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Tom Rodgers

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

Salford Central and Manchester Victoria closed until 4 April

Manchester Victoria and Salford Central stations will be closed for the next 11 days. Network Rail ordered the closure, to start after tonight’s final service, to...

Appeal: Man missing from secure unit ‘may be trying to leave country’

Police in the West Midlands have released an urgent appeal across the country to try to find a vulnerable man missing from a secure unit. Officers say James Pinsent...

Salford man Scott Knight wanted at court for drugs warrant

Police are appealing for the public’s help to find a man wanted for not turning up at court. Scott Knight, 41, was arrested in November 2015 on suspicion of drugs...

TWO Duck Races, Easter Egg hunts, chocolate festival and more: Top 10 things to do in Salford this Easter Bank Holiday weekend

Salford has a packed event schedule over the next four days for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Salford Quays Duck Race – Good Friday 25 March – 12.30pm to...

Tonight: BBC Two shows Salford Scuttlers from 1890s gang warfare to family today

Tonight BBC Two will screen the third in a four-part documentary looking at the descendents of Salford’s first gangs, the scuttlers, and of the man who tried...

Mystery of pair who crashed and ran in Irlams o’th Height

Police were left baffled by a man and woman who crashed a van on the A580 near the Irlams o’th Height roundabout and dumped it in the middle of the road. Officers...

Pictured: Little Hulton caravan blaze

Firefighters were called to the front garden of a house in Little Hulton tonight after a caravan erupted into flames. A garage was also ablaze by the time engines...

Eight conspiracy to murder arrests in Salford after shootings, stabbings and grenade attacks

Police have made a breakthrough in the investigation into long-running gang violence in Salford, arresting eight people in dawn raids. Armed officers raided three...

Brussels bombing attacks: Salford fly flag at half mast as nation mourns

Salford City Council and Greater Manchester Fire are flying their flags at half mast today in memory of the victims of the Brussels terror attack. At least 34 people are...

Watch: Shocking footage of Salford’s most abused dogs

Warning: This story contains video you might find upsetting. Animal cruelty charity RSCPA is trying to find a home for some of the country’s most abused dogs. In...