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Tom Rodgers

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

SPAR get green light for new 7-day-a-week Walkden store

Discount retailer SPAR has been handed planning permission to open a new store in a former car showroom on Manchester Road in Walkden. It’s due to open 7am until...

Emmeline Pankhurst will be first woman in 100 years honoured with Manchester statue

A statue to suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst will be built in Manchester after winning a public vote. The women’s rights activist came on top of the scheme –...

Man’s body found next to burning tent in Salford

The body of a man has been discovered in Salford. Fire crews called police to the scene, under a railway bridge on Irwell Street, in the early hours of this morning....

Salford City land super striker Josh Hine

Goal-happy Chorley forward Josh Hine has signed for Salford City FC for an undisclosed fee. The prolific 24-year-old ex-Southport and Clitheroe striker has 12 goals this...

7-day Ellenbrook Road closure causing long delays

Ellenbrook Road in Worsley has been shut southbound for a week while Urban Vision repair the pedestrian footway. The commuter route is closed in between 8am and 4pm in...

The Pusher: Channel 4 documentary on ‘Manchester serial killer’ claim screens tonight

Channel 4 is to screen a documentary tonight investigating rumours of a serial killer dubbed ‘The Pusher’ operating on Manchester’s waterways. The...

Update: Swinton jewellers hit in broad daylight armed robbery

Three men attempted an armed robbery in broad daylight at a jewellers on Swinton precinct. At 11.50am today, Tuesday 19 January, three masked men approached the THJ...

10-year-old cancer sufferer Ciaran wins bravery award

Ten-year-old Ciaran Bailey from Eccles has received a Star Award from Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens for his courage in facing cancer. Young Ciaran, who lives in...

20-year-old charged with GBH after man and woman left fighting for life in Weaste

A man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a man and woman were seriously injured in a baseball bat attack in Weaste, Salford. Jake Hines, 20, of...

Winton and proud: Bid now for £18k seized from convicted criminals

Greater Manchester Police have thrown open their popular Community Piggy Bank event in Winton to distribute money seized from drug dealers and fraudsters. A massive...