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Tom Rodgers

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

Students hit Salford Quays for Remain campaign

Politically-aware students unfurled a banner over the Manchester Ship Canal at Salford Quays on Sunday in a bid to persuade voters to Vote Remain in the EU referendum...

UKIP’s Brexit Battle Bus arrives in Salford and Swinton today

UKIP Deputy Leader Paul Nuttall is to arrive in Salford today in the party’s ‘Project Fact’ coach campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union....

Tributes flood in for murdered Labour MP Jo Cox

Salford Members of Parliament have expressed their shock and offered condolences to the family of Jo Cox, the 41-year-old Labour MP and mother of two murdered in West...

Firefighters dealing with transporter blaze on M60 near Trafford Centre

Fire crews are on the M60 near the Trafford Centre dealing with a vehicle fire. North West Fire Control received mulitple calls from passing drivers about the blaze,...

Pictured: Apache attack helicopter training at City Airport Barton

Aircraft spotters were shocked and delighted yesterday when a rare Apache attack helicopter swooped over Salford’s City Airport at Barton. Bosses at the airport...

£19,000 award to Salford Credit Union to help more in debt

More people in Salford will get a helping hand thanks to a £19,500 award from Newground Together charity to the Salford Credit Union. The funding will help the credit...

Breastfeeding festival returns to Salford Royal

Mums who want to find out more about breastfeeding have a festival designed just for them, coming to Salford Royal hospital at the end of the month. The Breastfeeding...

Five car pile-up at Eccles causing M60 delays

Five cars collided on the M60 near Eccles this afternoon with delays ongoing into rush-hour. Heavy, storm-like rain is not making the clear-up job any easier, and the...

Former Halifax bank at 116 Church Street goes for £86k at auction

An empty former bank and building society in Eccles town centre has sold at auction for £86,000, some £9,000 over the guide price. 116 Church Street went up for public...

Taxi driver ‘too embarrassed to take dirty mattress to tip’ fined £400

A Swinton taxi driver has been fined in court after dumping a soiled mattress on a back street in Salford. Martin Shorten, of Ringlow Avenue, was caught on CCTV dropping...