Stephen Kingston over at The Salford Star magazine has been keeping me up-to-date:

The bumper 60 page Aug/Sept issue of Salford Star is out now featuring…

* Urban Cash - we take the roof off the Urban Splash `upside down’ terraced house `reinvention’ in Seedley/Langworthy to see where all the public money’s going…and residents tell of the Fight For Salford’s Future..

* John Cooper Clarke - it’s legend time as Salford’s people’s poet unleashes his `tarted up’ version of Beezley Street…now `Beezley Boulevard’. We print the whole poem exclusively.

* The Car Park Built By George Best and Co - yes, Georgie Boy got out his shovel and concrete and helped build the car park at United’s Cliff training ground. Exclusive by ex-United star, John Aston.

* Steve Foster - Salford’s only World Boxing Champ on following in the footsteps of his famous dad, The Viking…

Plus new Salford sounds, films, theatre, art, verse and a sizzling soaraway day-by-day guide to all that’s happening in the Tinny City…

The Salford Star is free, delivered to 12,000 homes in East Salford and available at all good pubs, bookies, launderettes, cafes, shops and public spaces…

See www.salfordstar.com for full information.