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Tom Rodgers

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

Swinton on a High with Class of 2016 GCSE results

Swinton High School has reported another set of brilliant GCSE results for its students today. One pupil in particular, Jerry Yau, scored an incredible success with...

Delays and diversions: Work starts on M602 bridge which has ‘needed facelift for 40 years’

12 weeks of work to improve a pedestrian bridge over the M602 in Eccles is due to start on 30 August and drivers are being warned of potential delays. Highways England...

Two hospitalised in Little Hulton house fire

An chip pan left on a cooker is thought to be the cause of a house fire in Little Hulton this morning. Residents sent in pictures as three fire engines, three ambulances...

Plans revealed for £150m City View Salford flats

More detail has been released today on an apartment block scheme of more than 500 flats and houses slated for Salford. Planning for ‘City View’ has been...

Bristol landlord fined for dumping cooker 170 miles from home

A man has been fined for dumping rubbish in Salford more than 170 miles away from his home in Bristol. In April Tat Ly Lay, 38, was spotted on CCTV on Thurlow Street in...

Hunting the Gruffalo in Irlam and Cadishead on Thursday

Gruffalo-mad kids are in for a treat in Irlam and Cadishead tomorrow as the friendly beast has been let loose on your local nature reserve! The Lancashire Wildlife Trust...

Bench to open new store at Lowry Outlet Mall

Fashion brand Bench is to open a new store at the Lowry Outlet Mall on Salford Quays. The retailer is taking 2,389sq ft of space in the shopping complex. The unit and...

Rio-bound Salford Paralympian Hannah, 20, eager to get started

Top athlete Hannah Russell says she is feeling confident ahead of the Paralympic games in Rio next month. The 20-year-old partially-sighted swimmer says that despite...

Irlam mum and daughter take US pageant scene by storm

A mum and daughter team from Irlam have landed back in the UK after stunning success in their first overseas beauty pageant. Sarah Louise Pritchard and her daughter Ella...

Sign up to meet rugby league’s finest at Lance Todd Trophy Dinner in Salford

Salford Red Devils Foundation is to host the Lance Todd Dinner at the AJ Bell Stadium next week to award the game’s finest player. Now you have the chance to join...