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Tom Rodgers

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

Salford Coronation Street creator Tony Warren bags lifetime award

Salford actor Tony Warren, the noted creator of Coronation Street, the longest-running soap in British history, is to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at...

Ordsall man wanted on recall to prison

Police are looking for a man wanted on recall to prison. Raymond Luke Buckley, 47, is wanted after breaching the terms of his licence conditions. He has links to the...

Freshfields law firm take 80,000sq ft offices at One New Bailey – the biggest in a decade

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken a huge 80,000sq ft office space at Salford’s One New Bailey offices for its new legal and business...

Rare Salford ‘slum clearance’ pictures go on show – for one day only

Black and white pictures of children playing in demolished streets are going up in Salford for a special one-off exhibition. The rare 1960s and 1970s images are by...

CCTV shows one-punch skull fracture attack in Manchester

Police have released CCTV after a man suffered a skull fracture in a horror one-punch attack in Manchester. Shortly after 3am on Sunday 13 September 2015 a man was...

Salford City Academy bounces back to ‘Good’ after Ofsted remove ‘Inadequate’ rating

Salford City Academy are celebrating this week after Ofsted judged them to have improved enough to garner a ‘Good’ rating. One inspection 18 months ago...

Pictures: President Xi Jinping lands in Manchester for China state visit

President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng arrived into Manchester Airport on Thursday evening ahead of the Chinese state visit. They arrived from London Heathrow on a...

7 new hires for Salford training firm SPD

Conference and training provider Salford Professional Development has announced seven new staff in response to growing demand. SPD reported a record £2.6 million...

Armed police at Fitzwarren Court in Salford ‘is organised crime raid’

Armed police surrounded a block of flats in Pendleton today as part of ongoing raids over organised crime in Salford, said police. Concerned residents saw Tactical Aid...

24 arrests and 7 rescued as brothels, car washes and nail bars hit in ‘modern slavery’ crackdown

Seven vulnerable people being worked as ‘slaves’ have been rescued and 24 people arrested in a crackdown on modern slavery and human trafficking in Greater...