Calls to review ‘unduly lenient’ sentence for rapist in Andrew Malkinson miscarriage of justice
Man jailed for rape over which Andrew Malkinson was wrongly imprisoned
May 2026
Raves, Brecht and re-enacting Diana’s funeral: the White Hotel bows out as the north’s bravest music venue
After 10 years of avant-garde mayhem, the rough-diamond Salford venue is set to close. Its founders look back on their artistic free-for-all and explain how its spirit will continue
April 2026
Other lives
Bill Leader obituary
Cultural venues in England to share £130m under Arts Everywhere scheme
March 2026
‘A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: why Tate has lent an LS Lowry painting to a school
Sending painting to artist’s namesake school in Salford is a first for gallery, and has brought huge benefits
January 2026
Man arrested after woman, 95, tied up during attempted robbery in Salford
Woman ‘overwhelmed’ by loneliness killed herself and disabled daughter, coroner says
November 2025
‘I’ve had death threats’: Jewish councillor faces backlash over plan for Salford’s bin problem
‘Everybody comes from a place of mundanity’: northern gothic, the strange music scene rooted in small-town Yorkshire and Lancashire
March 2025
Other lives
Alice Searle obituary
Man who dumped friend’s body parts around Salford to serve at least 34 years
February 2025
Police find remains in search for woman murdered in Salford in 2013
Praised, then razed: why is UK’s best building of 1996 being demolished?
Don’t throw Salford’s groundbreaking Centenary Building in the bin
Rowan Moore
Trains restart after suspected drink-driver crashes on to tracks in Salford
November 2024
Five-hour avant garde Philip Glass opera among ENO’s Manchester plans
Programme for company’s move north includes Glass’s Einstein on the Beach, Britten and a new youth company
Union launches charter to protect care workers on sponsored UK visas
Salford council is first signatory to Unison agreement intended to prevent exploitation of migrant workers
Morrissey donates £50,000 to Salford Lads Club fundraiser
The Smiths singer’s contribution to the club, which featured on the artwork of The Queen is Dead album, is his third known effort to save it from closure
October 2024
‘I like it here can I stay?’: the Salford Lads Club – in pictures
The youth centre immortalised by the Smiths on the sleeve of their third studio album, The Queen Is Dead, is under threat of closure. The Guardian photographer Chris Thomond paid a visit
