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Tom Rodgers

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

Watch: Flytipper drives 30 miles to dump trees in Salford

  Video has emerged of a convicted flytipper who drove 30 miles to dump a truckload of tree cuttings in Salford. John Buckland, 45, from Accrington in Lancashire,...

Britain’s Got Talent: Salford student Ella Shaw’s ‘big risk’ pays off

Singer-songwriter Ella Shaw wowed judges on Britain’s Got Talent as she laid down a soulful track in the live finals last night. The 18-year-old, who studies...

Grow Your Own: Free raised beds open at Buile Hill Park

Wannabe gardeners struggling for space at home can now get their hands dirty in Salford with new free space to grow vegetables at Buile Hill Park. Raised beds – which...

Review: Dead Poets Death Match – The Lowry, Salford Quays

SalfordOnline.com Rating: 4 out of 5 If there was a word to sum up the Dead Poets Death Match on Wednesday night, it would be: intense. Mark Grist and MC Mixy dressed in...

Review: Basil Brush BOOM BOOM – The Lowry, Salford Quays

SalfordOnline.com Rating: 4 out of 5 Basil Brush has celebrated over 50 years of entertaining and this show was the icing on the cake for the audience at The Lowry...

Police seek this man after woman sexually assaulted in bar toilets

Detectives have issued the picture of a man they think could help them crack the case of a woman sexually assaulted in a ladies toilet in Manchester. At 5.50pm on Sunday...

Hundreds march for Salford in Whit Walks

Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Manchester in the annual Whit Walks parade. The custom, where churchgoers dressed up to the nines march through the...

50 years ago in Salford: Hero stops Weaste express train disaster

In May and June 1965 the Salford City Reporter carried a stunning story on how a dog walker saved scores of lives when he averted a potential mega-disaster on the...

Back in print: Salford Star magazine hits the streets

Independent Salford news and features magazine the Salford Star has finally made it back into print. 20,000 of the Star’s Spring 2015 editions are now being...

Watch: Brazen thieves dip into tills in Manchester

Police have released CCTV footage of a man and woman audaciously stealing from a Manchester store in broad daylight. The pair walked into a branch of the Holland and...