Chief Inspector Michael Parker has been awarded Greater Manchester Police’s Chief Constable Commendation for lifesaving First Aid while off duty. Parker received the award after saving a man’s life while waiting for a train at Salford Crescent. The man was spotted on the floor, not breathing, which led to Parker starting CPR.

"At around 7.10pm today (19 January) six fire engines from across Greater Manchester attended a building fire involving a tumble dryer in a communal laundry room at a high-rise building on University Road, Salford", a spokesperson for GMFRS said. “Crews wearing breathing apparatus arrived quickly and are using a gas monitor and two hose reels to extinguish the fire. Firefighters remain in attendance at this time.”

Police are conducting investigations after a bench commemorating a local Holocaust survivor was found smashed and dumped into the boating lake at Clowes Park in Salford.

Over 43,500 counterfeit products were seized and destroyed by Manchester City Council’s Trading Standards Team last year, with a street value of nearly £4.5m.

More than 750 people have been arrested under Greater Manchester Police's 'Winter of Action' campaign, with around a third of arrests coming from anti-social behaviour offences.

A new fully electric 30 Bee Network bus service opened on 4 January, linking the Trafford Centre through Trafford Park, to MediaCity, along Ordsall Lane and to the City Centre.

Comedian Joe Lycett is set to perform at the University of Salford's New Adelphi Theatre for the first Suspiciously Cheap Comedy event of the year, bringing one of the UK’s most recognisable comedy voices to the heart of the campus arts scene.

Social media personality Angry Ginge, has spent his las three weeks participating in the 2025 season of I’m A Celebrity.

Emergency services have been present at the Salford Quays this afternoon, after a body was pulled from the water, a Greater Manchester Police spokesperson has confirmed.