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Tom Rodgers

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

Courts sell-off planned just four years after Salford Magistrates Court disappears

More family, magistrates and county courts across the North West are to be sold off under government plans. Court buildings in Bolton, Oldham, Tameside and Warrington...

£21m PZ Cussons deal boosts North West acquisitions to £1bn+

A multi-million pound deal by consumer products group PZ Cussons has helped to push the value of mergers and acquisitions in the North West in the first six month of...

‘Super hospital’ Salford Royal will treat most critical in major shake-up

Doctors at Salford Royal hospital will treat some of the most critically ill patients in the North West in a major change to the way health centres operate. It means...

Evicted travellers move from Irlam to Cadishead and Walkden to St Mary’s Park

Travellers evicted from two sites in Irlam and Walkden this week have moved on to occupy sites just yards down the road. On Sunday 12 July at around 4pm between 30 and...

Salford-based David Stanford elected Vice President of CIMA

Salford-based management accountant David Stanford has been elected Vice President of CIMA, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. The accountancy body has...

Award honour for playwright Shelagh Delaney

One of Salford’s most famous writers will be honoured once again in this year’s Salix Stars Awards. For the second year running housing association Salix Homes will...

Man, 35, dies after plunge from M60 Barton Bridge

A man has been found after falling to his death from the M60 Barton High Level Bridge in Peel Green, Salford. Police were called at around 7.10am on Wednesday 15 July to...

11-year-old suspended for taking WW1 gun to Salford primary school

A pupil at Willow Tree Primary School in Salford was suspended after taking a gun to school. The 11-year-old boy brought the weapon to school on Thursday 18 June but the...

Police swarm Salford precinct in hunt for car thief

Police have a man in handcuffs at Fitzwarren Street in Salford after chasing a suspected car thief. Two marked cars and an unmarked police intercept BMW appeared on...

Spotted: Jeremy Kyle gets short shrift filming on Salford precinct

Daytime TV star Jeremy Kyle failed to attract the crowds today as he filmed on Salford precinct for his ITV show The Kyle Files. He was spotted getting out of a black...