Apologies for delay in setting up new council website.

In the next few weeks this site will close down and replaced with a new site.

PARENTS have been praised for the calmness they have shown during an outbreak of swine flu at a Salford primary school.

Residents are to have a say on how Pendleton could be transformed as part of a £121m regeneration project.

We are delighted to announce that Transforming Learning Partnership have been appointed as the Preferred Bidder for both Salford and Wigan's BSF programmes. Information released to the press is attached below.

As part of Bike Week 2009, Love Your Bike.org are encouraging Salford council and businesses, schools and people in Salford to take the CycleGM Commuter Challenge.

Four Sure Start Children’s Centres in Central Salford are holding a bear hunt and picnic in Chimney Pot Park, Langworthy on Wednesday 27 May from 11:30am to 2pm. Activities will include stories, games, a bear hunt, crafts and health promotion. The centres involved are, Lark Hill, Primrose Hill, Belvedere and its satellite Lower Broughton.

Week of action helps make Salford cleaner and safer

Mums in Walkden can get lots of support with breastfeeding at the St Paul’s Heathside Sure Start Children’s Centre breastfeeding support group.

Parents across Salford are being invited to take part in a course to encourage them to talk to their children about sex and relationships.

Residents in Salford are to benefit from seven new alley gating schemes which are being installed as part of a council-led project to improve local communities.

Would you like the opportunity to get involved in setting the direction of the British Youth Council?

SNAP is a week of activities to bring about immediate change and improvement in the area.

A national drive to clampdown on illegal money lenders and protect residents from being ripped off as the credit crunch bites, is launching in Salford.

Under age binge drinkers are the target of a shock poster campaign to be launched by Salford City Council during the Easter holiday.

People in Salford are being encouraged to take the plunge and get active with the launch of free swimming.

Pupils from The Swinton High School who recently got the opportunity to quiz the Prime Minister and his Cabinet have been honoured with a prestigious award for the work they are doing in giving young people a voice.

Worsley resident and football ace Ryan Giggs has been awarded the freedom of the city of Salford.

All families in Salford with children under five are being offered more support than ever before to give their children the best start in life. Salford’s Sure Start Children’s Centres, which bring together services to support children under five and their families, are celebrating the good news that they have officially reached the Children’s Centre ‘Full Core Offer Status’ for the services that they deliver. This is a key part of the Government’s strategy for supporting Children and families

About 100 students from Harrop Fold School in Little Hulton are learning about the obstacles facing asylum seekers when they enter Britain.

A new scheme set up in Salford will help to give parents the added reassurance that schools across the city are committed to the safety and security of their children

I am sad to announce the death of Councillor Jimmy Hulmes.

Planning applications in for alleygating in Langworthy Ward.

Seedley and Langworthy Trust receive lottery grant.

Salford Primary Care Trust has unveiled a campaign to encourage the city’s young people to be tested for Chlamydia.

Salford's amazing grade 1 listed Ordsall Hall closes its doors on Saturday 21 February for a two year restoration project that will ensure the hall's future is as extraordinary as its past

Salford council tax payers may be paying as little as sixty pence a week extra, as the council once again approves one of the smallest bill increases in the country - up just 3.4 per cent on last year.

Located on Broadwalk, this state-of-the-art purpose built health and social care centre is now open for business. Featuring a variety of health and council services, the centre will also focus on children’s services, many of which will relocate from Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

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A BID to ease the recession for families across Greater Manchester by scrapping a 10p bus-fare rise for schoolchildren has failed.

A landlord who ignored calls for him to improve his cold, damp property in Seedley has been ordered to pay almost £2,000.

Cases of measles, which is very infectious, have been identified in Salford, across Greater Manchester and the UK. The Health Protection Agency and Salford Primary Care Trust strongly recommend that your child is protected against this highly infectious disease by having an MMR jab.

It’s all hands on deck as a major new initiative tackling the issues that matter to residents gets set to launch in Salford.

We have introduced a newsletter that is available online to keep everyone up to date with the latest developments of BSF.

To help keep the streets and communities of Salford safer, it is important we act as an extra set of eyes and ears for police in the city.

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Pupils from a Salford school got an exclusive invite to meet the Prime Minister and his cabinet in Liverpool yesterday - the only school in the country to get the experience of a lifetime.

Could you be a foster carer, or do you know someone who could

Salford's young people are set to be better connected to weekend activities thanks to a new government grant.

Homes in Pendleton are set to be transformed, with confirmation from government that it will be making £121 million available for investment.

Ordsall Hall now has a future exciting enough to match its past, with confirmation that it has secured the money it needs to transform it into a 21st-century visitor attraction.

Landlords in Seedley and Langworthy who are not signed up to a compulsory scheme to help reduce the number of poorly-managed properties are being warned that they risk court in an innovative new campaign.

To celebrate national Bookstart day on Friday 10 October, Salford Bookstart is holding pirate themed events throughout the week in Sure Start Children’s Centres and libraries to encourage parents to read with their children.

Further work against the closure of Post Offices in Salford.

We work with children & young people, victims and survivors of violent conflict arising out of prejudice, discrimination or political ideology as well as ex-combatants. Each year approximately 4,000 people take part in our programmes covering issues of conflict resolution, citizenship, social and moral responsibility, peer mediation and mentoring.

Families in Salford can now access the highest quality childcare at Lark Hill Sure Start Children’s Centre. The Centre has been given an outstanding grade by Ofsted for the quality and standards of its nursery education. This means the provision is of an exceptionally high quality and is the highest grade a setting can achieve.

TEACHERS have been told to defy the compensation culture by encouraging children to brave cuts and bruises and get stuck into traditional playground games

Salford is celebrating another bumper year for GCSEs with provisional results showing that almost 68% of pupils in the city have achieved 5 A*-C grades, an increase of eight percentage points on last year.

Labour's next election manifesto will back extending the franchise to 16- and 17-year-olds, and support a wholly elected second chamber as a result of decisions taken yesterday at the party's critical three-day national policy forum in Warwick.

Asylum seekers: some myths and truths...
Separating the myth from the truth on asylum seekers

SALFORD Reds have secured a Super League licence in a major boost to the club's long term future.

Jenny Sowerby Chair of Langworthy In Bloom was presented with the Mayor's Citizen of the Month Award on Wednesday.

Notice of Motion against the closure of Salford Post Offices.

The University of Salford has signed a unique partnership deal with the BBC which will help students get employment in the media and help develop new talent.

Salford City Council has helped to launch a website to encourage parents, pupils and teachers to re-think their journey to school.

Salford City Council’s Youth Service has increased its Friday youth work provision, giving young people even more opportunities to get involved in fun activities.

TOPPING OUT CEREMONY PENDLETON LIFT CENTRE

The Private Finance Initiative (often referred to as simply PFI) is a means by which Salford City Council is able to secure substantial investment from the private sector to improve, manage and maintain its housing, giving tenants a choice of good quality homes that meet the Decent Homes Standard.

Councillor Margaret Morris is the new mayor of Salford

Visit to Lamgworthy Ward by Rt Hon James Purnell MP

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