Tony Flynn
SalfordOnline.com's Local History Editor and Senior Reporter.
Watch: Salford MP and ‘proud socialist’ Rebecca Long-Bailey makes maiden Commons speech
By Tom Rodgers The newly-elected MP for Salford and Eccles, Rebecca Long-Bailey raised Salford’s profile on the national stage with her maiden speech to the House...
Plans passed to turn infamous Broadway shooting pub into 11-bed ‘aparthotel’
By Tom Rodgers A pub on the border of Ordsall and Salford Quays that closed after a drinker was shot is to be turned into a hotel. Salford-based developer, Mr A Tal, has...
Ex-Salford council flytipping worker fined for…flytipping
Ex-Salford council flytipping worker fined for…flytipping By Tom Rodgers A man who once worked as part of a cleaning crew for Salford City Council has been handed...
Driver ‘lucky to be alive’ as passerby rescues woman from flipped car in MediaCityUK smash
By Tom Rodgers Pictures and video by John McCarthy Fire crews worked to free a trapped driver near MediaCityUK when a car rolled onto its roof and smashed into a set of...
Lucy and Adam ‘will make dad Alan Henning proud’ with charity cash, vows mum
The widow of murdered Eccles taxi driver Alan Henning has promised her teenage children will do their best to honour the memory of their father with tens of thousands of...
Irlam burglar arrested after crashing stolen BMW on M66
By Tony Flynn Police took part in a dramatic chase when a burglar stole a BMW from a house in Irlam last night. Some time between 5pm and 9.15pm on Tuesday 23 June the...
Police in Little Hulton warning over Lottery scam letters
Police in Little Hulton are warning residents to be aware of fake Postcode Lottery letters that are currently circulating in the area telling you that you have won large...
Irlam burglar arrested after crashing stolen BMW on M66
By Tony Flynn Police took part in a dramatic chase when a burglar stole a BMW from a house in Irlam last night. Some time between 5pm and 9.15pm on Tuesday 23 June the...
Salford police arrest 20 in wanted criminal crackdown
By Tom Rodgers Suspected domestic abusers, thieves and burglars have been arrested by police in Salford in a week-long crackdown on wanted offenders. 150 officers have...
100 years ago in Salford: ‘Women of ill repute’ cost Nags Head pub a pretty penny
By Tony Flynn 100 years ago the 400 hostelries in Salford were doing a roaring trade – but as this June 1915 court case shows, some had better clients than others....
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