Have You Seen This 14-Year-Old Boy?
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ALFORDNOW SAT THE HEART OF ALL THINGS SALFORD Tuesday 22nd October 2019 Community centre Cooking group aims offers free meals to teach English through the power during school of food holidays Read more on page 5 Read more on page 3 BROTHER OF BOMBER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO 22 Have you seen this 14-year-old boy? By Joseph Buck ford released the following state- ByMURDERS Rees Parry brother, Salman Abedi, to cause ex- Mr Justice Baker postponed the trial ment: “Police are looking for Ka- plosions. until 13 January 2020 when the case SALFORD residents are being ine Reeves, age 14 who has been The brother of the Manchester Salman Abedi, who studied at Sal- is expected to last eight weeks. asked to help trace a missing reported missing by his family. Arena bomber appeared for a hear- ford University in 2014, detonated a Hashem Abedi was raised in Man- 14-year-old boy thought to be in “He is believed to be in the Sal- ing this morning, where he pleaded homemade device at the Manchester chester and travelled to Libya before the city. ford area. not guilty to 22 charges of murder. Arena on 22 May 2017. the Manchester attack. Police are searching for teenag- “If you have any information Hashem Abedi faced a single charge It took six minutes for all of the He was later arrested in Tripoli and er Kaine Reeves who has been re- regarding his whereabouts, please of attempted murder of all the oth- charges to be read out in court and extradited to the UK. ported missing by his family and contact us quoting reference er victims of the Manchester Arena for the defendant to plead not guilty Following the hearing, the defend- is believed to be somewhere in MSP/06FF/0000932/19.” bomb and for conspiring with his to each count. ant was remanded into custody at Salford. Anyone with information can HMP Belmarsh. Greater Manchester Police Sal- call 101. SALFORD MATTERS: Check out our website www.salfordnow.co.uk or follow us on Twitter @SalfordNow 2 TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER 2019 SALFORDNOW Musician joins fight to save Buile Hill Mansion By James Holt agencies, the group hope to raise suf- ficient funding to reach their goal. A woman from Salford has shared The mansion, once built by Charles her heartbreak as Buile Hill Barry in the 1820’s, was once set to Mansion, a place she played in as be turned into an extended country a young child, sits derelict and un- hotel in 2010 and, more recently, a loved for its 20th year. plot of houses. Marie Piekarski is now eager to be- After being sat empty for 20 years, come more involved with the Buile the Mansion seemed to have lost all Hill Mansion Association, a group of hope of renovation, but now sits on local residents who want to see the the brink of being saved grade two listed building restored to Mary, of Barton Street, has been its former glory. working hard to combat these plans, The budding singer songwriter has encouraging more local residents to even filmed a music video to her song make their voices heard on her Face- ‘When I Was Young’ in Buile Hill book group, which has just hit a mile- Park, where she sings about happy stone of one thousand members. memories from her youth. She said: “At the beginning it was She said: “I have strong feelings just me, then we had eight more peo- about the park, I used to come here ple come on board and we now have a since I was four years old with my very active committee, late father. You always felt safe and “There were plans to turn the man- everything was cleaner. sion into a hotel, but a lot of people “It’s just such a shame, it breaks joined forces and were totally against my heart every time I walk through it. the park because you’ve got all these “We are now in dialogue with the fond memories of how it used to be.” council who seem to be very on board £280 for the group, but they still positive. Everyone is behind us that the mansion should be turned The Buile Hill Mansion Association with us, it’s now just about finalizing need permission from the council one hundred per cent. into a tea room or cafe, with oth- was set up in the early 2000’s by local things.” before any work can be given the “It’s close to a lot of people, as ers opting for a museum or garden The group is discussing plans to girl Mary Ferrer, who wanted to see green light. children and families grew up us- centre. the grade two listed mansion com- convert the building into a self-fi- nancing community resource that will When discussing a new project ing the park.” The group continues to encour- pletely renovated and brought back A recent survey by the associa- age people to become members of into public use. be set to benefit the people of Sal- idea to transform the grounds into Through working alongside Salford ford and its future generations. a sensory garden for the commu- tion revealed that 70 per cent of its Facebook page and make the City Council and other interested Crowdfunding has now raised nity, Mary added: “It’s been really Salford residents asked, thought voice of the community louder. Ordsall crime Two thirds of Salford pupils rates double By Abigail Major Ordsall has experienced over three thousand different crimes from September last year to August 2019, but residents still claim to feel safe in the area. at below average schools Lindsey Scott, who has lived in the community for 40 years said: “I feel By Laura Joffre al average, and that most of them are maintained schools, not academies. safe because I’ve been brought up Ms Elderkin added that the way around here. I’ve heard about crime Almost seven in 10 children who but not witnessed it with my own go to state secondaries in Salford London inner-city schools have been evolving is the example to follow. eyes.” are attending an underperforming On Friday, police were called to school, new government figures She said: “If you look at the tables, a lot of London inner-city schools, par- the same street after a third report- reveal. ed shooting. This comes after shots The latest school performance ta- ticularly schools serving areas with high levels of deprivation, just like were fired on Quay View and a car bles show that only three state-fund- was punctured with multiple bullets ed secondary schools in Salford have Salford, are actually doing very well. “This is possible because about ten on 3rd September. achieved progress scores above na- In comparison to Ordsall, crime the tional average. years ago, there was a huge invest- ment in looking at working cooper- areas of Weaste and Seedley com- While the Department of Educa- bined have nearly half the amount tion’s data showed nine schools scor- atively. There was an investment in teaching and learning, there was an of recorded crimes in their commu- ing “well below” average. nities. That means that out of 2,044 stu- investment in teacher education.” While Salford schools benefit from Brenda Naylor has also lived in the dents attending secondary state area all her life said: “My children schools in Salford, 1,398 attend good infrastructures, Ms Elderkin said the focus should always be on say why don’t you get a bungalow or schools that have been scored “well a flat but I’m quite happy here […] below average” from the Department teaching and learning: “Most of our secondary schools enjoy absolutely I’ve always lived here even when the of Education. docks were running.” These figures include academies excellent buildings and good facili- ties. But we need to look at the size of She added that she didn’t think the and maintained schools, but not spe- area needed a neighbourhood watch cial schools. classes for example. old grading system) in these subjects they are run by a private trust and “What is actually needed is the in- group. Judith Elderkin, Assistant Secretary is below national average (39.8 per- funded directly by central govern- Unlike Lindsey Scott, other resi- of the Salford division of the Nation- vestment and support not only to help cent) in all but three schools. ment, whereas maintained schools schools, but to actually help pupils dents Abbie Clow and Tom Milicivic al Union of Teachers (NUT), said: Ms Elderkin added: “There is an are funded and controlled by the local have experienced crime. “What we need is adequate resourc- attain a higher level. We’ve done it urgent need to look at the funding of authority. Academies can benefit from in the primary sector, in Salford, and Mr Milicivic said: “I’ve seen some- es. The lowest performing secondary schools. private finance investment, but this one get their phone nicked a few schools also serve the most deprived that focus does need to be on the sec- Over 80 percent of Salford schools also means that their buildings and fa- ondary sector.” months ago. It was a guy riding past areas in the city. (secondaries as well as primaries) cilities are owned and run by private on a bike. A woman was walking, and “Deprivation covers a whole range Ms Elderkin also argued that there have got less money now than they companies. is a need for curriculum reform, and they got her phone out of her hands.” of issues, not just money, but also had in 2015.