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Tom Rodgers

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

Eccles dairy Creamline hits staggering £100k fundraise for St Ann’s Hospice

Creamline Dairies has reached the stunning milestone of raising £100,000 for St Ann’s Hospice. The family business, which has its main bottling and production...

Police hunt man with Salford accent who chased woman ‘asking for a quickie’

Police are appealing for the public’s help to identify a man who chased a 20-year-old woman who was walking her dog. The victim was walking her dog along Ambleside...

Andrew Lloyd Webber donates £25k for new playwrights at The Lowry

Around 300 young playwrights will get the chance of support from theatre experts at The Lowry after a foundation run by legendary producer Andrew Lloyd Webber donated...

Salford volunteers dig entire new woodland in 24 hours

Volunteers have helped to create a new woodland at Salford’s Green Grosvenor Park, planting more than 250 trees in a single day. Local environmental charity Red Rose...

Salford City hearts broken as they’re knocked out of FA Cup in extra time

Salford City saw their FA Cup dream in tatters as they lost to Hartlepool United at Victoria Park. Two extra-time goals by Scott Fenwick in the 97th minute, and Mikael...

Exclusive: Smyths Toys Superstores to open 14,000sq ft store at West One Retail Park Eccles

Smyths Toys Superstores are to open their ninth North West store in Eccles, SalfordOnline.com can reveal. Sadly – or happily, depending on your disposable income...

Missing: Urgent appeal to find Gina Rufino, 30

Police are appealing urgently for the whereabouts of a woman from Salford. Gina Rufino, 30, is missing from the Salford Quays area, say officers at GMP Salford East. She...

Man dies after being found hurt in Eccles, police drop investigation

A 49-year-old man has passed away in hospital after being found injured in Eccles. The man is believed to have been for a short time the landlord of the Albert Edward...

Planners win approval for 8-storey block of flats on former Albert Vaults pub

A demolished pub on Chapel Street in Salford will be replaced by an 8-storey tower block after plans were finally passed by Salford City Council. The Albert Vaults...

City West plan five-storey apartment block with restaurant in Eccles

Housing association City West have submitted plans for a five-storey block of flats in Eccles town centre. The building, on a demolished garage site on Fox Street,...