• More roads have been closed following a gas explosion in Salford.

  By Karenh2009 at 10:29 on 02/11/10

  

  At 7.15am on Tuesday 2 November 2010, police were called to the Silver Street area of Irlam following reports of an explosion. Officers attended and discovered that at least three houses have been damaged. Silver Street, Merlin Road, Morrillion Road, Cutnook Lane and a number of other routes in the area are closed off while police and the other emergency services work at the scene. Merlin Drive, McLean Drive, Neville Drive...

• Skip the traffic - leave the car at home in European Mobility Week

  By Karenh2009 at 10:58 on 12/09/10

  

  Remember the days when the streets were quieter and you didn't need to have specially pedestrianised roads?  Well, this week, council active travel officers are aiming to recreate that time – and they need your help. This year's "in town without my car day" is 22 September – the culmination of European Mobility Week which focuses on congestion, climate change, obesity and other issues surrounding unnecessary...

• sound of sirens

  By davpndlbry at 19:24 on 30/05/10

  

  Are other people of Leigh and the surrounding areas not totally fed up with having to listen to emergency vehicles sirens all the time? Do the people of Leigh not have human rights to some peace and quiet? Are all the sirens really going to emergency calls or are they using Leigh as a siren test area? Or just to get through traffic like the ambulance on Chapel Street which had sirens blazing just to go and park up on the bingo hall car...

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