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Tom Rodgers

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

Alpine adventure for Irlam school in £48k French twinning link

240 pupils at Fiddlers Lane primary school in Irlam are to swap their city streets for the lush green valleys of the French Alps after the school won EU funding for...

Young parents wanted for free Salford journalism course

A Salford social enterprise is celebrating after being awarded £10,000 from the Big Lottery to inspire parents to be the next generation of journalists. Visit from the...

Home Bargains sees £20m profit hike as Eccles expansion planned

Family-owned discount retailer Home Bargains has posted a substantial spike in profits in its most recent accounts. In the year to 30 June 2015, the Liverpool-based firm...

Growth-hunting Salford building firm make Peter Collins first chairman

Manchester and Cheshire Construction have appointed growth expert Peter Collins as their first ever chairman. Collins joins the board in a non-executive capacity as the...

Young man stabbed on Swanage Road Winton

A male in his late teens has been taken to hospital tonight after being stabbed at a house in Winton. The youth, who is thought to be 17 or 18 years old, suffered a one...

65-year-old man dies in tragic Salford Quays crash

A 65-year-old man has sadly died after taking ill while driving near Salford Quays. The man was driving a silver Citroen C1 along Waterfront Quay, off Trafford Road,...

Watch: Ryan Giggs stuns Salford’s Albion Academy in surprise Manchester United Foundation visit

Star-struck students at The Albion Academy in Salford got the surprise of their life this week when Ryan Giggs joined them for a kickabout. Pupils at the London Street...

Dancer tells how Salford Stars scoop multiple wins in Prestatyn

An historic Salford morris dancing club has been honoured again after sweeping the board in a recent competition in Wales. The Salford Stars, who have been running for...

Shooting of mum and son in Winton: ‘I want to appeal directly to the women of Salford’, says police chief

Rebekah Sutcliffe, Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, has made an emotional appeal direct to the women of Salford to help police solve the abhorrent...

15 charged with Class A drugs offences after Salford and Eccles raids

Police have charged 15 people with a series of Class A drugs offences after raids in Salford and Eccles. Over 200 officers were involved in the Project Gulf crackdown on...