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Tom Rodgers

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

Young boy ‘left traumatised’ after men with Salford accents hold up family at knifepoint

Police are hunting three masked thieves who broke into a home in Prestwich and threatened a family, including an 11-year-old boy, with knives. All three are described as...

Rail journeys double to 1.4bn in 20 years

The number of people taking journeys by train have increased to 1.4 billion in 2014/15, new figures show. The Office of Rail and Road found that rail trips across...

Property firm buys Clippers Quay for £100m

Residential property firm Grainger has bought out Salford’s Clippers Quay in a deal worth nearly £100 million. The London-based group is already one of the...

Join volunteers in litter blitz to clean up Ordsall parks

Friends of Ordsall Parks are looking for new volunteers to help keep their local area tidy. If you don’t mind tramping about with fellow Ordsall people picking up...

Langworthy Road crash: Driver cut free from BMW after car collides with ambulance

Langworthy Road in Salford was closed after a crash between an ambulance and a BMW. The driver of the car was cut from the wreckage by fire crews. He suffered injuries...

Bus review (no, not guided busway, sorry) launched by Salford council

Struggling to get to and from work on the bus? Missing hospital appointments? Got an idea how bus services could be improved? Salford City Council wants you to get...

Scam alert: Elderly people in Salford targeted by fake GP phone calls

Add another scam to the long list we already know about: con-artists are now phoning up elderly and vulnerable people in Salford pretending to be their GP surgery to...

Prepare for six weeks of delays as council to close Barton Road

Work to improve tow-paths along the Bridgewater Canal in Patricroft, Eccles, will see Barton Road close to traffic from 8 February. Drivers will have to deal with...

Storm Gertrude: Strong wind and rain throughout the day

Sqaully winds and bouts of rain are to continue throughout Friday as the tail-end of Storm Gertrude hits Britain. Gusts of up to 60mph are possible in Salford. A yellow...

Man found with multiple stab wounds at Cyns Tavern in Little Hulton

A man was stretchered away from a stabbing at a bar in Little Hulton. Cyns Tavern, on the Little Hulton District Centre shopping precinct, was taped off, with customers...