Tony Flynn
SalfordOnline.com's Local History Editor and Senior Reporter.
Temporary bus lane closures on Eccles Old Road for nine weeks
Motorists using the stretch of road between Weaste Lane and Gilda Brook roundabout are facing possible traffic delays with news of a proposed temporary suspension of bus...
GMP tackling domestic abuse in the LGBT community
Greater Manchester Police will become the first UK force to introduce official recording of domestic abuse in the LGBT community reinforcing its commitment to tackling...
Closure of Eccles Metrolink Line for 9 weeks
A major track replacement programme will see the Eccles via MediaCityUK Metrolink line temporarily close this summer. Some sections of track on the Eccles line are now...
Appeal after teenage boy sexually assaulted in Tyldesley
Officers are investigating after a teenage boy was sexually assaulted in Tyldesley. Between 1pm and 1.30pm on Wednesday, 1 June, 2016, the 13-year-old victim was playing...
Kitchen fire at house in Swinton leaves occupants suffering from smoke inhalation
Firecrews from Agecroft, Broughton and Eccles were called to a a semi detached house on Waverley Road, Swinton at 6.27pm last night, Wednesday, 1 June. A fire in a...
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man was hit by a car in Leigh.
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man was hit by a car in Leigh. At around 12pm on Saturday 28 May 2016 a black Mercedes was seen travelling at...
Milkman injured as stolen car collides with float in Eccles
Police were called to Half Edge Lane, Eccles at 3.50am today, Thursday, 2 June, after receiving reports that a black Renault Megane had crashed into a lampost and then...
50 years ago: Firefighters hospitalised in Eccles factory explosion
One Eccles fire crew fighting a blaze at a factory in Patricroft were lucky to escape with their lives after a huge explosion 50 years ago. PC Burgess was on patrol on...
Revealed: Miracle survival of three Eccles men day after Battle of Jutland
Tuesday 31 May marked the centenary of the bloodiest naval battle of the First World War – The Battle of Jutland. Salford sailors saw heavy casualties as the...
Police appeal for next of kin of Salford woman
Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace the next-of-kin of a woman from Salford. Jacqueline Jacques, 85, died at her home in Salford on 25 May 2016. There...
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