It's barely a dozen days since the shooting of Indian post-grad student Anuj Bidve on the streets of Salford and the accusations of blame have begun. An earlier shooting in September just yards from where Anuj was gunned down in Ordsall has, so far, gone unsolved. Assuming the two incidents...

British MPs Nadine Dorries (Conservative) and Hazel Blears (Labour) along with former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin (Republican) and Michelle Bachmann (Republican) are all major political figures who have recently been in the news. Why link them?

I first wrote about Nadine Dorries in October of last year when she blogged...

The pictures below show the devastation after a robbery of my Home Cinema shop in Manchester. Horrific aren't they? However, these pictures were not taken last week following the rioting and looting in the North West of England, they were taken exactly two days before Christmas day, 2003.

The English Democrats party is forcing Salford to hold a referendum on an elected Mayor for the city after they handed in a 10,000 name petition. Under the Local Government Act introduced by Labour, if 5% of the electorate petition the council and the signatures are correctly matched to names...

In The Times last Thursday, 115 Liberal Democrat councillors (including 14 Lib Dem Council Leaders and almost 70 opposition and group leaders) called for the scrapping of Conservative-proposed plans for Police and Crime Commissioners. You can read more about the story at LocalGov, thereby saving you having to...

Last month, Peter Flanagan of Pendlebury in Salford, Lancashire was confronted by machete-wielding intruders at his home. He has been quoted as saying he "did what he believed necessary" to defend his home and family, fatally stabbed one of the burglars as a consequence.

The day before the break-in, Prime...

The University of Salford is planning to remove their famous lion logo and replace it with the word "Manchester".

The current lion logo proudly states "The University of Salford" although some of their letterheads do also state "A Greater Manchester University" - which I do not have a problem with.