This Friday at Sacred Trinity Church! Tickets £10 advance or £12 on the door. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tbc21-a-su...
Andy Salmon
@salfordrev.bsky.social
Occasional poet, music lover, husband, father, priest. Likes running and cycling and West Ham. Rector of Sacred Trinity Salford. “Occasional” was only supposed to apply to “poet”!
This is fantastic news. Bev seems really good to me and it is fantastic to see the party of that disingenuous grifter humiliated. Labour's Bev Craig elected Greater Manchester mayor www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour's Bev Craig elected new mayor of Greater Manchester
Labour's Bev Craig secures nearly double the number of votes won by Reform UK's Sian Astley.
bbc.co.uk
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
Both Tandoori House and me have been serving the community of Salford since 1992. Both still going strong!
My parents are 91 and getting pretty frail. They are considering moving to a care home in Salford or Manchester to be nearer to us and so I'm beginning the search. Any recommendations of good care homes would be much appreciated.
Today is the Great Manchester Run so watch out for road closures and bus diversions although mainly this will be Deansgate to the Quays so won't affect church too much. Michaela and I are doing the run with L'Arche and if you want you can donate to L'Arche here: larche.enthuse.com/pf/mancheste...
L'Arche Manchester Runners - May 2026
There are 9 of us planning to run the Great Manchester 10K Run on 31st May! Sian, Abby, Michaela, Eleanor, Jon, Jyoti, Charlotte, Graham and Andy are all running the 10K. We are going to raise money f
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This Sunday evening we have the wonderful Area Dean of Salford and Leigh with us at Open Table. Come along from 18.45 for tea and cake and the service starts at 19.15.
Did my first 10k training run this year yesterday. In training for doing the Great Manchester Run with L’Arche. Sponsor us if you like! larche.enthuse.com/pf/mancheste...
Tonight there is a meeting of Our Irwell at Sacred Trinity Church at 6pm. All who are interested in better access to and facilities along the river are welcome.
Tonight it’s DreamSpace, a fantastic evening of music, poetry and supporting charity.
Really interesting substack on trams and why we need to make it easier and cheaper to build tram lines in our towns and cities.
Chris Curtis MP@chriscurtis94.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhy do our second-tier cities underperform? Why do we have fewer trams in the UK? I try my best to give an answer to these two interconnected questions. chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/to-grow-th...
What a wonderful Easter celebration today. Thanks to all who came and to all who make Sacred Trinity the fantastic diverse, colourful, welcoming community that we are as we live in the light of the risen Christ. Alleluia, Christ is Risen!
Am I being unfair in thinking there is a strong disconnect between their voting intention and their choice of vehicle?
So Trump has started a war and now wants us to help clear up the mess! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Trump calls on UK to send warships to keep strait of Hormuz open
US president urges nations to deploy vessels to keep key oil shipping route open amid conflict with Iran
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A lovely video from Together for the Church of England about inclusion in the church with one or two places or faces that might be familiar to people. youtu.be/xcSHRh6l2EE?...
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YouTube video by Together for the Church of England
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The current argument of the British right is that Muslims turned out in "blocs" with "family voting" to cast their ballots for a party led by a gay Jewish man, and this shows that multiculturalism has failed, voting is "sectarian" and we are in a crisis. Hmmmmmm.
Wonderful gig at Bridgewater Hall. The Unthanks with Royal Northern Sinfonia. Beautiful songs and singing and a big, big sound from the orchestra.
The street in Minneapolis where Renee Good was killed by ICE. Now a place of pilgrimage. Steady stream of people laying flowers and paying their respects. Many in tears and speaking of the deep fear they have of the federal government itself.
I thought they’d thrown a lead away again but it looks like West Ham are getting 3 points. Is there still hope?
Premier League News@plnews.bsky.social · 8mo agoGOAL - Callum Wilson Tottenham 1-2 West Ham
What a bizarre thing to do. Any decent human being would have refused to accept it if offered. And he takes it grinning. In 1943, Herman Göring was similarly given a nobel prize by Knut Hamsun, who was awarded it for literature and was a rascist. Look it up! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Giving Trump the Nobel peace prize medal is ‘absurd’, say Norwegian politicians
US president criticised for accepting medal awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
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I’m really enjoying reading this book (even if it often makes me sad or angry!) but I’m also watching Pluribus and keep wondering if Carol would be a lot happier if she didn’t live in such a car dependent, poorly designed cul-de-sac?
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
AOC excoriated Vance here. Let’s see how the American public responds to Vance's “we believe young mothers should be shot in the street” political slogan. After this week, that line will forever and always be JD's rallying cry.
In any civilised country the proper response to a horrible incident like this is “there will be a full investigation and when we know the facts the right thing will be done” but sadly it seems the USA is no longer a civilised nation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
How the ICE shooting in Minneapolis unfolded
BBC Verify breaks down how the shooting which killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis unfolded.
bbc.co.uk
Highly recommend the Reith lectures this year. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... thought provoking and also hopeful (but you have to listen beyond episode 1 to get to the hope!)
1. A Time of Monsters
Podcast Episode · The Reith Lectures · 25/11/2025 · 58m
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No Worldle this isn’t right. These are measurements of different things. If you are comparing local authority areas then “London” (the City of London, London Borough) isn’t even in the top 10. If you are measuring Conurbation size then Greater Manchester is the second largest in the UK.
