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Tom Rodgers

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

The Lowry to double size of permanent LS Lowry art gallery

The Lowry theatre and art gallery on Salford Quays will relaunch its permanent display of work by LS Lowry next month – with more space than ever dedicated to the...

Road blocked as bus smashes into Eccles railway bridge

Picture by Mike Burgess Green Lane in Patricroft was blocked this morning after an Arriva bus drove into a low railway bridge. Police were called to the scene at 7am...

Watch: Stunning Salford headshave for Emily James raises £2577

Family and friends of a desperately ill teenager from Salford have scored a major win – by raising over £2,500 with a sponsored head shave. Emily James was...

Free and cheap family days out for Bank Holiday Monday

Don’t get bored on Bank Holiday Monday – there’s plenty to do out there in Salford and Manchester. Go and catch a family play Over at The Lowry Theatre...

iPro Sport Cup Final Live: Swinton Lions vs North Wales Crusaders

[liveblog] Join SalfordOnline.com’s rugby league reporter Andie Riley here from 11.30am on Saturday 23 May for the final of the iPro Cup. Swinton take on North...

2015 Salford Business Award winners announced

The winners of the 2015 Salford Business Awards have been announced. At the eighth annual awards, Weaste-based T and K Gallagher scooped the Large Business of the Year...

Salford tower block fire sees three treated for smoke inhalation

Three people were given oxygen therapy at the scene of a high-rise tower block fire in Salford last night. At around 9.30pm on Thursday 21 May, four fire engines from...

50 years ago in Salford: Talk of the North link to ‘big-time hopefuls’ Karl’s Marals

Salford’s long association with the music biz is well recorded, but one of the most unusually-named bands tipped for success in May 1965 also had a local legend in...

‘No need’ for £670k fees for £75m Adelphi Wharf, say council

Council planners have given permission for work to start on the first phase of the £75 million Adelphi Wharf development in Salford. But the developers successfully...

Countryside get another 54 New Broughton homes through planning

Warrington housebuilder Countryside Properties (UK) Ltd has won permission to build 54 two and three-bed houses on vacant scrubland in Broughton, Salford. The...