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Tony Flynn

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

100 years ago: ‘Hell of a fight’ on Kersal Moor sees battered bobby deck deserter

Stories of miscreants being treated roughly by police when resisting arrest are no uncommon thing when looking back through the pages of the Salford City Reporter. But...

Two injured in serious motorbike smash in Salford

Two people have been injured in a serious accident near Salford Royal hospital. Paramedics responded to an emergency call to the junction of Eccles New Road and Stott...

100 years ago: Brave Eccles cook who fought to enlist killed by stray shell

It would be a hard slog for 21-year-old Joe Baines to be accepted into the British Army. The pressure to enlist and fight overseas was immense if you looked healthy...

Pop-up-theatre Roundabout will be pitching at Love Eccles Festival 2016

Roundabout will once again be heading north and pitching up their auditorium in Eccles. Following the pop-up theatre-in-the-round’s successful run in 2015 on the...

‘Zombie knife’ sellers face jail after ban comes in this week

Sellers of Zombie knives will face jail this week as the ban comes into force on Thursday 18 August 2016. The blades which can be up to 2ft in length are sold as...

Top 5 things to do in Salford this weekend

There’s a packed schedule of family-friendly, free events in the community across Salford this weekend. It’s so busy, in fact, we’ve had to sneak in a...

100 years ago: ‘House of horrors’ in Pendlebury sees parents jailed for child neglect

Child neglect is incomprehensible in any era, but as this harrowing story from the pages of the Eccles and Patricroft Journal from August 1916 sadly shows, it was not...

Police appeal to find wanted man with Salford connections

Police are appealing for help to trace a wanted man from Manchester. Joe Lee Hayman, 24, is wanted for failing to appear at court for common assault. He is originally...

Police appeal launched to find missing teenager who may be in Salford

Police are appealing for information after a 14-year-old girl went missing from Ormskirk. Destiny Marston was last seen in McDonalds restaurant around 5pm on August 7....

Urgent call for witnesses after woman, 64, hit by lorry in Little Hulton

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a pensioner was hit by a lorry in Little Hulton on Wednesday morning. Paramedics were called to the busy...