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Tom Rodgers

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

Job loss fears as HMRC plan 24 office closures in North West

HMRC, the UK’s tax advisory service, has announced plans to close 24 offices in the North West, raising fears of more job cuts. Offices in Bolton, Warrington, St...

Sales hit £9.2m at Walkden firm Sports Tours International

Walkden-based holiday operator Sports Tours International has announced a hike in sales to £9.2 million. Profits also rose to £394,000 in the last trading year. The...

Woman suffers suspected fracture and road closed in Eccles New Road crash

A car crash on Eccles New Road blocked the Eccles Metrolink line last night after two cars collided near Ladywell. Fire crews, ambulances and police were called to the...

BAE Systems to axe 371 jobs in Lancashire

BAE Systems has warned it will be forced to cut 371 jobs from its Lancashire plant after a flat trading year hit profits. The aerospace and defence firm, at Salmesbury...

Drivers walk away from two-car Higher Broughton smash

Police closed Bury New Road in Higher Broughton last night after a two-car collision near McDonalds. Ambulances and police were called to the crash scene at a set of...

Patricroft ROF housebuilder under fire after bomb squad called to Eccles twice in a week

Criticism has been levelled at a housebuilding firm after army bomb disposal teams were called to one of their new housing sites twice in a matter of days. Countryside...

Poignant Salford war memorial ‘hidden for 100 years’ restored

A war memorial hidden away at a Salford electricity depot for almost a century has been restored to its former glory and put in pride of place at the site. The memorial...

Irlam couple, 35 and 40, arrested for mass music software copyright theft

A man and woman have been arrested at their home in Irlam by police investigating mass online distribution of copyright protected music software. The couple, age 40 and...

LS Lowry’s Father and Two Sons goes up for sale with £2.5m pricetag

London auction house Sotheby’s is putting a 1950 work by LS Lowry up for sale, with the painting expected to go for between £1.5 million and £2.5 million. Father...

Salford to fall silent at 11am for Armistice Day

All across the city today a silence will fall at 11am as we mark Armistice Day. At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month a two-minute silence is...