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Tom Rodgers

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

£50m Greengate tower blocks get green light in Salford

Developers have won the right to start building a pair of 14 and 34-storey tower blocks in Greengate after plans were passed by Salford City Council. Silverlane...

FA Cup: Bookies put Salford City FC 14-1 to be last non-league side standing

Bookmakers Betway are offering odds of 14/1 for local heroes Salford City FC to be the non-league side that goes furthest in the FA Cup. Giant-killing Salford will play...

Terminally-ill Lexi, 5, to get special Santa visit in Walkden

A severely ill girl from Walkden is to get a surprise visit from Santa Claus tonight as part of Worsley Rotary Club’s Santa Sledge tour of Salford. Lexi Chester,...

Tickets: Heartbreaking poems and BBC music for Salford dementia concert

Next week the University of Salford’s groundbreaking Institute for Dementia will host the BBC Philharmonic for their second anniversary concert. The event will...

Warning: Men posing as Salford City Council workers out to scam you on your doorstep

Salford residents are being warned that scammers have branched out into gardening fraud. Fake letters – with Salford City Council logos on – are being...

Hero firefighters awarded for rescuing baby from brink of death

Hero firefighters who revived a newborn baby who had stopped breathing have been given an award for their efforts. Green Watch at Leigh Community Fire Station were...

Holidays are coming: Coca Cola Christmas truck returns to Trafford Centre this weekend

Coca-Cola’s travelling trucks have become Christmassy icons since they starred in the ‘Holidays Are Coming’ television advertising campaign in 1995....

Sian Roberts murder probe: One suspect bailed, two more arrested

Two new suspects have been arrested on suspicion of murder after Sian Roberts was found stabbed to death in Higher Broughton, Salford. Two men aged 34 and 52 are now in...

Winners: Family tickets to The Sound of Music – The Lowry, Salford Quays

SalfordOnline.com’s mega Christmas ticket giveaway for the upcoming The Sound of Music at The Lowry has closed and our two lucky winners chosen. Each wins a family...

Worker’s lucky escape in Salford bakery accident

A 33-year-old man suffered injuries to his arm after being trapped in machinery at a Salford bakery. At 9.20am on Tuesday 1 December ambulance crews and two fire engines...