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Tony Flynn

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

Crime-fighting liquid deters motorway metal thieves

A unique crime-fighting liquid is being used to deter metal thieves on the M60 and M62 in Greater Manchester. Highways England is using 140 litres of a ‘SmartWater’...

Salford Red Devils part company with Iestyn Harris

Salford Red Devils, today released a statement regarding the Head Coach, Iestyn Harris. “Salford Red Devils have reached mutual agreement with Iestyn Harris to end...

100 years ago in Salford: Piano players rapped for Black Horse pub calamity

The derelict Black Horse Hotel on the Crescent, Salford is a sad sight to see, with plants growing out of the brickwork, paint flaking and the windows boarded over. But...

Salford City College Staff to Run Salford 10k for St Ann’s Hospice

A team of curriculum and support staff from Salford City College will be running the Decathlon City of Salford 10k on Sunday 6th September to raise money for St Ann’s...

Weaste pub in used needles party row

A pub in Weaste, Salford, has come under fire after used needles were found by a family celebrating a private party. Stacy Prescott, 35, from Salford thought it would be...

Budding superhero, 4, distraught by theft of Batman bike

A four-year-old boy who believes he has superpowers when he rides his Batman bicycle has been left upset after it was stolen from outside his nan’s house. Luca...

Monton club bowls in the cash for St Ann’s

Kind-hearted crown green bowlers from the Boddan Lodge Club in Monton, Eccles, donated another tranche of funding to St Ann’s Hospice from their bowling...

Salford company boss loses 8 stone to run for Samaritans

A company director and former Samaritans volunteer is pounding the pavements ready for next month’s Morrisons Great North Run to raise vital funds for the charity....

‘Octopus’ flytipper faces £2,500 squid bill

A man has apologised after being caught on camera flytipping in Salford. Driving a distinctive company van with a blue octopus painted on the side, Anthony Hunter, 40,...

Fred Done makes donation to St Ann’s Hospice

John Langford will never forget the “total dedication” of the nurses who cared for his dad Terry during his final days at St Ann’s Hospice in Little Hulton....