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Tom Rodgers

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

Look: First pictures of ‘Waxi’ Manchester Water Taxis which will run on Bridgewater Canal

Manchester Water Taxis have released the first pictures of the ‘water taxis’ which will cruise along the Bridgewater Canal later this year. The company took...

Two boys, 14 and 16, arrested after pupil stabbed outside Salford school

Two teenage boys have been arrested and bailed after a schoolboy was stabbed in the leg outside a Salford school. Police and paramedics were called to Ellesmere Park...

Missing Salford man Tex Ryan safe – but family still plead for him to come home

A Salford family has appealed again for local man Terence ‘Tex’ Ryan to come home after he was reported missing earlier this week. It’s now emerged...

Plans finally in for five and six-storey towers after £650,000 Salford Skills Centre sell-off

Plans are now available to view for more flats coming to Salford, near the gasworks and Salford fire station. Developers are eyeing 91 flats in total in two five and six...

Take Part: New study to relieve knee pain needs Salfordians with Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a significant cause of pain in adults affecting about one in eight older men and women in the UK. Despite this there are no effective...

Winner: VIP tickets to see Broken dance spectacular at Salford Quays

SalfordOnline.com have chosen a winner for our latest competition, in association with Quays Culture, for VIP tickets to see the epic Motionhouse dance performance in...

Man pleads guilty to brutal murder of Salford student William Lound

A 37-year-old man has pleaded guilty to stabbing a Salford University student to death at his student halls in February this year. Promising 30-year-old IT student...

Salford fire: Firefighters tackle huge blaze at former Castle Irwell student halls

A large fire broke out at the former Castle Irwell student halls on Cromwell Road in Salford. Flames and smoke from the fire could be seen over a mile away. Watch video...

Appeal: Anger as thieves torch kids’ football kit in Monton

A community football club in Eccles set for its grand re-opening this weekend was hit by thieves who stole gardening gear and torched £800-worth of children’s...

Man slashed with knife outside Winton bookies

A man was attacked with a knife outside a bookmakers in Winton, Eccles. North West Ambulance crews called police to the scene on Worsley Road at 4.55pm on Thursday 7...