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Tom Rodgers

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

MediaCityUK’s Lisa Wood racks up Toast PR move

MediaCityUk’s communications manager Lisa Wood is moving to Toast PR as associate director after eight years with the Peel-owned media and tech hub. At Toast she...

Salford bank robber still on the run

Police are appealing for help to trace a convicted bank robber who absconded from Sudbury open prison in Derbyshire. David John Dargan, 29, left the Category D prison...

Mancunian Way dashcam plea after driver, 19, stabbed

Police are appealing for the public to bring in dashcam footage after a 19-year-old was stabbed in his car as he waited at traffic lights in Manchester. At around 9pm on...

Barton Road to reopen Friday – but more roadworks to hit Eccles and Salford

A series of roadworks starting on Monday will hit drivers in Salford and Eccles. Barton Road, a major link route between Eccles and the Trafford Centre, is due to...

Woman, 37, falls to death from Barton motorway bridge

A woman has has died after falling from the Barton high-level bridge on the M60 motorway. Police, fire and ambulances were scrambled to the scene at the M60 Junction 10...

‘Meet hate with love’: Vigil for Jo Cox MP in Swinton tonight

The public is being invited to a vigil in Swinton tonight at 5.45pm for Labour MP Jo Cox who was killed on Thursday. The vigil is being held at St Peter’s Church...

Co-op Food eye move into Vimto Gardens

The Co-operative is planning to open a new food store on Chapel Street in Salford in the ground floor of apartment block Vimto Gardens. The 4,208sq ft store is due to be...

Salford to rename Lowry Hotel and Swinton squares for German and French twin towns

Two squares in Salford are to be renamed in honour of the city’s twin towns in France and Germany. The area in front of Swinton Gateway and the space outside the Lowry...

Joy as Eccles dancing dozen chosen for Team England

Dance students at a dance school in Eccles are jumping for joy after being selected to represent England on the world stage. Following nationwide auditions, 12 young...

Bank to help fund ‘financial literacy’ classes in Broughton and Kersal

Santander is to fund new courses in Broughton and Kersal to help people manage their finances. A £3,600 grant from the bank’s Discovery Foundation will pave the...