Rant: Salford artists launch art and craft events throughout November
mancon news feed (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Salford artists launch art and craft events throughout November
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CCTV of PE kids seized by Salford police
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
CCTV of PE kids seized by Salford police Video footage of primary pupils changing for PE lessons has been seized by police after a protest by furious parents.Police were called to diffuse the row at the gates after mums and dads found pupils were filmed round the clock.There was no suggestion it was used inappropriately but police seized the footage after talks at Charlestown primary.Salford...
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Salford sign centre Tyrer on loan
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Salford City Reds sign centre Stephen Tyrer on a season-long loan from St Helens.
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Other Rugby League: SAints’ Tyrer joins Salford
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
SALFORD City Reds have signed centre Stephen Tyrer on a season-long loan from St Helens.
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Salford City Reds sign Stephen Tyrer on season-long loan from St Helens
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
SALFORD CITY REDS have signed goalkicking centre Stephen Tyrer on a season-long loan from St Helens.
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Relativities
trading as wdr (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Local not-for-profit magazine The Salford Star is pretty unhappy that BBC staff moving to MediaCity will be allowed to retain their London weighting allowances for the rest of their careers. "An apartheid wage system".
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies becomes Patron of the Manchester University Music Society (UK)
NOVARS Research Centre Blog (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
NEW MUSIC NORTH WEST FESTIVAL . 23-27 November 2009 Showcasing the wealth of creative musical talent in the North West, the University of Manchester is collaborating with the musical might of the BBC Philharmonic, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Psappha, Salford University and the RNCM to put on over 15 concerts featuring music by over 40 composers from the North-West region, including a significant...
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Fatal hit-and-run driver hunted
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Police continue to hunt a hit-and-run driver who left a 62-year-old man dying in a road in Salford.
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Should local authorities subsidise independent local newspapers?
Local Democracy (Free subscription) | yesterday
In today’s Guardian, (and here with footnotes) George Monbiot asks: “I can think of only two local newspapers that consistently hold power to account: the West Highland Free Press and the Salford Star. Are any others worth saving? If so, please let me know.” His observation …. “Most local papers exist to amplify the voices of their proprietors [...]
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Two North West Events
Pages (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry Ed. Robert Sheppard (Edge Hill) and Scott Thurston (Salford) at the University of Salford with guest speakers Christine Kennedy, Allen Fisher and Ian Davidson (Wednesday 9 December at 4 pm) There will be speeches and discussion of the journal, as well as an opportunity for readers and contributors to the journal to meet with editorial...
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Coronation Street Weekly Update, November 9 2009
Coronation Street Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... outside of Tony Gordon’s bedroom window but it’s not the rain belting down from the Salford skies, it’s Roy Cropper who’s taken to stalking. Roy stands in the rain in the middle of the night, sending evil thoughts to Tony who he knows has killed Liam. Hayley and Maria are at their wits end and beg Roy to leave Tony alone but Roy’s got to do what a man’s...
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An imaginary Manchester
Click opera (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... about Manchester, The Fall and Mark E. Smith at an academic conference at the University of Salford is Dick Witts, an academic at the University of Edinburgh. He begins his lecture with a brilliant deconstruction of a BBC4 documentary about Manchester -- good in its way, but also typical of the reductive, revisionist and tediously "iconic" way such history gets reduced to successes,...
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More Requiems Related to All Souls
The New Liturgical Movement (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... A Parish in Bury, England Finally, photos were sent in from a parish in Bury, in the Diocese of Salford, England, of a Requiem Mass celebrated on November 6th. The parish uses both forms of the Roman liturgy. The choir sang Faure's Requiem and the celebrant was Fr. Francis Wadsworth. (Nice to again see unbleached beeswax candles used)
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Classical highlights: Opera North, RNCM
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
IT’S Opera North week in Salford, and if you want to know which opera to choose, I can only say see all three. There’s Mozart’s Cosí Fan Tutte on November 10 and 13 and Massenet’s Werther on November 11 and 14.
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Links: Making Games Accessible
IndieGames.com - The Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Pic on the left is taken from a new poster by Gary J Lucken ( Army of Trolls ), depicting Salford University and its surroundings. Here's another one with animation. On with the links: Why can't they play? Barrie Ellis Developers really should consider making their games a lot more accessible. Simple things like an option to remap controls, subtitles, and a difficulty setting can only benefit...
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