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Tom Rodgers

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

Alan Henning anniversary: Salford Council to fly flag at half-mast as mark of respect

Salford City Council is to fly its Union flag to half-mast in tribute to Alan Henning, the Eccles taxi driver turned aid worker killed one year ago this week. The flag,...

Eccles Crown Theatre: New plans to knock down historic Salford building for 95 flats, shop and ‘community space’

Developers Foregate Limited have lodged new plans with Salford City Council to demolish the entire of the derelict former Crown theatre on Church Street in Eccles. In...

BAM put Salford Metro office block on market for £19.2m

BAM Properties have put the fully-let Metro office building on the market for £19.25m. The 72,500sq ft five-storey block sits next to the Exchange Quay Metrolink stop...

£1.5m fake handbags, jewellery and clothes seized in Manchester

Police have confiscated £1.5 million of fake clothing, jewellery and handbags in a raid on a warehouses and shops in Strangeways, Manchester. Among the stock seized...

Pictures: Man spotted casually walking a pet tortoise on Salford precinct

It’s one of the weirdest things you’re likely to see this year. A 1-metre long pet tortoise called ‘Buzz’ being taken for walkies on sunny...

Car on fire explodes at Eccles petrol station

A car caught ablaze at a petrol station in Eccles. Two fire crews from Eccles were called to the BP garage on Wellington Road at 5.20pm this afternoon, Thursday 1...

Schoolgirl being treated by paramedics after falling outside Eccles police station

At around 3.35pm today, Thursday 1 October, a schoolgirl was found by lying in the street outside Eccles police station on Hardy Street, Peel Green. Paramedics are...

SalfordOnline.com Photo Competition: Autumn Colours 2015

The leaves are starting to turn as the last vestiges of sun beat down on Salford: so get out there, and get snapping. SalfordOnline.com has some of the most talented...

Older People’s Day: Salford silver generation honoured

Salford resdients aged over 50 are being celebrated in the city today at a special event to mark Older People’s Day. Older People’s Day takes place each year on...

Arson probe over Salford house fire

An empty mid-terraced house went up in flames last night in Weaste, Salford. Fire crews from Salford and Agecroft were called by local residents to Emerson Steet at...