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Tom Rodgers

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

Salford heatwave: RSPCA advice to keep your pets safe and healthy

With Salford sweltering in an unexpected heatwave the RSPCA has issued important safety advice on how to keep your pets safe in the hot weather. These are often things...

Help send brain tumour Salford mum to Disneyland

Friends and family of a mum-of-two from Salford with an aggressive and incurable brain tumour are holding a fundraiser this weekend so she can fulfil her ‘bucket...

Smart motorway expands: £1.5bn investment in North West roads by 2020

Highways England has announced that it plans to invest £1.5 billion in the North West’s roads over the next five years, including creating nearly 80 miles of smart...

Pictured: Final flight of the Vulcan Bomber captured over Salford

Pictures by Nigel Eatough Photographers and readers were looking to the sky on Saturday 27 June trying to catch a glimpse of the last ever flight of the former RAF XH558...

Delays on M60 at Eccles after lorries crash

Drivers are being warned of delays on the M60 at Junction 11 for Eccles after two HGVs collided. At around 1pm officers from the North West Motorway Police closed lane...

Peel Green ‘gunshot’ was man trying to break down door with hammer…

Police swarmed onto New Hall Avenue in Peel Green last night after residents reported the sound of a gun going off. Six cars and a police tactical aid van were scrambled...

Women’s World Cup: MP calls for more funding for women and girls in sport

A local MP has called for urgent action to bring the stars of women’s sport on an equal footing with those in the men’s game. Speaking in a Westminster...

Park keeper to return to Salford’s historic Peel Park in £1.6m upgrade

Britain’s oldest public park is to get its park keeper back as part of plans for Salford residents to walk in their ancestors’ footsteps. Councillors, council staff...

Swinton Lions fall on York Knights sword

Swinton Lions head coach John Duffy was furious after last week’s loss to local rivals Oldham, and this 26-16 capitulation at York caused him no less stress....

Witness appeal: Man critical after robbery at Shudehill

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was critically injured in a robbery on his way to work. Between 9.30am and 11am on Tuesday 23 June 2015, the 46-year-old...