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Tom Rodgers

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

Revealed: Salix plan to knock down 146 houses to build 161 homes on Poets Estate Swinton

Social housing provider Salix Homes plans to demolish 146 properties in a bid to build 161 new homes on the Poets Estate in Swinton, SalfordOnline.com can reveal. The...

Warning in Irlam after report Audi driver tried to snatch 10-year-old boy

Police are investigating a report that a man in a black Audi tried to grab a 10-year-old boy and force him into a car in Irlam. At around 4pm on Tuesday 8 December the...

55-year-old man suffers serious head injuries in Eccles

A 55-year-old man was hospitalised in a suspected assault in Eccles. Police were called to Chapel Street in Patricroft at 2.55am on Saturday 5 December to reports that a...

Joiner transforms Irlam street into free Disney Christmas wonderland

A joiner in Irlam has used his handiwork to turn his home street into a Christmas-lit wonderland, with the help of some famous Disney characters. Howard Wellock, 37,...

Joy for The Swinton High School as Ofsted keeps ‘Good’ rating

The Swinton High School has retained its ‘Good’ Ofsted rating in a report released today. School inspectors visited the Converter Academy on Sefton Road over...

Winner: Hay Bales on Irlam Moss scoops SalfordOnline.com Autumn Colours Competition

SalfordOnline.com has managed to track down the winner of its first ever Autumn Colours Photo Competition, which we’re delighted to be able to announce today....

Tributes paid to Jean Lefort, French Worsley town twinning champion

Tributes have been paid to a great exponent of Worsley’s town twinning with French commune Saint-Ouen. Jean Lefort, president of the Saint-Ouen Twinning...

Swinton care centre launches dementia support group

A care centre in Swinton has launched a dementia support group for families and care-givers on the first Wednesday of every month. The two-hour sessions at the Fountains...

Safer Sphere wins 995-flat Chapel Wharf contract next to Salford Lowry Hotel

Health and safety firm Safer Sphere has won a contract to work on a 995-flat development scheme next to the Lowry Hotel in Salford. Safer Sphere, based in St Helens,...

Apartments plan for historic Red Lion pub in Patricroft

Councillors are considering new plans to refurbish the vacant Red Lion pub in Patricroft, Eccles, to build four one-bed affordable apartments. The former pub on Chapel...