Tom Rodgers
Tom is SalfordOnline.com's News Editor and community co-ordinator.
FA Cup: Record 5-0 win sees Salford City through
A little FA Cup magic is creeping into the story at Salford City as they dispatched Whitby Town 5-0 in the first qualifying round. After a 1-1 draw against the North...
One-man Strangeways rooftop protest ends as killer Horner surrenders
A three-day rooftop standoff with Strangeways prison staff has come to an end as convicted murderer Stuart Horner surrendered. At around 3am this morning, Wednesday 16...
Salford weather: Alert over strong winds and heavy rain
The Met Office is predicting rainstorms sweeping north into Salford throughout Wednesday afternoon and into Thursday morning. Persistent and at times heavy showers are...
Watch: Strangeways party protest grows as crowds dance Cha Cha Slide
Dancing protesters recreated DJ Casper’s 2000 hit Cha Cha Slide outside Strangeways prison as Stuart Horner’s one-man protest descended further into farce....
Battle of Britain manufacturer Ford honoured with blue plaque
75 years to the day since the most famous day of fighting between British and German air forces in the Second World War, a blue plaque to Trafford’s Ford motor...
Pride of Salford Marc Leach soars to career high with sixth pro win
A 60-strong crowd of Salfordians chanted Marc Leach’s name as he powered his way to his sixth pro boxing victory at the Evoque Nightclub in Preston. His opponent...
Pal’s appeal to find family of Salford man Barry Curran, 50
The friend of a man who died in Swinton has joined a police appeal to find his family. 50-year-old Barry Curran, who is believed to have been born in Ordsall, passed...
Teenage boys arrested after 16-year-old girl tasered in Little Hulton
A 16-year-old girl was hospitalised last night after being tasered by two teenage boys in Little Hulton, Salford. The girl was walking along Ridyard Street at around...
Strangeways: Stuart Horner prison roof protest continues into second day
A convicted killer is continuing his rooftop protest at HMP Strangeways in Manchester. Stuart Horner, 35, made national headlines when he scaled the roof of the prison...
Salford to celebrate heroic nurse Edith Cavell 100 years after execution
The life and tragic death of nurse Edith Cavell 100 years ago will be celebrated at Salford’s Sacred Trinity church next month. Cavell was a nurse during the First...
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