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Tom Rodgers

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

Salford house raided over Stretford shooting

Police Tactical Aid Units raided a house in Salford after a teenager was shot in the leg in Stretford. Officers were scrambled to a terraced house on Brookfield Avenue,...

575 homes hit by Swinton power cut

Over 500 homes and businesses have been affected by power cuts in Swinton this evening. Engineers were called out to four sectors in the Wardley area at 4.40pm today....

Warning over door-to-door thieves in Winton

The public is being warned after two suspected thieves targeted houses in Winton. At around 1.30pm today, Tuesday 18 August, a mum-of-three was approached on her...

Plans in for 133 flats on Trafford Road in Salford

Sheffield-based Coda Planning have put in a bid to Salford City Council for three stepped tower blocks comprising 133 flats on Trafford Road on the border of Ordsall and...

Scooter rider hospitalised in Lower Broughton smash

Police closed Camp Street in Lower Broughton last night after a crash between a car and a scooter. At around 5pm on Monday 17 August paramedics and police were called to...

Salford bakery flytipper fined and told to change his ways

A man was sent to throw piles of rubbish onto wasteland in Salford on his first day in a new job, but was caught on CCTV. In a six-minute dumping session Hoshmand Latif...

Osborne’s new tax relief rules ‘could turn off tap for tech biz funding’

Accountants Baker Tilly are warning that new rules introduced in this year’s Finance Bill could jeopardise the growth plans for tech businesses in the North West....

Failed ATM gas attack on Barclays Cadishead bank

Robbers tried to blow up an ATM in Cadishead, Salford, to steal cash. Police were called to the Liverpool Road branch of Barclays, near the junction with New Moss Road,...

Police appeal after 18-year-old shot in Manchester

Police are appealing for information after an 18-year-old was shot in the legs in Manchester yesterday. Shortly after 2am on Sunday 16 August 2015, police were called to...

35-metre M602 Salford advertising arch ‘will be seen by 80,000 a day’, say council

One of the country’s biggest digital advertising arches has been installed on the M602 near Eccles. The 65-tonne structure stands 14 metres high and spans 35...