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 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.

Reds will have to make two trips to the South of France after the Challenge Cup Fourth Round draw landed them a tough away tie against the latest Super League team to beat them – Les Catalans.

The Lions have pulled out Championship side Halifax, Smith’s former club, in the fourth round draw.

The Lions looked to be coasting into the next round with a handsome 34-6 lead just past the hour mark.

Yet such has been the enthusiasm and learning capacity of the 20-year-old Ghanaian student that she has not only graduated into a more than competent player, but she has also added a string of coaching and teaching qualifications to her fund of rugby knowledge.

Early pressure in the game was all Irlam, with Jonathan Lyons lively and Yan Mayangele blastingover the bar.

]]> sport http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/sport/s/1198004_irlam_miss_chance_to_close_on_top_three?rss=yes#comments 2010-03-11T14:00:56 http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/sport/rugby_league/s/1194854_salford_12_catalans_dragons_24?rss=yes Salford boss Shaun McRae expressed sympathy with the club’s fans as his side slumped to a fifth straight defeat.

Catalans Dragons ended their winless run in the Engage Super League this season by fighting back from a half-time deficit to post a 24-12 victory tonight.

This means club chairman Darren Quick assisted by former player Mark Molyneaux will take charge until then, replacing Paul Wright who left recently.

Bobbie witnessed Salford’s latest defeat against Les Catalans at first hand in his role as the French national coach. He fears for Salford this term.

Five successive Super League defeats leaves chairman Wilkinson disappointing but typically determined to see a turnaround in fortunes.

Played five... lost five, so the sole possession of Super League’s basement slot now belongs to Salford.

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’.

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

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.

They have all backed our Christie campaign. And so should you.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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."

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

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.

Dr Pierina Kapur later realised her mistake, which left the child needing a catheter to pass water for the rest of her life.

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.

Mind you, it’s the worst kept secret in politics that the ballot will be held on Thursday, May 6 - the same day as the local elections.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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