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Tony Flynn

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

Peel wins top energy-saving award

Peel Land and Property Group has been awarded the prestigious energy management status, ISO 50001. Peel is the first major property and management enterprise in the UK...

Eccles pub raises £1k for cancer charity with close shaves

Kind hearted regulars from the Dog and Partridge pub on Church Street, Eccles held a sponsored ‘Brave the Shave’ head and chest wax in aid of Macmillan...

Bus driver jailed for sexually assaulting 14 year old boy

A bus driver who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy has been jailed. Frederick Irish 59, of Brentwood Drive, Farnworth, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual activity...

Missing Derbyshire man sighted in Manchester

A man who went missing from Chesterfield the week before last could be in Manchester. Benjamin Titterton 22, left the Chesterfield Royal Hospital on Friday, August 28...

Free young men’s dance project in Salford

Young Men from Salford can join a FREE October half term project with a difference! Dance Manchester’s ‘STRIDE’ comes to University of Salford near you on the 30th...

Swinton Lions stumble to first defeat

Despite a solid performance the Lions suffered their first defeat in ten games as Oldham completed a season double which secured them the League Leaders Shield. With...

Waiting for your bus in comfort Salford style

Greater Manchester Police have to deal with some unusual predicaments but this photograph which they have posted on their Facebook page gives a whole new meaning to...

Salford has 12,000 people with diabetes

Diabetes is one of the biggest health challenges we face. The number of people living with diabetes in Greater Manchester has increased by almost 60 per cent over the...

Top 5 things to do in Salford this weekend

Those long summer holidays are over and autumn is drawing in, so here’s five family-friendly things to do in Salford this weekend. As always, if you have a...

Former Pendleton student to star in new musical coming to the Lowry

After auditioning over a thousand young people, Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, the creators of the new musical, THE GIRLS, based on the true story, the film and...