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Tom Rodgers

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

Firefighters use cold cutting lance to tackle Cobden Street blaze

Firefighters used high pressure cutting equipment to put out a fire on an industrial estate in Salford last night. Police and fire services closed off Cobden Street at...

Council launch anti-child abuse campaign

Salford City Council is supporting a new government campaign to encourage people to look out for and report child abuse. The campaign focuses on all forms of neglect and...

Watch: ATM scam warning as ‘tough cookie’ gran fights off robbers

Police have released CCTV of a 72-year-old who fought off would be scammers, in the hope of catching the two men responsible. Eileen McCartney managed to wrestle her...

£400k upgrade for Manchester Museum

Manchester Museum has announced funding support of £406,400 for plans to extend and improve the museum. Work will start in May 2018 on the ‘Courtyard...

Plans to turn Blackfriars office into 34 flats with two-storey roof terrace

A disused 19th century textile warehouse in Blackfriars can be turned into a swanky apartments after change of use plans were allowed by Salford City Council. The...

Morson marketing manager wins ‘Marketer of the Year’

Morson Group’s Marketing Manager Orlagh Bibby has been handed the Marketer of the Year accolade at the 2016 Chartered Institute of Marketing Excellence Awards. The...

Car crashes into Swinton shop window after three-car collision

A driver was shunted into a shop window in Swinton this morning after three cars collided at a busy junction. At around 10.25am on Worsley Road, at the junction with...

Pictured: Hundreds wait for photos with Juan Mata at Tesco Salford

Eager schoolchildren piled into Tesco Extra in Salford on Monday 18 April to get the chance to meet Manchester United’s softly-spoken Spanish midfielder Juan Mata....

Arson as Cleggs Lane petrol station in Little Hulton gutted by fire

Police and fire teams have launched a joint investigation after fire severely damaged a petrol station in Little Hulton last night. Officers are now looking into the...

Serious smash on M62 at Eccles causing long delays

A serious crash on the near Eccles is causing long delays into Tuesday morning’s rush hour. Traffic cameras show tailbacks for at least seven miles on the M62...