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Tom Rodgers

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

Watch: 100 up for Winton school as pupils take to the skies

Pupils at Westwood Park Primary School in Winton will look to the skies this Sunday 1 May as the school prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Retired carpenter...

The Gate Films sign up to be first at Ordsall’s Capital&Centric Foundry

Capital & Centric has announced completion on its Foundry development on Orsdall Lane by reporting its first sale. TV advertising production company The Gate Films...

Which Salford pharmacies and GPs are open on Bank Holiday?

Salfordian are being advised to plan ahead for any medical needs over the forthcoming two May Bank Holiday weekends. GP practices in Salford will be closed over the two...

Salford Cubs go wild as flying stars to land at Middlewood camp

Cub Scouts across Salford are busy gearing up to celebrate 100 years of adventure this weekend with their wildest birthday ever. These eight to 10-year-olds gather...

Drug dealer caught with £250k heroin on M61 jailed

A man who was stopped on a motorway carrying a quarter of a million pounds-worth of Class A drugs has been jailed for seven and a half years. Wayne Antonio Henry, from...

Pics and Video: Chaos as 30 firefighters tackle large blaze in Salford

30 firefighters were scrambled to tackle a large blaze at a set of derelict buildings in Salford. The former Mainline taxi offices, behind St Thomas’s Church in...

Who’s the mystery man delighting commuters at Irlam station?

The man is sat on a black iron bench at Irlam railway station, his hat pulled down over his eyes and his knees covered by some kind of blanket that spills onto the...

Refresh on 50-year-old Salford tower blocks to be complete by 2017

Work has reached the halfway stage on a £7 million improvement project which aims to give a new lease of life to three Salford tower blocks. Mulberry Court, Sycamore...

‘Help us find answers’ plead family of Little Hulton man in asbestos probe

The family of an electrician from Little Hulton who died from terminal cancer is appealing for his work colleagues to come forward and help with a probe into possible...

Group launched to cut ‘drink-drown’ canal deaths by 50pc

A new group formed by emergency services and charities in Manchester has launched to cut drowning fatalities by half in the next 10 years. The Manchester Water Safety...