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Tony Flynn

SalfordOnline.com's Local History Editor and Senior Reporter.

Cyclist suffers serious leg injuries in Weaste crash

A man in his 30s has suffered serious leg injuries in a Weaste crash after colliding with a flat-bed truck. Police were called to the junction of Liverpool Street and...

Win a framed montage of old Salford

A free exhibition called Our Salford: Bygones and New Beginnings will take place at Ordsall Hall on Friday, October 30, focusing on homes and communities in the past,...

100 years ago in Salford: Widower heavily fined for battering babysitter

Violence on our streets is an issue that still destroys lives and communities, as this story from the Eccles and Patricroft Journal of 100 years ago so vividly...

Salford plumber flytipped Irlam ‘out of frustration’, court hears

A Salford plumber has admitted dumping rubbish at Irlam Moss because he was frustrated with his company’s waste disposal policy. Paul Cutayar dumped three bags of...

Shine a light for a loved one this Christmas at St Ann’s Hospice

Local people are being given the opportunity to remember loved ones in a very special way this Christmas, thanks to a fundraising appeal by St Ann’s Hospice. The...

Police looking for missing Daniel Scholes – links to Salford

Police are looking to speak to a missing man known to frequent the Trinity area of Salford. Daniel Scholes has been missing since Wednesday 30 September 2015. He is also...

Missing from home – Rhiannon Kenworthy

Police are concerned of the whereabouts of a missing teenager from Didsbury. 15-year-old Rhiannon Kenworthy was reported missing from her home on Oakway at 9am on...

50 years ago in Eccles: Can’t stop the Beat as Salford’s own Abbey Road studio opens

Over the past five years SalfordOnline.com has been recording the young musicians of the Beat generation who came up through Salford and Eccles bent on world domination....

The Loop connects to MediaCityUK Salford

The Loop, Manchester’s dedicated fibre network, has completed a 1.5km extension to MediaCityUK. As well as adding a further, and significantly important, link to its...

Salford scam victims speak out after losing thousands to con artists

Victims of rogue traders and scam mailers in Salford have spoken out to stop others getting conned. And they are warning people not to give work to doorstep traders or...