALFORD COMMUNITY GETS HAMMERED IN COUNCIL CUTS
Star date: 1st February 2012
A Salford Star Exclusive
400 JOBS TO GO…HOME CARE AND DAY SERVICES SLASHED… WELFARE ADVICE CHOPPED…£2 MILLION AXED FROM CHILDREN'S SERVICES…£1MILLION FROM YOUTH SERVICES…COMMUNITY RECREATION FACILITIES FLEECED…BUT PEEL HOLDINGS PORT GETS £15MILLION!
While Salford Council has been making great play that it is cutting £1million off its fat cat budget, behind the smokescreen a further £23million is being axed from other budgets that will hit Salford's most vulnerable people.
Make no mistake, while Salford's prestige projects are hardly touched, and Peel Holdings gets a £15million Council handout for Port Salford, the community is being forced to pay – yet again!
Full story here…
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SALFORD COMMUNITY THREE WEEKS TO SAVE DAY CARE CENTRES
Star date: 31st January 2012
THREE WEEKS TO PROTECT MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN SALFORD
Salford's community has exactly three weeks left to save the day care centre services that Salford City Council is threatening to shut. The decision is being made by Councillor John Warmisham, the Council's Lead Member for Adult Services on February 20th and there's all sorts of demos, actions and protests planned before this date.
The latest meeting to discuss action took place last Saturday in Ordsall with Labour councillor, Howard Balkind storming out at one point…
Full story here…
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THE FUTURE OF BROUGHTON REC SALFORD
Star date: January 30th 2012
BROUGHTON REC – OPEN OR CLOSED?
The Future of Broughton Recreation Centre
Feedback Event, Tuesday 31st January
11am-7pm plus presentations 1-2pm/5-6pm
Last year saw demos and protests against the possible closure of Broughton Rec due to Salford City Council cuts. The Fit City Centre, on Camp Street, Lower Broughton, was popular with sports clubs, community groups and climbing enthusiasts but was destined to be demolished, until Broughton Database looked to take over the centre.
Tomorrow sees a community feedback event on the Database's consultation for the future of Broughton Rec and everyone's invited…
More details here…
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SALFORD ART CLUB ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2012
Star date: 30th January 2012
SALFORD ART CLUB SETS THE STANDARDS
Salford Art Club's Annual Exhibition opened on Saturday at Salford Museum and Art Gallery.
Salford Star art critic, Gareth Lyons, went along to sample the works and found a real life triumph over tragedy moment…
Full story here…
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SALFORD CITY WIRED OUT
Star date: 29th January 2012
Warrington Town 4 Salford City 2
SALFORD CITY'S NINTH KEEPER OF THE SEASON FAILS TO KEEP OUT WARRINGTON
Salford City have used an incredible nine goalkeepers, including three outfield players, this season, and we're only just over half way through the fixtures. The latest hopeful, Danny Jackson, failed to keep out Warrington Town, who had just four efforts on target – and scored four goals…
Match report and photos here…
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WINTER WARM UP SUBVERTISERS STRIKE AGAINST FUEL POVERTY
Star date: 28th January 2012
CLIMATE ACTION GROUP HIT PROFIT GRABBING ENERGY COMPANIES
For anyone who is gobsmacked by the 22% rise in gas and leccy bills this month… For anyone who is sickened by a quarter of all UK people living in fuel poverty… For anyone who is disgusted by the thousands of people who will die this winter because they can't afford to put the heating on… And for anyone wants to vomit over obscene profits being made by the big six energy companies… This is for you...
…courtesy of the Manchester Climate Action Group, who did a bit of DIY subvertising on billboards yesterday in support of Winter Warm Up Weekend…
Full details and video here…
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SALFORD VOTES FOR ELECTED MAYOR
Star date: 27th January 2012
SALFORD MAYOR ELECTION IN MAY
Salford will have a mayoral election in May, after yesterday's referendum vote went in favour of an elected Mayor. Only 18.1% of the electorate bothered to vote, with 17,344 of those votes in favour of an elected Mayor, and 13,653 against, in what will be seen as a massive defeat for the ruling Labour Party in Salford which campaigned for a `No' vote.
More details here…
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SALFORD MAYOR REFERENDUM
Star date: 24th January 2012
SALFORD MAYOR – YES OR NO?
On Thursday 26th January, Salford citizens are being asked to vote on whether the city should have a Mayor or not.
The Salford Star never tells anyone how to vote, so here we look at what an elected Mayor would mean and consider both sides of the argument. Oh, and we also try to figure out where Hazel Blears is coming from on this matter – after all, it was her idea in the first place…
Click here for full story…
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SALFORD CAMPAIGNS AGAINST DAY CARE CLOSURES
Star date: 23rd January 2012
SALFORD COUNCIL ACCUSED OF `MURDERING' ELDERLY
"This Council is now killing Salford people…it's literally murder" Salford Pensioners Association
On Saturday over 150 people, including day care centre workers, carers, service users and activists, met in Swinton to oppose Salford City Council's plans to withdraw funding from at least two day care centres.
In a passionate speech, George Tapp of Salford Pensioners Association accused Salford Council of `murdering' the city's elderly.
Full details here…
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See Ann's comment below... This interview was featured in the first ever printed issue of Salford Star - it's actually almost six ... [more] |
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So much of this interview is wrong: Christopher lives in London, is married now and will soon be a father. He is loath to describ... [more] |
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Great news. Union led mass campaigning wins.
In Manchester the Sure Start provision has also been saved.
@Paul Gerrard : L... [more] |
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Congratulations to all those who went to the public meetings and made their feelings known about the possible withdrawal of fundin... [more] |
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The cynicism of the Labour Party knows no bounds. At 8.00 pm on Friday Cllr. Merry announces a reprieve, and the next morning a L... [more] |
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WHY SALFORD STAR IS ONLINE…
When we began producing the Salford Star nearly three years ago the aim was always for it to be a magazine – a big, proud, free glossy magazine that would go to as many people in Salford as possible. The reason for this was that, even according to Salford Council figures, only one person in five in the city had access to the internet. Now that figure has possibly risen to around a third. This is why Salford still needs its own accessible magazine.
We also set the Salford Star up to tell the truth, to be the voice of the community, untouched by vested interests. Unfortunately we didn’t realise that the reaction to those |
truths would be so brutal…Salford Council even re-wrote its own constitution for devolved money and ripped up our application for finance, while stuffing £175,000 into its `magazine’. Advertisers have told us that they can’t be seen to support the Salford Star for fear of losing contracts…it goes on and on and on.
So we now rely purely on donations and sales of
t-shirts to get the
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magazine back into print. And we’re a long way off getting the £6000 or so we need to do this. So please, if you want to see the Salford Star survive make a small donation, buy a t-shirt or a back copy of the mag. Every penny helps.
Salford is a huge city – it deserves its own independent magazine. Its about democracy, accountability and all those other things that were born in the city. Please help the Salford Star live…
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