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Tom Rodgers

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

Manchester Airport ‘bomb hoax’: Plane evacuated and two arrested

A plane at Manchester Airport was evacuated today after a passenger claimed to have a bomb in his bag. Police were called to the airport’s Terminal 1 at 3.30pm...

Win: Family tickets for The Sound of Music – The Lowry, Salford Quays

SalfordOnline.com has linked up with The Sound of Music to offer a wonderful ticket competition for our readers. Coming to The Lowry on Salford Quays from Monday 14...

Wanted: Darren Phelan from Eccles

Police have issued a wanted notice for a man from Eccles who failed to appear at court. Darren Phelan, 37, is wanted on warrant for failing to appear at Manchester and...

LS Lowry’s Father and Two Sons sold for ‘record’ £1.7m

A 1950 work by LS Lowry has sold at auction in London for a record £1.7 million. Father and Two Sons, a striking three-part portrait by the celebrated artist, came to...

Nature lovers asked to look out as mistletoe appears unexpectedly near Salford

Mistletoe has been spotted growing in woodland in a Leigh country park, and now local nature lovers are being asked to look out for the seasonal evergreen plant. The...

Biker hurt in Eccles hit and run outside Dog and Partridge

Police are appealing for witnesses after a biker from Salford was hurt in an Eccles hit and run. At around 6.45pm on Wednesday 18 November police were called to...

Salford to trial three-weekly bin collections in 2016

Cash-strapped Salford City Council will trial three-weekly bin collections in large parts of West Salford before rolling them out city-wide, it has been revealed today....

Salford police officers ‘threatened with snake’ in Swinton

Two Salford police officers were threatened with a python after attending a call about a concern for the welfare of a man in Swinton. GMP Salford West posted on Facebook...

Volunteers launch Christmas music event to help homeless in Salford

Musicians and poets will get top billing in a charity night next month at The Old Pint Pot pub on the Crescent to raise money for three deserving charitable...

19th-century Worsley Methodist Church to be turned into flats

A former Methodist Church on Barton Road in Worsley is to be converted into four apartments after plans were passed by Salford City Council. The now vacant church, which...