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Tom Rodgers

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

Missing Martin Till found safe and well

A man missing from Manchester has been discovered and is safe, police revealed this morning. Martin Till, 26, from Whalley Range, was reported missing on Wednesday...

First ‘legal high’ arrest made just hours after law changed

Police have arrested a man in Rochdale for supplying legal highs after nine people were hospitalised this week. Legal highs are psychoactive drugs which mimic the...

X1 The Gateway: Trafford Road tower on ex-Seaman’s Mission could double in height

Liverpool-based X1 Developments have submitted plans to Salford City Council to nearly double the height of an apartment block scheme on the border of Ordsall and...

Swinton superheroes race to hit cancer where it hurts

A father and son team from Swinton got national exposure when they donned superhero costumes to run the Greater Manchester 10k. Mike ‘Batman’ Critchley and...

The hairdryer vs ‘quiet management’: Ancelotti v Ferguson book reveals all

A Salford academic will reveal one of the world’s best football manager’s greatest secrets in a new book published today. Professor Chris Brady, Director of...

Police called to ‘strike’ protest outside Soapworks offices in Ordsall

Police were called to a protest by outside the Soapworks office buildings on Ordsall Lane in Salford at 7.15am this morning. Officers received reports of a group of 15...

Police appeal for missing Martin Till, 26

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a missing man last seen in Manchester city centre. Work colleagues posted about Martin Till’s disappearance...

China coming as Dragon Boat Festival returns to Salford Quays

Salford Quays will shake to the sound of Chinese culture when the annual Dragon Boat Festival returns to the waterfront on 5 June. Teams from an array of backgrounds...

‘Devastating’ benefit sanctions force crisis, hunger and despair, says Salford report

Benefit sanctions are plunging the poor and desperate into crisis in Salford, a new report on Universal Credit claims. The joint study by Salford City Council,...

Osborne reputation ‘in tatters’ over lost £4bn, says Salford MP

With news revealed today that the UK deficit is nearly £4 billion larger than previously forecast, Salford MP Rebecca Long-Bailey has launched a stinging attack on the...