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Tom Rodgers

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

M60 closed at J11-12 as man on bridge threatens to jump

Police closed the M60 motorway in both directions between Junctions 11 and 12 after a man scaled a motorway bridge and threatened to jump. Specially-trained officers...

Little Hulton shooting: 21-year-old bailed after attempted murder arrest

Police have released a man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 34-year-old man was shot in Little Hulton. Armed police were scrambled to the scene at...

1 million illegal cigarettes seized in Salford and Bolton

The HMRC’s Tobacco Taskforce has seized over 1 million illicit cigarettes in a crackdown over illegal trading. In a two-day sting on shops and storage units across...

Ordsall housing boom continues as 220 new homes pass planning

Housebuilders Beaumont Morgan Ltd have won approval for a new housing scheme on derelict industrial land off Ordsall Lane in Salford. Bridgewater Point, which will be...

Little Hulton shooting: Man, 21, arrested for attempted murder after dad gunned down

Police have made an arrest in a fast-moving probe into the shooting of a 34-year-old man in Little Hulton. Armed police and Tactical Aid Units swarmed over Madamswood...

SalfordOnline.com Autumn Colours photo competition: Five of the best…so far…

SalfordOnline.com are running a competition to find the best photograph of Salford in the glory of its autumn colours. Despite the intermittent rainstorms readers have...

Salford church footballers get mass-ive shirt sponsor

St Philip’s Trinity football team is set for the 2015 season after being kitted out by Timekeepers Square and English Cities Fund. The team is echoing the success of...

New 24-hour Irlam petrol station greenlit

Delayed plans for a new Irlam petrol station have been approved today by Salford City Council. Blackburn-based petrol retailer The Kay Group applied for planning consent...

Council approve 20,000-tonne Pendlebury recycling plant

Salford City Council have approved plans to expand a recycling plant on an industrial estate in Pendlebury, Swinton. Fresh Start Waste Ltd applied for consent for a...

SalfordOnline.com reaches Spain to find 1965 Eccles music mogul

The speed that SalfordOnline.com’s stories spread around the globe can be frightening at times, but just 12 hours after posting a history story on a famed Eccles...