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Tom Rodgers

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

Parents warned after schoolgirl approached by man in Albert Park

A schoolgirl was approached by a man in Albert Park in Broughton, Salford. After school on Friday 17 July, the girl was walking through the park when a man approached...

Three attacked with hammers as men burst into Salford house party

Two offenders burst into a house on Manchester Road in Clifton, Salford, and violently assaulted three young men with hammers. At around 9.55am on Saturday 18 July...

Unseen Salford Treasures: Memorial Plaque to WW1 Patricroft soldier Albert Johnson

Now on show at Salford Museum and Art Gallery is a five-inch bronze memorial plaque to a local soldier killed in action in the First World War. In 1914 Private Albert...

Antuanne Elson wanted for criminal damage at Monton house

Police are hunting a man who is wanted for criminal damage at a house in Monton. On 7 May 2015 officers were called to a house on Monton Road in Monton, Eccles, where a...

MediaCityUK-based GovToday closes with loss of 22 jobs

Salford-based public sector news and events firm GovToday has gone into liquidation with immediate effect. All 22 jobs at the firm would go, bosses confirmed today. The...

Serious five vehicle pile-up sees A580 slip road closed at J14 M60 in Salford

North West Motorway Police have closed a busy motorway link road near Junction 14 of the clockwise M60 after a serious accident. Five vehicles, including a blue Peugeot,...

Driver’s lucky escape as car flips on side in Swinton

Fire crews helped rescue a driver when their car flipped onto its side in Swinton in the early hours of this morning. Police, ambulances and firefighters were called to...

£5m Swinton Gateway opens to public

A library and community centre costing over £5 million has finally opened to the public in Swinton. The Swinton Gateway was delayed by over a year but will open its...

Swinton Lions put Cougars down for FOURTH time this season

Swinton Lions pulled off their fourth win of the season against Keighley Cougars to keep them in touch with the play-off contenders in the Kingstone Press Championship...

Stabbing in Ellenbrook outside Co-op

Police are holding a teenage suspect after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed outside a supermarket in Ellenbrook, Worsley. The suspect, who is under 18, was arrested outside...