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Tom Rodgers

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

Who’s a clever boy then? 50 owners wanted for Salford dog study

Researchers at the University of Salford need 50 dog-owning volunteers for a study looking at how much our mutts recognise us and what’s going on in the brains of...

KFC announce plans for £2m Swinton drive-thru with 50 jobs

Fast food retailer KFC has announced plans to build a new drive-thru restaurant on vacant land in Swinton. Costing in the region of £2 million, the build at the...

Paris attacks: Salford joins minute’s silence for victims at 11am

At 11am today there will be a minute’s silence for those killed in Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris. Salford City Council confirmed their staff would be...

Paris attacks: 140 dead as terror gunmen storm French capital

The French President Francois Hollande has declared a state of national emergency after a mass hostage taking and deadly shooting at a packed Paris concert hall. A...

Watch: Prime Minister says UK ‘still waiting’ to hear if Alan Henning murderer Jihadi John killed in drone strike

Prime Minister David Cameron has said the UK can not yet be certain that Islamic State executioner Mohammed Emwazi was killed in a drone strike in Syria. The Pentagon...

Woman hurt in three-car smash on Broadway near MediaCityUK

A woman has been taken to hospital with back pain after three cars collided on Broadway, near the MediaCityUK branch of Booths supermarket. Police, fire crews and an...

Alan Henning killer Jihadi John ‘hit in US air strikes’

The Kuwaiti-born Islamic State militant dubbed ‘Jihadi John’ has been targeted in a US air strike in Syria, with security forces reporting a “high...

Port Salford Greenway phase two: Your thoughts wanted

A section of cycleway linking Worsley and Winton with the new Port Salford development is now open for public consultation. The first phase of the £1m route was...

CCTV: ‘Brazen’ hotel thief caught on camera

Police have released CCTV images of a man they wish to speak to in connection with a burglary at a hotel in Manchester. At around 10.40pm on Friday 7 October 2015, a man...

Online/Digital/Multimedia Journalism placements on offer at SalfordOnline.com

SalfordOnline.com is opening up a series of newsroom placements for journalism students at their Eccles offices throughout 2015/16. A new website with vastly-increased...