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Tom Rodgers

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

Worsley phone scammer ordered to pay £350k VAT bill or face prison

A man from Worsley has been given a stark choice to either pay over quarter of a million pounds in unpaid VAT or face a three-year jail sentence. Lee Jonathan Hart, 40,...

Cutting journey times between Manchester and Leeds: £1.3m for Trans-Pennine road and rail tunnel plans

A million-pound study is underway to see whether one of the longest tunnels in Europe could be built to cut travelling times between Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds. The...

Swinton twin sisters perform street dance finale to Mini Burble at MediaCityUK

16-year-old Charlotte and Abigail Low led a spectacular street dance finale at The Quays festival at MediaCityUK at the weekend. The twin sisters from Swinton performed...

Help find family of Susan Bromilow, 52, found dead at home

Police are asking for the public’s help to locate the family and next of kin of a woman from Bolton. Susan Ann Bromilow, 52, was recently found dead at her home...

Violent organised gang jailed for multiple armed robbery in Eccles, Irlam and Manchester

An organised gang who threatened staff with a sawn-off shotgun and hit shops in Irlam and Eccles as part of a cross-country crime spree have been jailed for a total of...

Free breakfast for people on low income in Salford

A pioneering new scheme set up at the Salford Unemployed Resource Centre on Liverpool Road in Eccles is offering free breakfast for people on low income. You’re...

Cannabis grow busted at Dixon Street in Irlam

Police have confiscated cannabis plants after stumbling across a grow in the loft of a house in Irlam. Officers looking for a man in connection with an earlier incident...

Salford Lancaster Bomber crash: Memorial this weekend to remember nine killed

This weekend the public are invited to attend a service at Agecroft cemetery for the 71st anniversary of the Salford Lancaster Bomber crash: one of the most famous plane...

New descriptions: Thousands stolen in Salford cash van robbery

Police have issued descriptions of two armed men who threatened a security guard stealing thousands from a cash-in-transit van in Higher Broughton, Salford....

29-year-old man knocked down by car in Walkden

Police closed Manchester Road in Walkden yesterday afternoon after a man was hit by a car. The 29-year-old man was struck by a BMW at around 3pm on Monday 20 July as he...