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Tom Rodgers

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

Live wires exposed after coach hits telegraph pole in Monton

Police cordoned off a house in Monton after a coach crashed into a telegraph pole, leaving live wires dangling into a garden. Officers were called to the scene, near the...

FA Cup: Salford City hope to turn giant-killers as sold-out Notts County tie looms

Salford City joint manager Anthony Johnson has spoken of his excitement ahead of his side’s historic FA Cup first round tie against Notts County tonight. The Moor Lane...

Bomb alert on Green Lane Eccles: Former Patricroft ROF site evacuated after ‘unexploded mortar’ found

A former munitions factory being demolished for housing in Eccles has been evacuated after workers found what they thought was an unexploded bomb. Army bomb disposal...

Polyglot George, 22, hits 100 hospice volunteer hours in memory of Roe Green nan

Swinton student George Whitehead can already speak six languages at the age of 22. He is also fluent at interpreting what it means to care for patients at St Ann’s...

Pictures: Police shut Broughton Road as fire crews stop former Hollies pub blaze

Police closed a main road in Salford tonight while fire crews managed to stop a former pub from going up in smoke. Three fire crews from Salford, Broughton and Agecroft...

Bonfire Night in Salford: Watch fireworks and live tweets from fire crews throughout the night

Fire crews have already taken calls from Ordsall, Eccles, Salford, Patricroft, Broughton and Cadishead tonight as the service live tweets throughout Bonfire Night. Up to...

MP calls for rethink on Theresa May ‘savage’ police cuts in wake of 21 Salford shootings

A local MP has urged Home Secretary Theresa May to rethink more police cuts after fears it could leave Greater Manchester Police unable to deal with gun and gang...

Police appeal after 25-year-old suffers severe head injuries in five-car crash

A 25-year-old man has suffered serious head injuries in a crash at Strangeways in Manchester. It’s now thought five cars were involved in the smash, including the...

Missing: Concern growing for 86-year-old Worsley man Derek Billam

Police are appealing for urgent help to trace a missing elderly man from the Worsley area. Derek Billam, 86, was last seen at 12.15pm on Wednesday 4 November. He is...

100 years in jail for arsonists as crews await Bonfire Night spike

‘Arson hunters’  – including a crime-sniffing dog – at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service have be hailed for helping to secure over 100...