Tony Flynn
SalfordOnline.com's Local History Editor and Senior Reporter.
Mini Burble takes first UK ‘flight’ at The Quays
Hundreds of people came to watch the first UK ‘flight’ of London-based digital artists Umbrellium’s Mini Burble balloon sculpture at MediaCityUK at Salford Quays...
Courteeners star awarded Honorary Doctorate by University of Salford
Courteeners’ frontman and songwriter Liam Fray is set to don his graduation gown after the University of Salford decided to award him an Honorary Doctorate of...
50 years ago in Salford: 150-strong mob see police assaulted in Cross Lane beat club riot
Cross Lane in Salford was not always the characterless thoroughfare you see today. In 1965 the whole street was alive with music, 18 pubs, shops, cinema halls and...
Made in Salford: Punch and Judy figures recall historic Derbyshire glassworks
Two particular objects now on show at Salford Museum and Art Gallery shine a light on a forgotten corner of Salford’s industrial history: a pair of pressed glass...
International Aid volunteer Alan Henning posthumously honoured by University of Salford
Alan Henning, the international aid volunteer who was killed while providing humanitarian relief in Syria is to be honoured with a posthumous Doctorate from the...
Twelve men arrested on suspicion of trafficking as part of ‘Operation Portsmouth’
Twelve men have been arrested on suspicion of trafficking after a multi-agency operation led by Greater Manchester Police and Home Office Criminal Investigations. Eight...
Turn Peel Park Salford pink this weekend
Peel Park, Salford will be turning pink and proud later this month, Sunday July 26 as up to 2000 picnickers descend on it. The historic park is once again playing host...
Ainsley Barker missing from Clifton
Ainsley Barker aged 19 from Clifton is a missing person. She was last seen on Sackville Street at the junction with Canal Street in Manchester City Centre at 04.50am on...
Salford man jailed for 13 years for sex offences against young girls
A man has been jailed for historic sex offences against two people in Salford. Todros Grynhaus 50, from Salford was found guilty of four counts of indecent assault of a...
Man who raped 14 year old girl jailed for six years
A man who raped a young girl when she was just 14-years-old has been jailed. The victim, and the police officer handling her case, were also both threatened with rape in...
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