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Tom Rodgers

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

Old Pint Pot gig for St Ann’s Hospice raises £2,700

Radio presenter Simon Williams is top of the charts when it comes to helping out good causes. A music and poetry night he organised in memory of his friend Steve Linney,...

Salford floods: December 2015 ‘like spring’ as rain records tumble

December 2015 was the wettest in the UK’s history, weather forecasters at the Met Office have revealed. The average temperature soared to 7.9°C, some 4°C above...

Highlights: Salford City dig deep for Nantwich draw

Gary Stopforth’s second half equaliser sealed a crucial point for Salford against promotion rivals Nantwich Town. The Ammies dug deep to secure the draw in this...

Missing Salford teenager found safe and well

A teenager missing from home in Salford has been found after a media appeal. 15-year-old Bethany White had gone missing on Monday 4 January. Police and her parents were...

Missing: Bethany White, 15, from Salford

Police are growing increasingly concerned for the whereabouts of a missing girl from Salford. Bethany White, 15, was last seen at the McDonalds on Deansgate, Bolton at...

Girl hit by bus in Manchester escapes serious injury

A girl was hit by a bus in Manchester. GMP City Centre reported that the woman had been struck by a bus in rush-hour traffic on John Dalton Street. It happened at around...

M60 re-opened after tanker chemical spill but traffic chaotic across Salford

Routes around Salford are exceptionally busy this afternoon after this morning’s tanker crash and chemical spill. At around 9am the motorway was shut between...

Man suffers heart attack on Eccles street

A man in his 70s has been taken to hospital after suffering a heart attack in Eccles. Three ambulances were called to Church Street in Eccles at 1.50pm today, Wednesday...

M60 to stay closed at Swinton J15 throughout Wednesday after chemical spill

The M60 is to remain closed into Wednesday afternoon at the Swinton Interchange after a tanker carrying toxic chemicals shed its load. The lorry, which was hauling 28...

Tanker crash chemical spill sees M60 closed at Pendlebury

A tanker crash at around 9am this morning saw police close the M60 after harmful chemicals spilled onto the motorway. The lorry containing sodium hydroxide, or caustic...