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Tom Rodgers

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

Manchester United fan banned for three years for smuggling smoke bomb into match

A Manchester United fan has been banned from all UK matches until 2018 after he was caught trying to take a flare into a Premier League match. 27-year-old James Finnegan...

£150k health and safety fears put Irlam skate park out of action

A popular BMX and skateboarding park in Irlam will have to be dismantled and replaced due to health and safety fears. Opened at Princes Park in July 2005, the skate park...

Top 5 things to do in Salford this weekend

Bored and twiddling your thumbs? Take a look at our top five things to do with the family in Salford this weekend. All are free and child-friendly. To add your event to...

Man caught in dark web ricin sting jailed for 8 years

A Liverpool man who tried to buy a deadly toxin from an undercover FBI agent has been jailed for eight years. In Feburary Breaking Bad fan Mohammed Ammer Ali, 31, was...

Consultation launched on Salford’s 2000-home, £575m Middlewood Locks

Developers looking at building thousands of homes on the vacant Middlewood Locks in Salford near Manchester city centre are to hold drop-in sessions for the public to...

12.5 tons of rubbish collected in clean ups as council call for Langworthy litter-pickers

Over 12 tonnes of rubbish was picked up in community clean ups in Salford and Eccles, say Salford council. The massive haul came after volunteers tackled two small areas...

Stroke carers and patients honoured in local awards

Some of the region’s most courageous stroke survivors and carers have been handed special Life After Stroke Awards in a ceremony at the AJ Bell Stadium. Over 30...

Metrolink Eccles line closed this Sunday

Metrolink is to close the Eccles line this Sunday for engineering maintenance works. No trams will run in either direction between Eccles and MediaCityUK. A MediaCityUK...

Plan to knock down Salford’s Hyde Park Corner pub for 38 flats

The Hyde Park Corner pub shut its doors in July 2015, and there’s already plans lodged with Salford City Council to demolish it for 38 new flats. The pub and 0.4ha...

Child hurt after being knocked down in Walkden

A young child suffered head injuries after being knocked over by a car in Walkden this morning. Police were called at 11am today, Thursday 17 September, to the junction...