Tom Rodgers
Tom is SalfordOnline.com's News Editor and community co-ordinator.
Boy, 11, told ‘get into the car’ in Irlam
An 11-year-old boy was approached by a driver in Irlam and told to “get into the car”. The child, who was on his way to band practice, was walking down...
Men wanted in connection with children’s hospital charity box thefts
Police have released the images of two men they want to speak to in connection with a number of charity box and tip jar thefts in Manchester city centre. Officers...
Drivers escape serious injury in Eccles crash near Aldi
A minibus and a car collided outside the Eccles branch of Aldi supermarket this afternoon but luckily both drivers avoided serious injury. Eyewitnesses reported the...
£500 WW1 Salford history project grants available now
Local groups and organisations are being invited to bid for grants of up to £500 for history projects in Salford relating to the First World War. Salfordian soldiers...
Salford Soapworks up against National Graphene Institute for Building of the Year
The Soapworks office development on Ordsall Lane in Salford has been shortlisted for Building of the Year by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. A £70m project...
Hiroshima bombing 70 years on: Watch eyewitness account of Jimmy Rushby, Salford Royal Navy seaman
On 6 August 1945, at 8.15am, the nuclear bomb ‘Little Boy’ was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima killing instantly an estimated 80,000 people. By the...
Clifton attempted murder stabbing: Sister tells how victim ‘still critical’ but will make full recovery
The sister of a man brutally stabbed six times in Clifton in Salford on Tuesday morning has told how she feared he would die in the attack. From hospital, Trisha Aimson...
TfGM ditch Atos over Metrolink ‘Get me there’ smart ticket delays
IT giant Atos has lost the contract for the ‘Get me there’ ticketing system after severe delays. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) appointed Atos in...
Billionaire firms buy Salford Quays Anchorage offices for £35m
London-based Cording Real Estate Group have snapped up the Anchorage office complex in Salford Quays in a deal worth £35m. The joint buyout with US private equity group...
Safe and well: Family thank Good Samaritans who helped find missing Eccles Alzheimer’s sufferer Carole Hardman
A grandmother-of-eight who went missing from home in Eccles has been found safe and well. Carole Hardman, 69, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, went missing from her...
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