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Tom Rodgers

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

Former De La Salle building site hit again by fire in Weaste

Fire crews spent half an hour putting out a fire at a housebuilding site in Weaste last night. At 11.08pm on Sunday 28 June two fire engines from Eccles and one from...

Girl taken to hospital in ‘targeted’ Ordsall knife attack

Police are investigating after a man attacked a 19-year-old girl with a knife in Ordsall, Salford, last night. At around 10pm on Thursday 25 June the suspect got out of...

Lawyers out as Salford Council blast Koukash £800k claim as ‘wholly untrue’

Salford Council have denied categorically a claim made this morning by Salford Red Devils owner Marwan Koukash that the authority owes the club £800,000. Both sides say...

18 homes greenlit on former Duchy Inn, Salford

A Manchester property firm has won planning permission to build 18 townhouses on the site of the former Duchy Inn in Salford. West Didsbury-based Insite Properties UK...

Live: Marwan Koukash Salford Red Devils press conference at AJ Bell Stadium

[liveblog] Join us from 10.30am on Tuesday as Marwan Koukash holds a press conference to dispel rumours of turmoil at the AJ Bell Stadium. The mercurial and outspoken...

Live: Salford Red Devils v Wigan Warriors

[liveblog] Salford Red Devils face a big challenge when they face Wigan Warriors at the DW Stadium. The crunch Super League tie will see Salford bring former Wigan trio...

‘Low-life’ thief Sean Earle faces jail after stealing gran’s handbag moments after death plunge

A 27-year-old man from Eccles who stole a woman’s bag moments after she fell to her death is facing jail. Sean Earle, 27, Trevelyan Street, pleaded guilty to theft...

Revealed: Cadishead TalkTalk offices to close as hundreds of staff move to Salford Quays

The Cadishead offices of broadband provider TalkTalk are to close entirely and move to Salford Quays by 2017, SalfordOnline.com can reveal. The telecoms giant announced...

TalkTalk and Home Office agree huge Salford Quays Soapworks move

Broadband provider TalkTalk and the Home Office have agreed major deals to move to the Soapworks office development on Ordsall Lane in Salford. TalkTalk is to take...

Incredible escape: Man on Spice legal high ‘can’t remember’ 60ft leap from Salford tower block

A 29-year-old man took a legal high and jumped almost 60 feet from a tower block in Salford – but told police he ‘couldn’t remember’ doing it. He...