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Tony Flynn

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

Four arrests after drugs and sawn off shotgun recovered in Salford

Four people have been arrested after drugs and a sawn off shotgun were seized in a police raid in Salford. Officers executed a drugs warrant at a house on Murray Street,...

Funeral times for Eccles man Martin Kerfoot

Three weeks ago SalfordOnline.com made a plea for readers to contact the police regarding the next of kin of Eccles man, Martin Kerfoot 65, who was found dead at his...

100 years ago in Salford: Outrage as drunken miner attacks wartime female tram conductor

At the time of the First World War tens of thousands of Salford men had done their duty and joined up to fight for their country on the Western Front. It left a huge...

Barbara Keeley MP to raise awareness of State Pension Equality in Eccles

Barbara will be joining Women Against State Pension Inequality’ (WASPI) campaigners in Eccles on Saturday to raise awareness of their campaign. WASPI campaigns against...

Salford City College celebrates launch of new Patisserie Course at Open Day

Salford City College held a special afternoon tea event at its Open Day on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the launch of a brand new Patisserie course. Members of the...

Cinderella is coming to Salford

As Barton Theatre Co approach the opening night of this year’s Pantomime, Cinderella, there’s one cast member who’ll definitely be walking tall for the next month...

World premiere forms part of second Shelagh Delaney Day

Building on the success of last year’s first Shelagh Delaney day, a world premiére musical production will pay tribute to one of Salford’s most famous writers on 25...

Salford students shine at Remembrance Service for Mayor and war veterans

Students from Salford City College’s Skills for Working Life Department at Eccles Sixth Form Centre held their annual Remembrance Service on Monday morning. The...

100 years ago: Heartbreaking letters from the front as Eccles Rifleman write of ‘white crosses in the pale moonlight’

Today, 11 November 2015, the city fell silent at 11am to mark Armistice Day – but 100 years ago our families were fighting for our very survival. In honour of this...

New CCTV cameras turn night to day in Salford

Criminals in Salford are being warned that they will no longer be able to operate under cover of darkness. Salford City Council has started replacing its CCTV cameras...