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Tom Rodgers

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

WW1 hero nurses Edith Cavell and Minnie Wood named for high-tech Salford health centre

A new Salford health training centre will be named after two English war hero nurses: Edith Cavell and Sister Minnie Wood. The suites at Salford University’s Mary...

Barton Road in Eccles to stay closed for ANOTHER six weeks

Barton Road in Eccles is to remain closed until the end of May, Salford council have admitted. The link route between the town and the Trafford Centre has been shut to...

Ericsson make move for major new broadcast facility at MediaCityUK

Swedish multinational firm Ericsson has today announced it will strengthen its TV and media operations in the UK by establishing a new broadcast and media facility at...

Biker, 40, seriously injured in Pendlebury crash

A 40-year-old biker has been seriously injured in an accident in Pendlebury. Police and paramedics were called to Bolton Road at 8.58am this morning, Wednesday 4 May, to...

Right to Buy will cost Salford council £18.2 million, warn Shelter

Salford council will need to pay a staggering £18 million a year to the government to fund the extension of Right to Buy, new research by Shelter reveals today. The...

Salford Big Band to swing for MS

A special concert celebrating four decades of band music at the University of Salford will raise money for multiple sclerosis. The Musical Arts Charity Concert, held at...

Salford’s Missguided to open first physical shop in London

Salford-based youth fashion retailer Missguided is to open its first physical store at Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, east London. It marks a new departure for...

Business Growth Hub adds life sciences advisors to boost SMEs

Support service the Business Growth Hub has appointed two new life science business advisors to help local firms enter healthcare markets. Life science specialists Colin...

Driver hospitalised after car smashes into wall in Eccles

A driver who crashed through a garden wall in Eccles this morning is thought to have suffered some kind of medical episode at the wheel. He was trapped inside the car...

Salford hit and run: Man seriously hurt as grey Renault Megane speeds off

Police are looking for a grey Renault Megane which raced off from a hit and run in Salford. A pedestrian, understood to be 52 years old, was hit by a car on Littleton...