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Tom Rodgers

Tom is SalfordOnline.com's News Editor and community co-ordinator.

Salford on high alert: More rain forecast Wednesday

Volunteers and resident are preparing for another bout of disruption as more heavy rain is predicted to hit waterlogged ground this week. The Met Office has issued a...

Salford Flood Cleanup Day 2: Volunteers to meet at St Boniface

Volunteers wanting to help with the second day of cleanup from the devastating effects of flooding in Salford are meeting at St. Boniface Club in Lower Broughton at 10am...

Salford Flood Appeal

SalfordOnline.com is fundraising for the people of the city hit by Christmas flooding. If you can make a contribution no matter how small please head over to the Salford...

Tonight from 6.30pm: Last chance to see as Santa Sledge tours Winton

A certain white bearded, red-suited man will Ho-Ho-Ho his way round the Westwood Estate in Winton tonight. Wednesday 23 December is the last hurrah before Christmas for...

Warning: Lone woman punched and held at knifepoint in shocking sexual assault

Police have issued a warning to the public after a woman was attacked by an armed man and subjected to a sexual assault in Salford. At around 1am on Tuesday 22 December...

Spot the Panda in the Snowmen! ‘Impossible’ Christmas puzzle goes viral

A Christmas-themed game to spot a panda hiding among 200 snowmen is blowing up the internet. Some deny the puzzle even has a solution, while others claim to have found...

Two arrests and gun linked to shooting of 7-year-old Christian Hickey found

Police have seized the gun that murderous thugs used to shoot seven-year-old Christian Hickey and his mother Jayne Hickey in Winton, Salford. Shortly before 10pm on...

Man with knife terrorizes Eccles arcade workers in robbery

A masked man held up an amusement arcade in Eccles armed with a knife. At around 4.45pm on Friday 11 December the man walked into Reel Time Amusements on Church Street...

Pictures: Salford Christmas Blitz remembered 75 years on

It’s 75 years since the two nights of terror that saw Salford bombed by German forces: what has become known as the Salford Christmas Blitz. 197 people were killed...

Driver hospitalised in M60 lorry crash

A driver in his 30s suffered shoulder injuries when his car collided with lorry on the M60 this morning. Police and ambulances were called at 11.20am to the clockwise...