Bill, a survivor of the notorious camp that gave birth to the film The Great Escape, died in his sleep in Salford Royal Hospital on Tuesday, March 9.

Two Year 7 pupils from Harrop Fold High School made the trip to London to ask some questions of the man who wants to be the next prime minister.

Gynaecologist Martin Quinn took up an unpaid post at a London hospital after leaving Salford Royal amid complaints from patients.

Lleyton Coombes, aged three, was born with Nieman Pick type C - a rare neurological condition that affects approximately 1,000 people around the world.

Alex Boylan who studied traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture at the University of Salford practices various forms of deep tissue and sports massage and is now offering a style of massage based on realigning and balancing the pelvis and head.

Bantamweight boxer Maxine has no amateur experience but has already sold almost 500 tickets to her first ever fight against Fouzia Blel.

Reporter Pamela Welsh was in the council chamber and sent live updates to this site using Twitter, and political activist Steve Middleton and Councillor Iain Lindley also tweeted their views.

Newton Mill on Lees Street, Swinton, hosted the three-day election on March 5-7. More than 10,000 Iraqi citizens used the polling station which caused disruption for residents in the area.

Lord Mandelson said the city was 'on the move' when he visited on a whirlwind tour of the region.

Part of the land earmarked for the new stadium is the subject of a covenant restricting its use to 'public open space and agriculture'.

Karl Brookes, a spokesperson for NHS Salford, said: "It’s important that we move with the times and Twitter and Facebook are free ways of staying in touch with a part of the community that we are proud to serve."

Paul Beard, 42, was more than two-and-a-half times the legal alcohol limit and speeding when he was stopped by police in Salford, a court heard.

The sum included officers’ overtime and use of the force helicopter. Riot squad officers, police on horseback and officers with evidence-recording cameras were deployed.

Clare Wood met George Appleton via an internet dating service, but did not know he had served three jail terms for harassing and assaulting two previous partners. Clare’s strangled and burned body was found at her home in Salford in February last year.

The 53-year-old victim confronted four men trying to steal the till from his newsagents in New Lane, Peel Green, Eccles.

The precinct has been sold for £40m and could lead to a brand new city centre for Salford.

Little Lleyton Coombes was born with Niemann Pick type C, a rare neurological condition that effects approximately 1000 people around the world.

Across the city, there were 30 exclusions for assault and abuse and 610 suspensions in the 2007/2008 academic year.

Salford City Council had earmarked the land at Barton Moss, on the Eccles and Irlam border, to attract companies to the borough.

Mental health bosses are proposing to close Cleveland House in Eccles Old Road as it is ‘no longer fit for purpose’.

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James Stephen Hobbs, 20, of Higher Croft in Eccles, made off with £80 after threatening a shop keeper who had known him for years with a large knife.

But Salford council said it had expressed 'strong concerns' about the choice of a mill off Lees Street as a polling station and residents complained that the huge turnout had caused widespread disruption in the area.

St Thomas’ of Canterbury RC Primary School in Higher Broughton has received an ‘outstanding’ mark following government inspector Ofsted's visit to the school in January.

The Walkden Youth Music Festival is being organised by the same group who organised the event last summer to showcase local bands.

It is the first action of its kind taken by Salford City Council.

The men were part of a group of nine, who all admitted conspiracy to supply class A drugs, were caught following a major undercover operation.

Terry Lewis represented Worsley from 1983 until he retired at the 2005 election.

The North West Development Agency has granted £10.8m to create public squares and highways to link the houses, offices and retail buildings that will be constructed as part of the redevelopment of the Chapel Street corridor.

Nathan Porter’s perversions were uncovered when a flatmate logged on to his home computer to find he had tried to arrange a webcam viewing of a child engaged in sex acts.

The apology came after he wrote in saying: "In almost five years at the company, I have never been late once. Thanks to your bad service, I have ruined an impeccable record. I'm gutted to say the least."

Cullen, who had a £30,000 Franck Muller watch, treated his family to cars and foreign holidays despite having no obvious source of income. Now his mother Bernadette Cullen, 55, of Heaton Street, Salford, is also behind bars. She wept as a judge described her as a 'prime mover' in crime and jailed her for 15 months.

Retired baker Conrad Drogie served in the Korean War in the 1950s where he survived malaria.

The man knocked on the door of the 80-year-old's home in Streetgate, Little Hulton, claiming he was emptying the bins.

Chi-chi Ekweozor launches her training programme this weekend at Sportcity in Manchester and wants people to join her on the start line.

One of the most precious medals to go missing from the house she owned in Swinton was the gold medal she won at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002.

Gynaecologist Martin Quinn took up an unpaid post at St George’s hospital in London without telling managers he was being investigated by the medical watchdog over a string of complaints at Salford Royal.

Peter Hudson, 25, turned pro after only playing darts on the 501 big boards for the past three years.

A new Tesco has been given approval at the site of West One while plans to revitalise the precinct, were also rubberstamped.

Mike Singleton will be joining the line-up at the New York Half Marathon in a few weeks’ time, watched from the sidelines by wife Sonia, who has lung cancer.

Greater Manchester Police have named the five most wanted offenders in each of its division as part of Operation Sabre and want the help of readers to take them off the streets.

They believe the magnificent building should instead be used for the community or as a council-owned banqueting suite.

Colin Fell, 53, of Lumber Lane, Roe Green, has been charged with a number of fraud-linked theft offences and Susan Fell, 47, also of Lumber Lane, Roe Green has been charged with money laundering.

Operation Portcullis saw warrants being executed on every division within Greater Manchester Police area as officers hunt down criminals responsible for alcohol-fuelled violent assaults and those who have jumped bail and are on the run.

But plans for two new sixth form colleges could be scrapped after the budget for the ambitious programme was cut by £17m.

The Eurovision Talent Factor show will take place to celebrate 100 years of Girlguiding.

Sara, a month away from giving birth to her third child, performed the ribbon cutting at Marmalade hair salon, the latest venture of close friend Clare Hamilton, and threw her weight behind our £250,000 fundraising target.

Baby Sophie was born three weeks ago at Salford Royal’s birthing unit and Helen, 33, is full of praise for the staff who helped her with the birth.

Students from The University of Salford’s School of Built Environment (SOBE) are involved in a competition to design a new clubhouse.

Rosalind Parden, 56, of Manchester Road West, Salford, stole the money from an air conditioning firm where she worked as a payroll clerk.

Ian Potts, 41, pleaded guilty to assault at Manchester magistrates court and received a four-year banning order.

Developer Sky Properties is drawing up proposals for the Green Lane Eco-Park in Monton, Eccles.

Alan Michael Long, 34, blasted Sarah Gabrielides with a sawn-off shotgun

after they argued about him cheating on her with his own stepsister at the

home they shared at Belper Road, Eccles.

Coun John Warmisham was on holiday in Cyprus when he accidentally sent private messages meant for his girlfriend to his public account on the micro-blogging website.

The 21-year-old blew the money using the account of former Wigan footballer Mido, who now plays for West Ham.

Hundreds of tablets and 24 bags of cannabis were seized from the property on Kennedy Road, Weaste, Salford, on Thursday.

Bourbons, custard creams and Rich Tea will no longer be served at Salford council. Tea and coffee have also been banned – but full refreshments will be served at civic events.

She will be opening the new hair salon of best friend Clare Hamilton, Marmalade Hair, at 5 Monton Green.

The bids from Tesco and Threadneedle will both go to Salford City Council’s planning committee next week.

Matthew Koon will perform in the live final of Sky1’s Got To Dance show this weekend.

Salford City Council approved plans for the refurbishments, hoping they will develop the ‘roundabouts as a destination’.

Peel Holdings, who were recently foiled in their attempt to build a racecourse on green belt at Worsley and are contracted to build a new stadium for the Reds rugby team plan to build almost 40,000 houses on land across the city.

Clare Wood's strangled and badly burned body was found at her home a year ago.